SNOSAX1F May   2008  – September 2015 DP83849I

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. Device Overview
    1. 1.1 Features
    2. 1.2 Applications
    3. 1.3 Description
    4. 1.4 System Diagram
  2. Revision History
  3. Terminal Configuration and Functions
    1. 3.1 Pin Assignments
    2. 3.2 Signal Descriptions
      1. 3.2.1  Serial Management Interface
      2. 3.2.2  Clock Interface
      3. 3.2.3  MAC Data Interface
      4. 3.2.4  LED Interface
      5. 3.2.5  JTAG Interface
      6. 3.2.6  Reset and Power Down
      7. 3.2.7  Strap Options
      8. 3.2.8  PMD Interface for 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s
      9. 3.2.9  Special Connections
      10. 3.2.10 Power Supply Pins
  4. Specifications
    1. 4.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 4.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 4.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 4.4 Thermal Information
    5. 4.5 DC Specifications
    6. 4.6 AC Timing Requirements
  5. Detailed Description
    1. 5.1 Overview
    2. 5.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 5.3 Feature Description
      1. 5.3.1 Auto-Negotiation
        1. 5.3.1.1 Auto-Negotiation Pin Control
        2. 5.3.1.2 Auto-Negotiation Register Control
        3. 5.3.1.3 Auto-Negotiation Parallel Detection
        4. 5.3.1.4 Auto-Negotiation Restart
        5. 5.3.1.5 Auto-Negotiation Complete Time
        6. 5.3.1.6 Enabling Auto-Negotiation Through Software
      2. 5.3.2 Auto-MDIX
      3. 5.3.3 LED Interface
        1. 5.3.3.1 LEDs
        2. 5.3.3.2 LED Direct Control
      4. 5.3.4 Internal Loopback
      5. 5.3.5 BIST
      6. 5.3.6 Energy Detect Mode
      7. 5.3.7 Link Diagnostic Capabilities
        1. 5.3.7.1 Linked Cable Status
        2. 5.3.7.2 Polarity Reversal
          1. 5.3.7.2.1 Cable Swap Indication
          2. 5.3.7.2.2 100 MB Cable Length Estimation
          3. 5.3.7.2.3 Frequency Offset Relative to Link Partner
          4. 5.3.7.2.4 Cable Signal Quality Estimation
          5. 5.3.7.2.5 Link Quality Monitor
        3. 5.3.7.3 Link Quality Monitor Control and Status
          1. 5.3.7.3.1 Checking Current Parameter Values
          2. 5.3.7.3.2 Threshold Control
        4. 5.3.7.4 TDR Cable Diagnostics
          1. 5.3.7.4.1 TDR Pulse Generator
          2. 5.3.7.4.2 TDR Pulse Monitor
          3. 5.3.7.4.3 TDR Control Interface
          4. 5.3.7.4.4 TDR Results
    4. 5.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 5.4.1 MII Interface
        1. 5.4.1.1 Nibble-wide MII Data Interface
        2. 5.4.1.2 Collision Detect
        3. 5.4.1.3 Carrier Sense
      2. 5.4.2 Reduced MII Interface
      3. 5.4.3 802.3u MII Serial Management Interface
        1. 5.4.3.1 Serial Management Register Access
        2. 5.4.3.2 Serial Management Preamble Suppression
        3. 5.4.3.3 Simultaneous Register Write
      4. 5.4.4 MAC Interface
        1. 5.4.4.1 10-Mb Serial Network Interface (SNI)
        2. 5.4.4.2 Single Clock MII Mode
        3. 5.4.4.3 Flexible MII Port Assignment
          1. 5.4.4.3.1 RX MII Port Mapping
          2. 5.4.4.3.2 TX MII Port Mapping
          3. 5.4.4.3.3 Common Flexible MII Port Configurations
        4. 5.4.4.4 Strapped Extender Mode
        5. 5.4.4.5 Notes and Restrictions
      5. 5.4.5 PHY Address
        1. 5.4.5.1 MII Isolate Mode
      6. 5.4.6 Half Duplex vs Full Duplex
      7. 5.4.7 Reset Operation
        1. 5.4.7.1 Hardware Reset
        2. 5.4.7.2 Full Software Reset
        3. 5.4.7.3 Soft Reset
    5. 5.5 Programming
      1. 5.5.1 Architecture
        1. 5.5.1.1 100BASE-TX Transmitter
          1. 5.5.1.1.1 Code-group Encoding and Injection
          2. 5.5.1.1.2 Scrambler
          3. 5.5.1.1.3 NRZ to NRZI Encoder
          4. 5.5.1.1.4 Binary to MLT-3 Convertor
      2. 5.5.2 100BASE-TX Receiver
      3. 5.5.3 Analog Front End
        1. 5.5.3.1  Digital Signal Processor
        2. 5.5.3.2  Digital Adaptive Equalization and Gain Control
        3. 5.5.3.3  Signal Detect
        4. 5.5.3.4  MLT-3 to NRZI Decoder
        5. 5.5.3.5  NRZI to NRZ
        6. 5.5.3.6  Serial to Parallel
        7. 5.5.3.7  Descrambler
        8. 5.5.3.8  Code-Group Alignment
        9. 5.5.3.9  4B/5B Decoder
        10. 5.5.3.10 100BASE-TX Link Integrity Monitor
        11. 5.5.3.11 BAD SSD Detection
      4. 5.5.4 10BASE-T Transceiver Module
        1. 5.5.4.1  Operational Modes
        2. 5.5.4.2  Smart Squelch
        3. 5.5.4.3  Collision Detection and SQE
        4. 5.5.4.4  Carrier Sense
        5. 5.5.4.5  Normal Link Pulse Detection/Generation
        6. 5.5.4.6  Jabber Function
        7. 5.5.4.7  Automatic Link Polarity Detection and Correction
        8. 5.5.4.8  Transmit and Receive Filtering
        9. 5.5.4.9  Transmitter
        10. 5.5.4.10 Receiver
    6. 5.6 Register Block
      1. 5.6.1 Register Definition
        1. 5.6.1.1  Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR)
        2. 5.6.1.2  Basic Mode Status Register (BMSR)
        3. 5.6.1.3  PHY Identifier Register #1 (PHYIDR1)
        4. 5.6.1.4  PHY Identifier Register #2 (PHYIDR2)
        5. 5.6.1.5  Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register (ANAR)
        6. 5.6.1.6  Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) (BASE Page)
        7. 5.6.1.7  Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) (Next Page)
        8. 5.6.1.8  Auto-Negotiate Expansion Register (ANER)
        9. 5.6.1.9  Auto-Negotiation Next Page Transmit Register (ANNPTR)
        10. 5.6.1.10 PHY Status Register (PHYSTS)
        11. 5.6.1.11 MII Interrupt Control Register (MICR)
        12. 5.6.1.12 MII Interrupt Status and Miscellaneous Control Register (MICR)
        13. 5.6.1.13 Page Select Register (PAGESEL)
      2. 5.6.2 Extended Registers - Page 0
        1. 5.6.2.1  False Carrier Sense Counter Register (FCSCR)
        2. 5.6.2.2  Receiver Error Counter Register (RECR)
        3. 5.6.2.3  100 Mb/s PCS Configuration and Status Register (PCSR)
        4. 5.6.2.4  RMII and Bypass Register (RBR)
        5. 5.6.2.5  LED Direct Control Register (LEDCR)
        6. 5.6.2.6  PHY Control Register (PHYCR)
        7. 5.6.2.7  10BASE-T Status/Control Register (10BTSCR)
        8. 5.6.2.8  CD Test and BIST Extensions Register (CDCTRL1)
        9. 5.6.2.9  Phy Control Register 2 (PHYCR2)
        10. 5.6.2.10 Energy Detect Control (EDCR)
      3. 5.6.3 Link Diagnostics Registers - Page 2
        1. 5.6.3.1  100Mb Length Detect Register (LEN100_DET), Page 2, address 14h
        2. 5.6.3.2  100Mb Frequency Offset Indication Register (FREQ100), Page 2, address 15h
        3. 5.6.3.3  TDR Control Register (TDR_CTRL), Page 2, address 16h
        4. 5.6.3.4  TDR Window Register (TDR_WIN), Page 2, address 17h
        5. 5.6.3.5  TDR Peak Register (TDR_PEAK), Page 2, address 18h
        6. 5.6.3.6  TDR Threshold Register (TDR_THR), Page 2, address 19h
        7. 5.6.3.7  Variance Control Register (VAR_CTRL), Page 2, address 1Ah
        8. 5.6.3.8  Variance Data Register (VAR_DATA), Page 2, address 1Bh
        9. 5.6.3.9  Link Quality Monitor Register (LQMR), Page 2, address 1Dh
        10. 5.6.3.10 Link Quality Data Register (LQDR), Page 2
  6. Applications, Implementation, and Layout
    1. 6.1 Application Information
    2. 6.2 Typical Application
      1. 6.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 6.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 6.2.2.1 TPI Network Circuit
        2. 6.2.2.2 Clock In (X1) Requirements
          1. 6.2.2.2.1 Oscillator
          2. 6.2.2.2.2 Crystal
      3. 6.2.3 Power Feedback Circuit
      4. 6.2.4 Power Down/Interrupt
        1. 6.2.4.1 Power Down Control Mode
        2. 6.2.4.2 Interrupt Mechanisms
      5. 6.2.5 Application Curves
  7. Power Supply Recommendations
  8. Layout
    1. 8.1 Layout Guidelines
      1. 8.1.1 PCB Layer Stacking
    2. 8.2 Layout Example
  9. Device and Documentation Support
    1. 9.1 Community Resources
      1. 9.1.1 Community Resources
    2. 9.2 Trademarks
    3. 9.3 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    4. 9.4 Glossary
  10. 10Mechanical Packaging and Orderable Information
    1. 10.1 Packaging Information

