Send data with IEEE Address as source address

Tobias4760

Hallo everybody,

just one little question. Is it possible to send AF data with the extended address instead of the short address as source address? The function call of

afStatus_t AF_DataRequest( afAddrType_t *dstAddr, endPointDesc_t *srcEP,
uint16 cID, uint16 len, uint8 *buf, uint8 *transID,
uint8 options, uint8 radius );

seems to not support such an option. Thanks in advance for your answers.

Regards,

Tobias

over 16 years ago

0 Rooney over 16 years ago

Prodigy 95 points

Of course it is possible, but not directly.

Use APSME_LookupExtAddr() to determine the short address and then use AF_DataRequest()

0 "Double 0" over 16 years ago in reply to Rooney

TI__Expert 4155 points

If the destination address is not the next hop, then you will have to use IEEE address request to populate the extended address field first before using it for AF_DataRequest.

0 Tobias4760 over 16 years ago in reply to "Double 0"

Intellectual 380 points

Isn't this request made for receiving the network address of a remote device ? I would like to use the IEEE address of the sender to be used as the source address in the MAC Header instead of the network address.

0 foresightyj over 14 years ago in reply to "Double 0"

Expert 1690 points

Hi,

I am also interested to know the answer. I want to include the source IEEE address in every message.

I know one could set the source IEEE address in the NWK frame control, but how can I do this in the AF_DataRequest() function?

Thanks in advance!

Yuan Jian

0 foresightyj over 14 years ago in reply to foresightyj

Expert 1690 points

p.s.

I know I could purposely add the IEEE address in the payload but I just want to do it elegantly so that IEEE addresses show up in NWK layer.

Yuan Jian

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Send data with IEEE Address as source address