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RS9113SB
PHY Evaluation Test Utility
User Guide for Linux
Redpine Signals, Inc.
2107 N. First Street, #680
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Tel: (408) 748-3385
Fax: (408) 705-2019
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  • Page 1 RS9113SB PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Redpine Signals, Inc. 2107 N. First Street, #680 San Jose, CA 95131. Tel: (408) 748-3385 Fax: (408) 705-2019 Email: info@redpinesignals.com Website: www.redpinesignals.com Redpine Signals, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential...
  • Page 2 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Disclaimer: The information in this document pertains to information related to Redpine Signals, Inc. products. This information is provided as a service to our customers, and may be used for information purposes only.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Application Usage ..............9 4 Programmable PER packet ..........14 Application Usage ............... 14 5 Receive Tests ..............17 Application Usage ............... 17 6 CW mode ................19 Single Tone Mode ..............19 Application Usage ............... 19 Redpine Signals, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential...
  • Page 4 P a g e Table of Figures Figure 1: Linux Based RF Evaluation Setup With USB Interface ....6 Figure 2: Linux Based RF Evaluation Setup With SDIO Interface ....7 Figure 3: Utility Diagram ................7...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux 1 Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide the usage of the applications for transmit and receive tests to evaluate the RF performance of the RS9113™ using a test driver in Linux environment. The evaluation board provides the necessary connectors so that you can measure transmit and receive performance of the PHY, using Spectrum Analyzer and Signal Generator in 2.4GHz.

  • Page 6: Test Setup Details

    RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux 2 Test Setup Details The diagram shown below, illustrates the test setup for evaluating receive and transmit performance of RS9113™ WLAN module. As shown in the test setup, the RS9113™ evaluation board (EVB) is plugged into Linux based laptop either on the SDIO slot via SDIO connector or USB port via USB cable through port J6 on the EVB.
  • Page 7 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Figure 2: Linux Based RF Evaluation Setup With SDIO Interface Following diagram illustrates various software components involved in performing Tx and Rx tests using spectrum analyzer and signal generator respectively. Figure 3: Utility Diagram...
  • Page 8 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux The ‘transmit’ utility is a command line application to perform Tx tests. Before running the Tx tests, the user is expected to connect RS9113™ to a signal analyzer using the RF cable. The ‘receive’...

  • Page 9: Transmit Tests

    RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux 3 Transmit Tests In general, before performing any tests configure the PHY to operate in the appropriate band. The transmit tests can be performed through a utility called ‘transmit’ which is found under ‘release’ directory. Configure the following parameters through this application before running the tests.
  • Page 10 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux After starting this application, user has to enter the following command to stop the ongoing transmission: # ./transmit <m> <m> - 0 for Burst Mode 1 for Continuous Mode Set power value: To set Tx gain value, enter a valid value for <p>...
  • Page 11 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Channel Center Numbers (2.4GHz) frequencies for 20MHz channel width(MHz) 2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462 Table 1 Channel Number and Frequencies for 20MHz Channel Width in 2.4GHz Set External PA enable/disable: If the module contains an external PA, to enable the usage of the PA,...
  • Page 12 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux To set channel width use one of the values specified in the table below: Channel Width Rate flag values 20MHz Table 3 Channel Width We can enable multiple fields by setting rate flags value appropriately. Set Aggregation flags: This flag is for enabling or disabling aggregation support .Higher length packets can be transmitted by enabling aggregation flag.If this flag is set...
  • Page 13 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Examples:  $ ./transmit 40 5.5 750 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 Above command starts continuous transmission with the following configuration: Tx gain – 40 Data rate – 5.5Mbps Packet Length –...

  • Page 14: Programmable Per Packet

    RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux 4 Programmable PER packet PER packet can be programmable using utility called ‘transmit_packet’ utility. This utility takes the PER packet content from the file called ‘per_packet.txt’. ‘transmit_packet’ utility and per_packet.txt can be found under ‘release’ directory.
  • Page 15 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Length: This field refers to the number of bytes to be configured from the ‘per_packet.txt’ file into PER packet. i.e if this field is given as ‘n’(maximum value of n is 1536bytes), then ‘n’ number of bytes can be configured from ‘per_packet.txt’...
  • Page 16 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Examples:  $ ./transmit_packet 1 1000 0 Above command configures the PER packet PER configuration Enable – 1 Length – 1000 (1000 bytes can be configured from the ‘per_packet.txt’ file) Sequence number flag – 0 (Sequence number will be incremented) ...

  • Page 17: Receive Tests

    RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux 5 Receive Tests The receive tests can be invoked from an application called ‘receive’ which is found under ‘release’ directory. Use this application for displaying the following information  Total number of CRC PASS packets ...
  • Page 18 RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux Channel Width Value 20MHz Table 4 Channel Width Example:  # ./receive stats 6 0 0 The above mentioned command will start the receive application File – stats Channel number – 6 Start-Stop –...

  • Page 19: Cw Mode

    RS9113 PHY Evaluation Test Utility User Guide for Linux 6 CW mode CW mode stands for Continuous Wave mode which is used to evaluate performance of the module. 6.1 Single Tone Mode In single tone mode of operation, either a sine wave or cosine wave is generated.
  • Page 20 In that case, the final end product must be labelled in a visible area with the following: “Contains Transmitter Module FCC ID: XF6-RS9113SB” “Contains FCC ID: XF6-RS9113SB” The OEM should not provide information to the end user regarding installation or removal of this...
  • Page 21 In that case, the final end product must be labelled in a visible area with the following: “Contains Transmitter Module IC ID: 8407A-RS9113SB” “Contains IC ID: 8407A-RS9113SB” *****...

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