Package Options

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
Thermal pad, mechanical data (Package|Pins)
Orderable Information

5 Detailed Description

5.1 Overview

The DP83849I is a feature rich, dual 10/100 Mbps Ethernet transceiver. This section discusses in detail features of the DP83849I including: auto-negotiation, auto-mdix, LED interface, internal loopback, BIST operation, energy detection mode, and link cable diagnostics including TDR capability.

5.2 Functional Block Diagram

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5.3 Feature Description

This section includes information on the various configuration options available with the DP83849I. The configuration options described in Section 5.3.1 through Section 5.3.6 include:

  • Auto-Negotiation
  • Auto-MDIX
  • LED Interface
  • Internal Loopback
  • BIST
  • Energy Detect Mode

5.3.1 Auto-Negotiation

The Auto-Negotiation function provides a mechanism for exchanging configuration information between two ends of a link segment and automatically selecting the highest performance mode of operation supported by both devices. Fast Link Pulse (FLP) Bursts provide the signaling used to communicate Auto-Negotiation abilities between two devices at each end of a link segment. For further detail regarding Auto-Negotiation, refer to Clause 28 of the IEEE 802.3u specification. The DP83849I supports four different Ethernet protocols (10 Mb/s Half Duplex, 10 Mb/s Full Duplex, 100 Mb/s Half Duplex, and 100 Mb/s Full Duplex), so the inclusion of Auto-Negotiation ensures that the highest performance protocol will be selected based on the advertised ability of the Link Partner. The Auto-Negotiation function within the DP83849I can be controlled either by internal register access or by the use of the AN_EN, AN1 and AN0 pins.

5.3.1.1 Auto-Negotiation Pin Control

The state of AN_EN, AN0 and AN1 determines whether the DP83849I is forced into a specific mode or Auto-Negotiation will advertise a specific ability (or set of abilities) as given in Table 5-1. These pins allow configuration options to be selected without requiring internal register access.

The state of AN_EN, AN0 and AN1, upon power-up/reset, determines the state of bits [8:5] of the ANAR register.

