Configuration for AMB8423 868Mhz / example code

Hi Albert,

Have you had any luck? I'm having the same problem but I'm using the 915MHz version. I've been pulling my hair out trying to link the 2 devices using SimpliciTI. I'm basically trying to "link" the watch to the AMB8423 and putting a breakpoint in the LinkListen code on the AMB8423 side, and nothing ever happens... I've tried various "SmartRF" constants, to no avail. Amber even sent me a zip file with a demo called "Wireless sensor monitor demo", still no luck.

Many thanks in advance to anyone who can show us the path!

Francis

As faith would have it, I manage to make them talk not too long after writing my post!

I basically entered all the applicable parameters for the radio in SmartRF Studio, choosing the CC1101 device first. I used the 'Expert mode' tab. The parameters are described in the simpliciti.h of the watch project. After that, I exported the SmartRF Studio results using the "SimpliciTI settings" template, and copy-pasted them into my smartrf_CC1101.h

Here they are in case anyone needs them. Bear in mind these settings are for the 915 MHz Chronos. Good luck to anyone who needs those!

/***************************************************************

* SmartRF Studio(tm) Export

*

* Radio register settings specifed with C-code

* compatible #define statements.

*

***************************************************************/

#ifndef SMARTRF_CC1101_H

#define SMARTRF_CC1101_H

#define SMARTRF_RADIO_CC1101

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSCTRL1 0x0E

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_IOCFG0 0x06

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSCTRL0 0x00

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FREQ2 0x22

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FREQ1 0xD8

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FREQ0 0x9B

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_MDMCFG4 0x7B

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_MDMCFG3 0x83

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_MDMCFG2 0x13

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_MDMCFG1 0x42

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_MDMCFG0 0xF8

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_CHANNR 0x00

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_DEVIATN 0x42

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FREND1 0xB6

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FREND0 0x10

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_MCSM0 0x18

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FOCCFG 0x1D

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_BSCFG 0x1C

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_AGCCTRL2 0xC7

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_AGCCTRL1 0x00

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_AGCCTRL0 0xB0

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSCAL3 0xEA

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSCAL2 0x2A

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSCAL1 0x00

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSCAL0 0x1F

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FSTEST 0x59

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_TEST2 0x88

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_TEST1 0x31

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_TEST0 0x09

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_FIFOTHR 0x07

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_IOCFG2 0x29

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_PKTCTRL1 0x04

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_PKTCTRL0 0x05

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_ADDR 0x00

#define SMARTRF_SETTING_PKTLEN 0xFF

#endif

Hi Francis,

Nice to read that you managed to hook up the amber unit !

Finally, I also managed to get communication between the chronos chip and the amber unit with simpliciti.

I have done this by changing the predifined symbols in the properties window of CCSv4.

So Now I can test simplicity code examples on the watch communication with the amber unit !!

But unfortionally, I can not figure out how to hook up the Amber unit to the ezChronos watch with the default sport watch software !

Any ideas ?

Seems like you are really close, then! So you say you got the Chronos chip to talk to the Amber unit, but not the sportswatch s/w. You mean you managed to make a modified Chronos to talk to the Amber unit, but would like to not have to modify the watch? If that's the case, then have a look at the Access Point s/w that is also included with the watch. For me, this is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\eZ430-Chronos\Software Projects\RF Access Point.

Good luck!

Hi,

I know this thread is a little old, I hope you guys are still around. I am trying to connect the Chronos with the AMB8423 also. At the moment I am trying to adapt the Simpliciti Peer to Peer example project to the CC1101 instead of the CC2500 by editing the "CC2500-LinkListen" and "CC2500-LinkTo" folders in "SimpliciTI-CCS-1.1.1\Projects\Examples\eZ430RF\Simple_Peer_to_Peer\CCS\Project"

I see the folder "smartrf_CC1101.h" that contains the SmartRf register settings that you said  to edit in order to apply the same frequency as the Chronos watch. But how do I adapt the simple peer to peer example project to the CC1101 instead of the CC2500? There seems to be a lot of automatically generated files in the "CC2500-LinkListen" and "CC2500-LinkTo" folders and I am not sure how to edit them.

Is this a practical path that I am taking to establish a connection with the Chronos and the AMB8423 or is there an easier way I should be trying?

I hope you are still around I could really use some help. Thanks to anybody else who might be able to give me some input also.

can you be more explicit on what you changed in the"predifined symbols"?