902.875 MHz FSK, EnOcean Radio Protocol version 2, lead market US The term “TCM 515” in this document refers to all members of the TCM 515 family unless noted differently. TCM 515 products are limited to OEM installation ONLY.
3 received sub-telegrams measured at 25°C Note 2: TCM 515 requires approximately 50 ms for start-up after power up. After completion of its internal start- up, it waits for the selected delay period before starting RX mode to allow for power supply stabilization. The delay period is adjustable via ESP3 command.
TCM 515 is a fully integrated radio transceiver family which enables communication with other devices implementing the EnOcean Radio Protocol (ERP). TCM 515 is used to exchange (send and / or receive) radio telegrams with external sensors, switches or actuators.
2.2.4 Low power sleep mode TCM 515 can be set into a low power sleep mode for a defined period of time by means of an ESP3 command. After expiry of the requested sleep period, TCM 515 will automatically wake-up and transition back to receive mode.
USER MANUAL TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Device Interface TCM 515 implements a 31 pin reflow-solderable interface. Solder mask data is available on request from EnOcean. 2.3.1 Pin-out The pin assignment (as seen from the top of the device) is shown in Figure 4 below. Solder mask and mechanical data is available from EnOcean.
2.3.2 Power supply TCM 515 is supplied by the VDD and GND Pins and supports a supply voltage range from 2.0V to 3.6V. For best radio performance it is very important to minimize noise on the sup- ply voltage lines. Please see chapter 8.4.
The physical interface used by ESP3 for communication between host system and an EnOcean Gateway Controller is a 3-wire full duplex UART / RS-232 connection (RX, TX, GND). The standard UART baud rate is 57600 baud per second. TCM 515 supports a higher baud rate 460800...
Type 10: ERP2 Radio Telegram (TCM 515U only, selected using CO_WR_MODE) Persistent versus not persistent configuration settings TCM 515 will store certain configuration settings in persistent memory, i.e. those settings will be maintained even after a power cycle. There are three classes of persistent settings: 1.
Transmission flow TCM 515 performs the following functions to transmit radio telegrams: Telegram input TCM 515 receives the radio telegram data from the external host via the ESP3 inter- face as described in chapter 3 Security handling Telegrams to receivers supporting high security mode can be automatically encrypt-...
ESP3 command CO_WR_IDBASE. Alignment is automatically enforced within TCM 515, i.e. if a non-aligned address is provided in the ESP3 command then TCM 515 will use the next lower aligned address as start address of the Base ID range.
Built-in Repeater TCM 515 provides the option to activate a one or two-level repeater for received EnOcean radio telegrams. 1-level repeater: If a received telegram is a valid and original (not yet repeated), ...
European radio regulation mandates that the duty cycle limits of radio transmitters have to be enforced by technical means. The European (868.3 MHz) version of TCM 515 therefore implements a hardware duty cycle monitor which enforces the regulatory duty cycle limit of 1% per hour.
Figure 8 below shows the handling for received telegrams. Figure 8 – Telegram Reception Flow Note that by default, TCM 515 will forward all telegrams received by it (including such that are addressed to a different receiver) to the host via its ESP3 interface.
< 100 ms (39 ms + 29 ms + 29 ms) as shown in Table 2. TCM 515 can be configured to wait for the RX maturity time (100 ms) after reception of a subtelegram in order to determine the number of received subtelegrams. TCM 515 will in that case report the actual number of received subtelegrams to the external host.
Moreover, for each filter criterion it can be defined if it shall apply for the forwarding func- tionality or for the repeating functionality of TCM 515. The maximum number of filter crite- ria is 30. Attempting to define more filter criteria will result in the response 01: RET_ERROR (memory space full).
USER MANUAL TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Security functionality TCM 515 implements the security handling functions as specified in the EnOcean security specification: https://www.enocean.com/security-specification TCM 515 can receive and decrypt messages from the following EnOcean modules: PTM 215 ...
TCM 515 supports all three security mechanisms outlined above and can manage secure connection to up to 32 remote devices. For each such connection, TCM 515 can maintain separate security key and rolling code information for the communication to the remote device (outbound, transmission) and for communication from the remote device (inbound, reception).
Therefore this is only possible for devices that have previously been taught- If a high security radio telegram is received from a device that has not been taught in then TCM 515 will report a security event and forward the raw (unprocessed) telegram to the host for further analysis.