The Auto-Negotiation function selected at power-up or reset can be changed at any time by writing to the Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR) at address 00h.

Table 5-1 Auto-Negotiation Modes

AN_EN AN1 AN0 FORCED MODE
0 0 0 10BASE-T, Half-Duplex
0 0 1 10BASE-T, Full-Duplex
0 1 0 100BASE-TX, Half-Duplex
0 1 1 100BASE-TX, Full-Duplex
AN_EN AN1 AN0 ADVERTISED MODE
1 0 0 10BASE-T, Half/Full-Duplex
1 0 1 100BASE-TX, Half/Full-Duplex
1 1 0 10BASE-T Half-Duplex
100BASE-TX, Half-Duplex
1 1 1 10BASE-T, Half/Full-Duplex
100BASE-TX, Half/Full-Duplex

5.3.1.2 Auto-Negotiation Register Control

When Auto-Negotiation is enabled, the DP83849I transmits the abilities programmed into the Auto-Negotiation Advertisement register (ANAR) at address 04h through FLP Bursts. Any combination of 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s, Half-Duplex, and Full Duplex modes may be selected.

Auto-Negotiation Priority Resolution:

  1. 100BASE-TX Full Duplex (Highest Priority)
  2. 100BASE-TX Half Duplex
  3. 10BASE-T Full Duplex
  4. 10BASE-T Half Duplex (Lowest Priority)

The Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR) at address 00h provides control for enabling, disabling, and restarting the Auto-Negotiation process. When Auto-Negotiation is disabled, the Speed Selection bit in the BMCR controls switching between 10 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s operation, and the Duplex Mode bit controls switching between full duplex operation and half duplex operation. The Speed Selection and Duplex Mode bits have no effect on the mode of operation when the Auto-Negotiation Enable bit is set.

The Link Speed can be examined through the PHY Status Register (PHYSTS) at address 10h after a Link is achieved.

The Basic Mode Status Register (BMSR) indicates the set of available abilities for technology types, Auto-Negotiation ability, and Extended Register Capability. These bits are permanently set to indicate the full functionality of the DP83849I (only the 100BASE-T4 bit is not set because the DP83849I does not support that function).

The BMSR also provides status on:

  • Whether or not Auto-Negotiation is complete
  • Whether or not the Link Partner is advertising that a remote fault has occurred
  • Whether or not valid link has been established
  • Support for Management Frame Preamble suppression

The Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register (ANAR) indicates the Auto-Negotiation abilities to be advertised by the DP83849I. All available abilities are transmitted by default, but any ability can be suppressed by writing to the ANAR.

Updating the ANAR to suppress an ability is one way for a management agent to change (restrict) the technology that is used.

The Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) at address 05h is used to receive the base link code word as well as all next page code words during the negotiation. Furthermore, the ANLPAR will be updated to either 0081h or 0021h for parallel detection to either 100 Mb/s or 10 Mb/s respectively.

The Auto-Negotiation Expansion Register (ANER) indicates additional Auto-Negotiation status. The ANER provides status on:

  • Whether or not a Parallel Detect Fault has occurred
  • Whether or not the Link Partner supports the Next Page function
  • Whether or not the DP83849I supports the Next Page function
  • Whether or not the current page being exchanged by Auto-Negotiation has been received
  • Whether or not the Link Partner supports Auto-Negotiation

5.3.1.3 Auto-Negotiation Parallel Detection

The DP83849I supports the Parallel Detection function as defined in the IEEE 802.3u specification. Parallel Detection requires both the 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s receivers to monitor the receive signal and report link status to the Auto-Negotiation function. Auto-Negotiation uses this information to configure the correct technology in the event that the Link Partner does not support Auto-Negotiation but is transmitting link signals that the 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T PMAs recognize as valid link signals.

If the DP83849I completes Auto-Negotiation as a result of Parallel Detection, bits 5 and 7 within the ANLPAR register will be set to reflect the mode of operation present in the Link Partner. Note that bits 4:0 of the ANLPAR will also be set to 00001 based on a successful parallel detection to indicate a valid 802.3 selector field. Software may determine that negotiation completed through Parallel Detection by reading a zero in the Link Partner Auto-Negotiation Able bit once the Auto-Negotiation Complete bit is set. If configured for parallel detect mode and any condition other than a single good link occurs then the parallel detect fault bit will be set.

5.3.1.4 Auto-Negotiation Restart

Once Auto-Negotiation has completed, it may be restarted at any time by setting bit 9 (Restart Auto-Negotiation) of the BMCR to one. If the mode configured by a successful Auto-Negotiation loses a valid link, then the Auto-Negotiation process will resume and attempt to determine the configuration for the link. This function ensures that a valid configuration is maintained if the cable becomes disconnected.

A renegotiation request from any entity, such as a management agent, will cause the DP83849I to halt any transmit data and link pulse activity until the break_link_timer expires (~1500 ms). Consequently, the Link Partner will go into link fail and normal Auto-Negotiation resumes. The DP83849I will resume Auto-Negotiation after the break_link_timer has expired by issuing FLP (Fast Link Pulse) bursts.

5.3.1.5 Auto-Negotiation Complete Time

Parallel detection and Auto-Negotiation take approximately 2-3 seconds to complete. In addition, Auto-Negotiation with next page must take approximately 2-3 seconds to complete, depending on the number of next pages sent. Refer to Clause 28 of the IEEE 802.3u standard for a full description of the individual timers related to Auto-Negotiation.

5.3.1.6 Enabling Auto-Negotiation Through Software

It is important to note that if the DP83849I has been initialized upon power-up as a non-auto-negotiating device (forced technology), and it is then required that Auto-Negotiation or re-Auto-Negotiation be initiated through software, bit 12 (Auto-Negotiation Enable) of the Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR) must first be cleared and then set for any Auto-Negotiation function to take effect.

5.3.2 Auto-MDIX

When enabled, this function utilizes Auto-Negotiation to determine the proper configuration for transmission and reception of data and subsequently selects the appropriate MDI pair for MDI/MDIX operation. The function uses a random seed to control switching of the crossover circuitry. This implementation complies with the corresponding IEEE 802.3 Auto-Negotiation and Crossover Specifications.

