- <para>
- The CC1111 radio transceiver sends and receives digital packets
- with forward error correction and detection. The AltOS driver is
- fairly specific to the needs of the TeleMetrum and TeleDongle
- devices, using it for other tasks may require customization of
- the driver itself. There are three basic modes of operation:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Telemetry mode. In this mode, TeleMetrum transmits telemetry
- frames at a fixed rate. The frames are of fixed size. This
- is strictly a one-way communication from TeleMetrum to
- TeleDongle.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Packet mode. In this mode, the radio is used to create a
- reliable duplex byte stream between TeleDongle and
- TeleMetrum. This is an asymmetrical protocol with
- TeleMetrum only transmitting in response to a packet sent
- from TeleDongle. Thus getting data from TeleMetrum to
- TeleDongle requires polling. The polling rate is adaptive,
- when no data has been received for a while, the rate slows
- down. The packets are checked at both ends and invalid
- data are ignored.
- </para>
- <para>
- On the TeleMetrum side, the packet link is hooked into the
- stdio mechanism, providing an alternate data path for the
- command processor. It is enabled when the unit boots up in
- 'idle' mode.
- </para>
- <para>
- On the TeleDongle side, the packet link is enabled with a
- command; data from the stdio package is forwarded over the
- packet link providing a connection from the USB command
- stream to the remote TeleMetrum device.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Radio Direction Finding mode. In this mode, TeleMetrum
- constructs a special packet that sounds like an audio tone
- when received by a conventional narrow-band FM
- receiver. This is designed to provide a beacon to track
- the device when other location mechanisms fail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
+ <section>
+ <title>Radio Introduction</title>
+ <para>
+ The CC1111 radio transceiver sends and receives digital packets
+ with forward error correction and detection. The AltOS driver is
+ fairly specific to the needs of the TeleMetrum and TeleDongle
+ devices, using it for other tasks may require customization of
+ the driver itself. There are three basic modes of operation:
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Telemetry mode. In this mode, TeleMetrum transmits telemetry
+ frames at a fixed rate. The frames are of fixed size. This
+ is strictly a one-way communication from TeleMetrum to
+ TeleDongle.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Packet mode. In this mode, the radio is used to create a
+ reliable duplex byte stream between TeleDongle and
+ TeleMetrum. This is an asymmetrical protocol with
+ TeleMetrum only transmitting in response to a packet sent
+ from TeleDongle. Thus getting data from TeleMetrum to
+ TeleDongle requires polling. The polling rate is adaptive,
+ when no data has been received for a while, the rate slows
+ down. The packets are checked at both ends and invalid
+ data are ignored.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ On the TeleMetrum side, the packet link is hooked into the
+ stdio mechanism, providing an alternate data path for the
+ command processor. It is enabled when the unit boots up in
+ 'idle' mode.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ On the TeleDongle side, the packet link is enabled with a
+ command; data from the stdio package is forwarded over the
+ packet link providing a connection from the USB command
+ stream to the remote TeleMetrum device.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Radio Direction Finding mode. In this mode, TeleMetrum
+ constructs a special packet that sounds like an audio tone
+ when received by a conventional narrow-band FM
+ receiver. This is designed to provide a beacon to track
+ the device when other location mechanisms fail.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>