GW nRF52811 UART communication

Message format

The host and device (nRF52) communicate with each other via UART using the following message format:

Note 1: LEN field determines the length of the payload (CMD field is not included in LEN). Thus, the message with LEN=0 contains only the CMD byte and no Payload.

Note 2: CRC16 is calculated for Header (LEN and CMD) and Payload.

CRC is CRC-16-CCITT-FALSE, Polynomial Formula: x16+x12+x5+1, Polynomial: 1021

Defines

Constant	Value
STX	0xCA
ETX	0x0A
DELIMITER	0x2C

SET sequence

Command format

Command	CMD	Param	Value
RE_CA_UART_SET_FLTR_TAGS	0x05	Enable/disable BLE tags filter	0...1
RE_CA_UART_SET_FLTR_ID	0x06	Manufacturer ID to be filtered (uint16)	0...65535
RE_CA_UART_SET_CODED_PHY	0x07	Enable/disable BLE coded PHY	0...1
RE_CA_UART_SET_SCAN_1MB_PHY	0x08	Enable/disable BLE scan PHY	0...1
RE_CA_UART_SET_EXT_PAYLOAD	0x09	Enable/disable BLE extended payload	0...1
RE_CA_UART_SET_CH_37	0x0A	Enable/disable BLE channel 37	0...1
RE_CA_UART_SET_CH_38	0x0B	Enable/disable BLE channel 38	0...1
RE_CA_UART_SET_CH_39	0x0C	Enable/disable BLE channel 39	0...1
RE_CA_UART_LED_CTRL	0x0E	Turn on the LED for the specified time interval in milliseconds (uint16)	0...65535

Command	CMD	Param 1	Param 2
RE_CA_UART_SET_ALL	0x0F	Manufacturer ID to be filtered: 0...65535	Bit-mask (uint8) for all state flags: - bit 0: Filter tags - bit 1: BLE coded PHY - bit 2: BLE scan PHY - bit 3: BLE extended payload - bit 4: BLE chan 37 - bit 5: BLE chan 38 - bit 6: BLE chan 39

Ack message

Ack	CMD	Param 1	Param 2
RE_CA_UART_ACK	0x20	Command to which the ACK responds: 0x05...0x0C, 0x0F	Ack state: 0 - OK 1 - Error

Example: Set the state of channel 37

Command RE_CA_UART_SET_CH_37:

STX	LEN	CMD	State	DELIMITER	CRC16	ETX
CA	02	0A	01	2C	78B6	0A

Complete message: CA 02 0A 01 2C B6 78 0A

Ack RE_CA_UART_ACK:

STX	LEN	CMD	Command	DELIMITER	Ack	DELIMITER	CRC16	ETX
CA	04	20	0A	2C	00	2C	7EE7	0A

Complete message: CA 04 20 0A 2C 00 2C E7 7E 0A

Example: Set all configuration

Command RE_CA_UART_SET_ALL:

STX	LEN	CMD	Filter ID	DELIMITER	State bit-mask	DELIMITER	CRC16	ETX
CA	05	0F	0499	2C	7D	2C	6121	0A

Complete message: CA 05 0F 99 04 2C 7D 2C 21 61 0A

Ack RE_CA_UART_ACK:

STX	LEN	CMD	Command	DELIMITER	Ack	DELIMITER	CRC16	ETX
CA	04	20	0F	2C	00	2C	C2A2	0A

Complete message: CA 04 20 0F 2C 00 2C A2 C2 0A

GET sequence

Request message

Request	CMD	Param
RE_CA_UART_GET_DEVICE_ID	0x18	-

Response message

Response	CMD	Param 1	Param 2
RE_CA_UART_DEVICE_ID	0x11	Device ID (8 bytes)	MAC Address (6 bytes)

Example: Request DEVICE_ID

Command :

STX	LEN	CMD	CRC16	ETX
CA	00	18	8E36	0A

Complete request message: CA 00 18 36 8E 0A

Response:

STX	LEN	CMD	Device ID	DELIMITER	MAC Addr	DELIMITER	CRC16	ETX
CA	10	11	0x38E11A5878A79840	2C	2C:9C:8E:2D:25:C8	2C	677F	0A

Complete response message: CA 10 11 40 98 A7 78 58 1A E1 38 2C C8 25 2D 8E 9C 2C 2C 7F 67 0A

REPORT sequence

Report message

Report	CMD	Param 1	Param 2	Param 3
RE_CA_UART_ADV_RPRT	0x10	MAC address (6 bytes)	Advertisement: Variable length (MAX 31 Bytes)	RSSI in dB: -128...127

Note: The length of the Advertisement is determined by the LEN field in the Header. Adv_Len := LEN - 10

Example of report

STX	LEN	CMD	MAC Addr	DELIMITER	Adv	DELIMITER	RSSI	DELIMITER	CRC16	ETX
CA	29	10	06:AD:E0:B9:A5:C6	2C	02 01 06 1B FF 99 04 05 14 64 47 25 C4 41 00 34 00 00 04 1C A9 36 11 01 58 C6 A5 B9 E0 AD 06	2C	D9	2C	0811	0A

Complete report message: CA 29 10 C6 A5 B9 E0 AD 06 2C 02 01 06 1B FF 99 04 05 14 64 47 25 C4 41 00 34 00 00 04 1C A9 36 11 01 58 C6 A5 B9 E0 AD 06 2C D9 2C 11 08 0A

CONFIGURATION REQUEST sequence

CFG Request message

Request	CMD	Param
RE_CA_UART_GET_ALL	0x19	-

Example: Configuration request on the device side

STX	LEN	CMD	CRC16	ETX
CA	00	19	9E17	0A

Complete configuration request message: CA 00 19 17 9E 0A