Auto-MDIX is enabled by default and can be configured through strap or through PHYCR (19h) register, bits [15:14].

Neither Auto-Negotiation nor Auto-MDIX is required to be enabled in forcing crossover of the MDI pairs. Forced crossover can be achieved through the FORCE_MDIX bit, bit 14 of PHYCR (19h) register.

NOTE

Auto-MDIX will not work in a forced mode of operation.

5.3.3 LED Interface

The DP83849I supports three configurable Light Emitting Diode (LED) pins for each port.

Several functions can be multiplexed onto the three LEDs using three different modes of operation. The LED operation mode can be selected by writing to the LED_CFG[1:0] register bits in the PHY Control Register (PHYCR) at address 19h, bits [6:5]. In addition, LED_CFG[0] for each port can be set by a strap option on the CRS_A and CRS_B pins. LED_CFG[1] is only controllable through register access and cannot be set by as strap pin.

See Table 5-2 for LED Mode selection.

Table 5-2 LED Mode Select

MODE LED_CFG[1] LED_CFG[0] LED_LINK LED_SPEED LED_ACT/LED_COL
1 don’t care 1 ON for Good Link
OFF for No Link
ON in 100 Mb/s
OFF in 10 Mb/s
ON for Activity
OFF for No Activity
2 0 0 ON for Good Link
BLINK for Activity
ON in 100 Mb/s
OFF in 10 Mb/s
ON for Collision
OFF for No Collision
3 1 0 ON for Good Link
BLINK for Activity
ON in 100 Mb/s
OFF in 10 Mb/s
ON for Full Duplex
OFF for Half Duplex

The LED_LINK pin in Mode 1 indicates the link status of the port. In 100BASE-T mode, link is established as a result of input receive amplitude compliant with the TPPMD specifications which will result in internal generation of signal detect. A 10 Mb/s Link is established as a result of the reception of at least seven consecutive normal Link Pulses or the reception of a valid 10BASE-T packet. This will cause the assertion of LED_LINK. LED_LINK will deassert in accordance with the Link Loss Timer as specified in the IEEE 802.3 specification.

The LED_LINK pin in Mode 1 will be OFF when no LINK is present.

The LED_LINK pin in Mode 2 and Mode 3 will be ON to indicate Link is good and BLINK to indicate activity is present on activity. The BLINK frequency is defined in BLINK_FREQ, bits [7:6] of register LEDCR (18h).

Activity is defined as configured in LEDACT_RX, bit 8 of register LEDCR (18h). If LEDACT_RX is 0, Activity is signaled for either transmit or receive. If LEDACT_RX is 1, Activity is only signaled for receive.

The LED_SPEED pin indicates 10 or 100 Mb/s data rate of the port. The LED is ON when operating in 100Mb/s mode and OFF when operating in 10Mb/s mode. The functionality of this LED is independent of mode selected.

The LED_ACT/LED_COL pin in Mode 1 indicates the presence of either transmit or receive activity. The LED will be ON for Activity and OFF for No Activity. In Mode 2, this pin indicates the Collision status of the port. The LED will be ON for Collision and OFF for No Collision.

The LED_ACT/LED_COL pin in Mode 3 indicates Duplex status for 10 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s operation. The LED will be ON for Full Duplex and OFF for Half Duplex.

In 10 Mb/s half duplex mode, the collision LED is based on the COL signal.

Because these LED pins are also used as strap options, the polarity of the LED is dependent on whether the pin is pulled up or down.

5.3.3.1 LEDs

Because the Auto-Negotiation (AN) strap options share the LED output pins, the external components required for strapping and LED usage must be considered in order to avoid contention.

Specifically, when the LED outputs are used to drive LEDs directly, the active state of each output driver is dependent on the logic level sampled by the corresponding AN input upon power-up/reset. For example, if a given AN input is resistively pulled low then the corresponding output will be configured as an active high driver. Conversely, if a given AN input is resistively pulled high, then the corresponding output will be configured as an active low driver.

Refer to Figure 5-1 for an example of AN connections to external components at port A. In this example, the AN strapping results in Auto-Negotiation disabled with 100 Full-Duplex forced.

The adaptive nature of the LED outputs helps to simplify potential implementation issues of these dual purpose pins.

DP83849I an_strapping_led_loading_ex_snosax1.gif Figure 5-1 AN Strapping and LED Loading Example

5.3.3.2 LED Direct Control

The DP83849I provides another option to directly control any or all LED outputs through the LED Direct Control Register (LEDCR), address 18h. The register does not provide read access to LEDs.

5.3.4 Internal Loopback

The DP83849I includes a Loopback Test mode for facilitating system diagnostics. The Loopback mode is selected through bit 14 (Loopback) of the Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR). Writing 1 to this bit enables MII transmit data to be routed to the MII receive outputs. Loopback status may be checked in bit 3 of the PHY Status Register (PHYSTS). While in Loopback mode the data will not be transmitted onto the media. To ensure that the desired operating mode is maintained, Auto-Negotiation must be disabled before selecting the Loopback mode.

5.3.5 BIST

The DP83849I incorporates an internal Built-in Self Test (BIST) circuit to accommodate in-circuit testing or diagnostics. The BIST circuit can be utilized to test the integrity of the transmit and receive data paths. BIST testing can be performed with the part in the internal loopback mode or externally looped back using a loopback cable fixture.

The BIST is implemented with independent transmit and receive paths, with the transmit block generating a continuous stream of a pseudo random sequence. The user can select a 9 bit or 15 bit pseudo random sequence from the PSR_15 bit in the PHY Control Register (PHYCR). The received data is compared to the generated pseudo-random data by the BIST Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) to determine the BIST pass/fail status.

The pass/fail status of the BIST is stored in the BIST status bit in the PHYCR register. The status bit defaults to 0 (BIST fail) and will transition on a successful comparison. If an error (mis-compare) occurs, the status bit is latched and is cleared upon a subsequent write to the Start/Stop bit.