6.2.3 Secure link table TCM 515 stores all required information for secure communication with a remote device in the secure link table. This table can store up to 32 entries in order to manage secure con- nection to up to 32 remote devices.
Index = 0 and is full once Index = 31 Remote Device ID Remote Device ID identifies the device with which TCM 515 can communicate se- curely based on the parameters for this entry Direction ...
For special cases (e.g. devices using more than one EEP), data telegrams might specify the EEP that is used. The security processing in TCM 515 supports both secure messages that specify the original telegram type (RORG) and those who don’t. Table 8 below summarizes the different RORG supported by TCM 515 security processing.
6.3.1 Telegram encryption and decryption TCM 515 can encrypt and decrypt radio telegrams using AES 128 based on a 16 byte secu- rity key that is dynamically modified using a rolling code as described in chapter 6.3.3. TCM 515 supports both VAES and AES-CBC modes for encryption and decryption. The mode which is used can be selected using the DATA_ENC field in the SLF as described above.
TCM 515 supports the dynamic modification of a given security key with a rolling code as described in chapter 6.1.3. TCM 515 supports rolling code sizes of both 2 byte and 3 byte. Use of 2 byte rolling code size is not recommended anymore for new developments.
TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Teach-in of secure devices Teach-in is the process by which a remote device communicates to TCM 515 all parameters required to establish secure communication. Until secure communication has been established, TCM 515 will transparently forward re- ceived telegram to the external host via UART and transmit telegrams it has received from the external host.
32. Attempting to teach in additional devices will result in a CO_EVENT_SECUREDEVICES with error code 00 (Teach in failed, because no more space available). TCM 515 can be configured to transmit a secure teach-in telegram to a remote device that been...
TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE 6.4.1.1 Handling of teach-in telegram when not in teach-in mode If TCM 515 is not in teach-in mode then teach-in requests from unknown devices are ig- nored. If TCM 515 receives a teach-in message from a known (previously taught-in) device with the correct security key then the sequence counter information in the TCM 515 secure link table is updated.
USER MANUAL TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Reporting of security-related events TCM 515 can report to the host the following security-related events by means of a CO_EVENT_SECUREDEVICES event message. structure CO_EVENT_SECUREDEVICES messages is shown below. Group Offset Size Field...
For more information on remote management please refer to the EnOcean End Equipment Profiles (EEP) 2.6 specification. Device Integration TCM 515 is designed for integration onto a host PCB. Detailed Gerber data of the device footprint is available from EnOcean. Recommended PCB Footprint Figure 18 below shows the recommended PCB footprint for TCM 515.
Figure 20 – Recommended soldering profile TCM 515 shall be handled according to Moisture Sensitivity Level MSL4 which means a floor time of 72 h. TCM 515 may be soldered only once, since one time is already consumed at production of the module itself.
USER MANUAL TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Packaging information TCM 515 is delivered in Tape & Reel packaging with 250 units per reel. Figure 21 below illustrates the dimensions. Figure 21 – Tape & Reel dimensions of TCM 515 Figure 22 below shows the positioning of TCM 515 in the Tape &...
Radiated emissions from power supply inductors (especially DCDC inductors) towards the TCM 515 RF input must be minimized as they impact RF performance. Place such inductors as much as possible away from TCM 515 or – if this is not possible – consider using switched capacitor designs.
TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Low noise design considerations For best performance, HW design of TCM 515 systems has to minimize radiated or con- ducted noise that interferes with the correct reception of RF signals. Strong emphasis should therefore be placed onto good RF and power supply design to eliminate or minimize the level of noise introduced into the RF path.
In order to avoid spurious reset events, it is recommended to filter the input signals by means of a small capacitor which is placed as close as possible to the TCM 515 nRST pin as shown in Figure 23 below.
TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Antenna options This chapter outlines options for antenna that can be used with TCM 515. Note that this chapter is for guidance purposes only, please consult with an authorized certification body for specific information.
At the time of writing, the text of the RED legislation was available from this link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/53/oj Dolphin radio modules such as TCM 515 are components which are delivered to OEM manu- facturers for their use in final or combined products.
USER MANUAL TCM 515 – ENOCEAN TRANSCEIVER GATEWAY MODULE Product history Table 12 below outlines the product history of TCM 515 and indicates key changes made between different revisions. Revision Introduction Key features / changes - First product prototypes for customer evaluation...
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