Troubleshooting - Texas Instruments CC110L Quick Start Manual

10. Select Frequency
Select which frequency to use for the test. Make
sure that the evaluation modules you have match
the selected frequency.
13. Link Established
When the initial linking has completed, the slave
node will start the test by continuously transmitting
packets to the master.
16. PER Test Results
The statistics window will show the error rate
based on the number of lost or erroneous packets
divided by the total number of packets that should
have been received.
SmartRF™ Studio
1. Download and Install
Before connecting SmartRF TrxEB to your PC,
download and install SmartRF Studio from
www.ti.com/smartrfstudio.
11. Select Mode
One of the boards must operate as the slave
(transmitter) and the other as master (receiver).
Select Slave on one board...
...and Master on the other board.
14. Start the Receiver (master)
On the master node, you can select the number of
packets you want to receive in order to calculate
the packet error.
When selecting "Start PER Test", the master
(receiver) will begin to count the number of
received packets and provide some statistics.

17. Troubleshooting

It you are experiencing problems with this test,
please check the following:

Nothing is shown in the display! Make sure the
mode switches are in the correct positions (see
step 4 above).

Please visit the kit web page and check for
updated SW and documentation. Updated SW
can be downloaded to the device using IAR
EW430 or SmartRF Flash Programmer.

If you get poor PER results at short distances,
try to move the transmitter and receiver further
apart. The CC11xL receiver may experience
saturation if it is too close to the other CC11xL
transmitting at full output power.
2. Launch SmartRF Studio
After installing the tool, connect the EB to the PC
using the USB cable and start SmartRF Studio.
Select the "Sub 1 GHz" tab and double click the
highlighted device icon (CC110L, CC113L or
CC115L).
12. Establish Link
The slave node will now wait for a configuration
package from the Master. The configuration
contains the parameters used for the PER test.
The configuration package will be sent when you
select "link devices" on the master node.
15. PER Test Results
The master will display a window that plots the
received signal strength (RSSI) for each packet.
Press the "Up" button to go to the detailed
statistical window.
18. References
Please visit www.ti.com and
http://www.ti.com/tool/cc11xldk-868-915
On the kit product page, you will find additional
documentation, links to updated
examples and software tools like SmartRF Studio.
You will also find a lot of information on the TI E2E
forum at http://e2e.ti.com
We hope that you will enjoy working with the
CC110L, CC113L and CC115L devices.
3. Test the Radio
You can now configure the radio, export register
settings and run performance tests of the radio.
software