For transmit VOD testing, the Packet BIST Continuous Mode can be used to allow continuous data transmission, setting BIST_CONT_MODE, bit 5, of CDCTRL1 (1Bh).

The number of BIST errors can be monitored through the BIST Error Count in the CDCTRL1 (1Bh), bits [15:8].

5.3.6 Energy Detect Mode

When Energy Detect is enabled and there is no activity on the cable, the DP83849I will remain in a low power mode while monitoring the transmission line. Activity on the line will cause the DP83849I to go through a normal power up sequence. Regardless of cable activity, the DP83849I will occasionally wake up the transmitter to put ED pulses on the line, but will otherwise draw as little power as possible. Energy detect functionality is controlled through register Energy Detect Control (EDCR), address 1Dh.

5.3.7 Link Diagnostic Capabilities

The DP83849I contains several system diagnostic capabilities for evaluating link quality and detecting potential cabling faults in Twisted Pair cabling. Software configuration is available through the Link Diagnostics Registers – Page 2 which can be selected through Page Select Register (PAGESEL), address 13h. These capabilities include:

  • Linked Cable Status
  • Link Quality Monitor
  • TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) Cable Diagnostics

5.3.7.1 Linked Cable Status

In an active connection with a valid link status, the following diagnostic capabilities are available:

  • Polarity reversal
  • Cable swap (MDI vs MDIX) detection
  • 100Mb Cable Length Estimation
  • Frequency offset relative to link partner
  • Cable Signal Quality Estimation

5.3.7.2 Polarity Reversal

The DP83849I detects polarity reversal by detecting negative link pulses. The Polarity indication is available in bit 12 of the PHYSTS (10h) or bit 4 of the 10BTSCR (1Ah). Inverted polarity indicates the positive and negative conductors in the receive pair are swapped. Because polarity is corrected by the receiver, this does not necessarily indicate a functional problem in the cable.

Because the polarity indication is dependent on link pulses from the link partner, polarity indication is only valid in 10Mb modes of operation, or in 100Mb Auto-Negotiated mode. Polarity indication is not available in 100Mb forced mode of operation or in a parallel detected 100Mb mode.

5.3.7.2.1 Cable Swap Indication

As part of Auto-Negotiation, the DP83849I has the ability (using Auto-MDIX) to automatically detect a cable with swapped MDI pairs and select the appropriate pairs for transmitting and receiving data. Normal operation is termed MDI, while crossed operation is MDIX. The MDIX status can be read from bit 14 of the PHYSTS (10h).

5.3.7.2.2 100 MB Cable Length Estimation

The DP83849I provides a method of estimating cable length based on electrical characteristics of the 100Mb Link. This essentially provides an effective cable length rather than a measurement of the physical cable length. The cable length estimation is only available in 100Mb mode of operation with a valid Link status. The cable length estimation is available at the Link Diagnostics Registers – Page 2, register 100Mb Length Detect (LEN100_DET), address 14h.

5.3.7.2.3 Frequency Offset Relative to Link Partner

As part of the 100Mb clock recovery process, the DSP implementation provides a frequency control parameter. This value may be used to indicate the frequency offset of the device relative to the link partner. This operation is only available in 100Mb operation with a valid link status. The frequency offset can be determined using the register 100Mb Frequency Offset Indication (FREQ100), address 15h, of the Link Diagnostics Registers – Page 2.

Two different versions of the Frequency Offset may be monitored through bits [7:0] of register FREQ100 (15h). The first is the long-term Frequency Offset. The second is the current Frequency Control value, which includes short- term phase adjustments and can provide information on the amount of jitter in the system.

5.3.7.2.4 Cable Signal Quality Estimation

The cable signal quality estimator keeps a simple tracking of results of the DSP and can be used to generate an approximate Signal-to-Noise Ratio for the 100Mb receiver. This information is available to software through the Link Diagnostics Registers – Page 2: Variance Control (VAR_CTRL), address 1Ah and Data (VAR_DATA), address 1Bh.

The variance computation times (VAR_TIMER) can be chosen from the set of {2, 4, 6, 8} ms. The 32-bit variance sum can be read by two consecutive reads of the VAR_DATA register. This sum can be used to compute an SNR estimate by software using the following equation: SNR = 10log10((37748736 × VAR_TIMER) / Variance).

5.3.7.2.5 Link Quality Monitor

The Link Quality Monitor allows a method to generate an alarm when the DSP adaption strays from a programmable window. This could occur due to changes in the cable which could indicate a potential problem. Software can program thresholds for the following DSP parameters to be used to interrupt the system:

  • Digital Equalizer C1 Coefficient (DEQ C1)
  • Digital Adaptive Gain Control (DAGC)
  • Digital Base-Line Wander Control (DBLW)
  • Recovered Clock Long-Term Frequency Offset (FREQ)
  • Recovered Clock Frequency Control (FC)

Software is expected to read initial adapted values and then program the thresholds based on an expected valid range. This mechanism takes advantage of the fact that the DSP adaption must remain in a relatively small range once a valid link has been established.

5.3.7.3 Link Quality Monitor Control and Status

Control of the Link Quality Monitor is done through the Link Quality Monitor Register (LQMR), address 1Dh and the Link Quality Data Register (LQDR), address 1Bh of the Link Diagnostics Registers – Page 2. The LQMR register includes a global enable to enable the Link Quality Monitor function. In addition, it provides warning status from both high and low thresholds for each of the monitored parameters. Note that individual low or high parameter threshold comparisons can be disabled by setting to the minimum or maximum values.

To allow the Link Quality Monitor to interrupt the system, the Interrupt must be enabled through the interrupt control registers, MICR (11h) and MISR (12h).

5.3.7.3.1 Checking Current Parameter Values

Prior to setting Threshold values, it is recommended that software check current adapted values. The thresholds may then be set relative to the adapted values. The current adapted values can be read using the LQDR register by setting the Sample_Param bit [13] of LQDR, address (1Eh).

For example, to read the DBLW current value:

  1. Write 2400h to LQDR (1Eh) to set the Sample_Param bit and set the LQ_PARAM_SEL[2:0] to 010.
  2. Read LQDR (1Eh). Current DBLW value is returned in the low 8 bits.

5.3.7.3.2 Threshold Control

The LQDR (1Eh) register also provides a method of programming high and low thresholds for each of the four parameters that can be monitored. The register implements an indirect read/write mechanism.

Writes are accomplished by writing data, address, and a write strobe to the register. Reads are accomplished by writing the address to the register, and reading back the value of the selected threshold. Setting thresholds to the maximum or minimum values will disable the threshold comparison because values have to exceed the threshold to generate a warning condition.

Warnings are not generated if the parameter is equal to the threshold. By default, all thresholds are disabled by setting to the min or max values. Table 5-3 shows the four parameters and range of values.

Table 5-3 Link Quality Monitor Parameter Ranges

PARAMETER MINIMUM VALUE MAXIMUM VALUE MIN (2-s comp) MAX (2-s comp)
DEQ C1 –128 +127 0x80 0x7F
DAGC 0 +255 0x00 0xFF
DBLW –128 +127 0x80 0x7F
Frequency Offset –128 +127 0x80 0x7F
Frequency Control –128 +127 0x80 0x7F

5.3.7.4 TDR Cable Diagnostics

The DP83849I implements a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) method of cable length measurement and evaluation which can be used to evaluate a connected twisted pair cable. The TDR implementation involves sending a pulse out on either the Transmit or Receive conductor pair and observing the results on either pair. By observing the types and strength of reflections on each pair, software can determine the following:

  • Cable short
  • Cable open
  • Distance to fault
  • Identify which pair has a fault
  • Pair skew

The TDR cable diagnostics works best in certain conditions. For example, an unterminated cable provides a good reflection for measuring cable length, while a cable with an ideal termination to an unpowered partner may pro- vide no reflection at all.

5.3.7.4.1 TDR Pulse Generator

The TDR implementation can send two types of TDR pulses. The first option is to send 50-ns or 100-ns link pulses from the 10-Mb Common Driver. The second option is to send pulses from the 100-Mb Common Driver in 8-ns increments up to 56 ns in width. The 100-Mb pulses will alternate between positive and negative pulses. The shorter pulses provide better ability to measure short cable lengths, especially because they will limit overlap between the transmitted pulse and a reflected pulse. The longer pulses may provide better measurements of long cable lengths.

In addition, if the pulse width is programmed to 0, no pulse will be sent, but monitor circuit will still be activated. This allows sampling of background data to provide a baseline for analysis.

5.3.7.4.2 TDR Pulse Monitor

The TDR function monitors data from the Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) to detect both peak values and values above a programmable threshold. It can be programmed to detect maximum or minimum values. In addition, it records the time, in 8-ns intervals, at which the peak or threshold value first occurs.

The TDR monitor implements a timer that starts when the pulse is transmitted. A window may be enabled to qualify incoming data to look for response only in a desired range. This is especially useful for eliminating the transmitted pulse, but also may be used to look for multiple reflections.

5.3.7.4.3 TDR Control Interface

The TDR Control interface is implemented in the Link Diagnostics Registers – Page 2 through TDR Control (TDR_CTRL), address 16h and TDR Window (TDR_WIN), address 17h. The following basic controls are:

  • TDR Enable: Enable bit 15 of TDR_CTRL (16h) to allow the TDR function. This bypasses normal operation and gives control of the CD10 and CD100 block to the TDR function.
  • TDR Send Pulse: Enable bit 11 of TDR_CTRL (16h) to send the TDR pulse and starts the TDR Monitor.

The following Transmit mode controls are available:

  • Transmit Mode: Enables use of 10Mb Link pulses from the 10Mb Common Driver or data pulses from the 100Mb Common Driver by enabling TDR 100Mb, bit 14 of TDR_CRTL (16h)
  • Transmit Pulse Width: Bits [10:8] of TDR_CTRL (16h) allows sending of 0 to 7 clock width pulses. Actual pulses are dependent on the transmit mode. If Pulse Width is set to 0, then no pulse will be sent.
  • Transmit Channel Select: The transmitter can send pulses down either the transmit pair or the receive pair by enabling bit 13 of TDR_CTRL (16h). Default value is to select the transmit pair.

The following Receive mode controls are available

  • Min/Max Mode Select: Bit 7 of TDR_CTRL (16h) controls the TDR Monitor operation. In default mode, the monitor will detect maximum (positive) values. In Min mode, the monitor will detect minimum (negative) values.
  • Receive Channel Select: The receiver can monitor either the transmit pair or the receive pair by enabling bit 12 of TDR_CTRL (16h). Default value is to select the transmit pair.
  • Receive Window: The receiver can monitor receive data within a programmable window using the TDR Window Register (TDR_WIN), address 17h. The window is controlled by two register values: TDR Start Window, bits [15:8] of TDR_WIN (17h) and TDR Stop Window, bits [7:0] of TDR_WIN (17h). The TDR Start Window indicates the first clock to start sampling. The TDR Stop Window indicates the last clock to sample. By default, the full window is enabled, with Start set to 0 and Stop set to 255. The window range is in 8ns clock increments, so the maximum window size is 2048 ns.

5.3.7.4.4 TDR Results

The TDR function monitors data from the Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) to detect both peak values and values above a programmable threshold. It can be programmed to detect maximum or minimum values. In addition, it records the time, in 8ns intervals, at which the peak or threshold value first occurs. The results of a TDR peak and threshold measurement are available in the TDR Peak Measurement Register (TDR_PEAK), address 18h and TDR Threshold Measurement Register (TDR_THR), address 19h. The threshold measurement may be a more accurate method of measuring the length for longer cables to provide a better indication of the start of the received pulse, rather than the peak value.

Software utilizing the TDR function must implement an algorithm to send TDR pulses and evaluate results. Multiple runs must be used to best qualify any received pulses as multiple reflections could exist. In addition, when monitoring the transmitting pair, the window feature must be used to disqualify the transmitted pulse. Multiple runs may also be used to average the values providing more accurate results.

Actual distance measurements are dependent on the velocity of propagation of the cable. The delay value is typically on the order of 4.6 to 4.9 ns/m.

5.4 Device Functional Modes

The DP83849I supports several modes of operation using the MII interface pins. The options are defined in the following sections and include:

  • MII Mode
  • RMII Mode
  • 10 Mb Serial Network Interface (SNI)
  • Single Clock MII Mode (SCMII)

In addition, the DP83849I supports the standard 802.3u MII Serial Management Interface and a Flexible MII Port Assignment scheme.

The modes of operation can be selected by strap options or register control. For RMII mode, it is required to use the strap option, because it requires a 50-MHz clock instead of the normal 25 MHz.

In each of these modes, the IEEE 802.3 serial management interface is operational for device configuration and status. The serial management interface of the MII allows for the configuration and control of multiple PHY devices, gathering of status, error information, and the determination of the type and capabilities of the attached PHY(s).

5.4.1 MII Interface

The DP83849I incorporates the Media Independent Interface (MII) as specified in Clause 22 of the IEEE 802.3u standard. This interface may be used to connect PHY devices to a MAC in 10/100 Mb/s systems. This section describes the nibble wide MII data interface.

The nibble wide MII data interface consists of a receive bus and a transmit bus each with control signals to facilitate data transfer between the PHY and the upper layer (MAC).

5.4.1.1 Nibble-wide MII Data Interface

Clause 22 of the IEEE 802.3u specification defines the Media Independent Interface. This interface includes a dedicated receive bus and a dedicated transmit bus. These two data buses, along with various control and status signals, allow for the simultaneous exchange of data between the DP83849I and the upper layer agent (MAC).

The receive interface consists of a nibble wide data bus RXD[3:0], a receive error signal RX_ER, a receive data valid flag RX_DV, and a receive clock RX_CLK for synchronous transfer of the data. The receive clock operates at either 2.5 MHz to support 10 Mb/s operation modes or at 25 MHz to support 100 Mb/s operational modes.

The transmit interface consists of a nibble wide data bus TXD[3:0], a transmit enable control signal TX_EN, and a transmit clock TX_CLK which runs at either 2.5 MHz or 25 MHz.

Additionally, the MII includes the carrier sense signal CRS, as well as a collision detect signal COL. The CRS signal asserts to indicate the reception of data from the network or as a function of transmit data in Half Duplex mode. The COL signal asserts as an indication of a collision which can occur during half-duplex operation when both a transmit and receive operation occur simultaneously.

5.4.1.2 Collision Detect

For Half Duplex, a 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX collision is detected when the receive and transmit channels are active simultaneously. Collisions are reported by the COL signal on the MII.

If the DP83849I is transmitting in 10 Mb/s mode when a collision is detected, the collision is not reported until seven bits have been received while in the collision state. This prevents a collision being reported incorrectly due to noise on the network. The COL signal remains set for the duration of the collision.

If a collision occurs during a receive operation, it is immediately reported by the COL signal.

When heartbeat is enabled (only applicable to 10 Mb/s operation), approximately 1s after the transmission of each packet, a Signal Quality Error (SQE) signal of approximately 10 bit times is generated (internally) to indicate successful transmission. SQE is reported as a pulse on the COL signal of the MII.

5.4.1.3 Carrier Sense

Carrier Sense (CRS) is asserted due to receive activity, once valid data is detected through the squelch function during 10 Mb/s operation. During 100 Mb/s operation CRS is asserted when a valid link (SD) and two non-contiguous zeros are detected on the line.

For 10 or 100 Mb/s Half Duplex operation, CRS is asserted during either packet transmission or reception.

For 10 or 100 Mb/s Full Duplex operation, CRS is asserted only due to receive activity.

CRS is deasserted following an end of packet.

5.4.2 Reduced MII Interface

The DP83849I incorporates the Reduced Media Independent Interface (RMII) as specified in the RMII specification (rev1.2) from the RMII Consortium. This interface may be used to connect PHY devices to a MAC in 10/100 Mb/s systems using a reduced number of pins. In this mode, data is transferred 2-bits at a time using the 50 MHz RMII_REF clock for both transmit and receive. The following pins are used in RMII mode:

  • TX_EN
  • TXD[1:0]
  • RX_ER (optional for Mac)
  • CRS_DV
  • RXD[1:0]
  • X1 (RMII Reference clock is 50 MHz)

In addition, the RMII mode supplies an RX_DV signal which allows for a simpler method of recovering receive data without having to separate RX_DV from the CRS_DV indication. This is especially useful for diagnostic testing where it may be desirable to externally loop Receive MII data directly to the transmitter.

The RX_ER output may be used by the MAC to detect error conditions. It is asserted for symbol errors received during a packet, False Carrier events, and also for FIFO underrun or overrun conditions. Because the Phy is required to corrupt receive data on an error, a MAC is not required to use RX_ER.

It is important to note that because both digital channels in the DP83849I share the X1/RMII_REF input, both channels must have RMII mode enabled or both channels must have RMII mode disabled. Either channel may be in 10Mb or 100Mb mode in RMII or non-RMII mode.

Because the reference clock operates at 10 times the data rate for 10 Mb/s operation, transmit data is sampled every 10 clocks. Likewise, receive data will be generated every 10th clock so that an attached device can sample the data every 10 clocks.

RMII mode requires a 50-MHz oscillator be connected to the device X1 pin. A 50-MHz crystal is not supported.

To tolerate potential frequency differences between the 50-MHz reference clock and the recovered receive clock, the receive RMII function includes a programmable elasticity buffer. The elasticity buffer is programmable to minimize propagation delay based on expected packet size and clock accuracy. This allows for supporting a range of packet sizes including jumbo frames.

The elasticity buffer will force Frame Check Sequence errors for packets which overrun or underrun the FIFO. Underrun and Overrun conditions can be reported in the RMII and Bypass Register (RBR). Table 5-4 indicates how to program the elasticity buffer FIFO (in 4-bit increments) based on expected max packet size and clock accuracy. It assumes both clocks (RMII Reference clock and far-end Transmitter clock) have the same accuracy.

Packet lengths can be scaled linearly based on accuracy (±25 ppm would allows packets twice as large). If the threshold setting must support both 10-Mb and 100-Mb operation, the setting must be made to support both speeds.

Table 5-4 Supported Packet Sizes at ±50 ppm Frequency Accuracy

START THRESHOLD
RBR[1:0]
LATENCY TOLERANCE RECOMMENDED PACKET SIZE
AT ±50 ppm
100 Mb 10 Mb 100 Mb 10 Mb
01 (default) 2 bits 8 bits 2,400 bytes 9,600 bytes
10 6 bits 4 bits 7,200 bytes 4,800 bytes
11 10 bits 8 bits 12,000 bytes 9,600 bytes
00 14 bits 12 bits 16,800 bytes 14,400 bytes

5.4.3 802.3u MII Serial Management Interface

5.4.3.1 Serial Management Register Access

The serial management MII specification defines a set of thirty-two 16-bit status and control registers that are accessible through the management interface pins MDC and MDIO. The DP83849I implements all the required MII registers as well as several optional registers. These registers are fully described in Section 5.6. A description of the serial management access protocol follows.

In addition, the MDIO pin requires a pullup resistor (1.5 kΩ) which, during IDLE and turnaround, will pull MDIO high. In order to initialize the MDIO interface, the station management entity sends a sequence of 32 contiguous logic ones on MDIO to provide the DP83849I with a sequence that can be used to establish synchronization. This preamble may be generated either by driving MDIO high for 32 consecutive MDC clock cycles, or by simply allowing the MDIO pullup resistor to pull the MDIO pin high during which time 32 MDC clock cycles are provided. In addition 32 MDC clock cycles must be used to re-sync the device if an invalid start, opcode, or turnaround bit is detected.

The DP83849I waits until it has received this preamble sequence before responding to any other transaction. Once the DP83849I serial management port has been initialized no further preamble sequencing is required until after a power-on/reset, invalid Start, invalid Opcode, or invalid turnaround bit has occurred.

The Start code is indicated by a <01> pattern. This assures the MDIO line transitions from the default idle line state.

Turnaround is defined as an idle bit time inserted between the Register Address field and the Data field. To avoid contention during a read transaction, no device shall actively drive the MDIO signal during the first bit of Turnaround. The addressed DP83849I drives the MDIO with a zero for the second bit of turnaround and follows this with the required data. Figure 5-2 shows the timing relationship between MDC and the MDIO as driven/received by the Station (STA) and the DP83849I (PHY) for a typical register read access.

For write transactions, the station management entity writes data to the addressed DP83849I thus eliminating the requirement for MDIO Turnaround. The Turnaround time is filled by the management entity by inserting <10>. Figure 5-3 shows the timing relationship for a typical MII register write access.

Table 5-5 Typical MDIO Frame Format

MII Management Serial Protocol <idle><start><op code><device addr><reg addr><turnaround><data><idle>
Read Operation <idle><01><10><AAAAA><RRRRR><Z0><xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx><idle>
Write Operation <idle><01><01><AAAAA><RRRRR><10><xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx><idle>
DP83849I typical_MDC_MDIO_read_operation_snls250.gif Figure 5-2 Typical MDC/MDIO Read Operation
DP83849I typical_MDC_MDIO_write_operation_snls250.gif Figure 5-3 Typical MDC/MDIO Write Operation

5.4.3.2 Serial Management Preamble Suppression

The DP83849I supports a Preamble Suppression mode as indicated by a one in bit 6 of the Basic Mode Status Register (BMSR, address 01h.) If the station management entity (that is, MAC or other management controller) determines that all PHYs in the system support Preamble Suppression by returning a one in this bit, then the station management entity need not generate preamble for each management transaction.

The DP83849I requires a single initialization sequence of 32 bits of preamble following hardware/software reset. This requirement is generally met by the mandatory pullup resistor on MDIO in conjunction with a continuous MDC, or the management access made to determine whether Preamble Suppression is supported.

While the DP83849I requires an initial preamble sequence of 32 bits for management initialization, it does not require a full 32-bit sequence between each subsequent transaction. A minimum of one idle bit between management transactions is required as specified in the IEEE 802.3u specification.

5.4.3.3 Simultaneous Register Write

The DP83849I incorporates a mode which allows simultaneous write access to both Port A and B register blocks at the same time. This mode is selected by setting bit 15 of RMII and Bypass Register (RBR, address 17h) in Port A.

As long as this bit remains set, subsequent writes to Port A will write to registers in both ports.

Register reads are unaffected. Each port must still be read individually.

5.4.4 MAC Interface

5.4.4.1 10-Mb Serial Network Interface (SNI)

The DP83849I incorporates a 10-Mb Serial Network Interface (SNI) which allows a simple serial data interface for 10 Mb only devices. This is also referred to as a 7-wire interface. While there is no defined standard for this interface, it is based on early 10-Mb physical layer devices. Data is clocked serially at 10 MHz using separate transmit and receive paths. The following pins are used in SNI mode:

  • TX_CLK
  • TX_EN
  • TXD[0]
  • RX_CLK
  • RXD[0]
  • CRS
  • COL

5.4.4.2 Single Clock MII Mode

Single Clock MII (SCMII) Mode allows MII operation using a single 25-MHz reference clock. Normal MII Mode requires three clocks, a reference clock for physical layer functions, a Transmit MII clock, and a Receive MII clock. Similar to RMII mode, Single Clock MII mode requires only the reference clock. In addition to reducing the number of pins required, this mode allows the attached MAC device to use only the reference clock domain. Because the DP83849I has two ports, this actually reduces the number of clocks from 6 to 1. A/C Timing requirements for SCMII operation are similar to the RMII timing requirements.

For 10-Mb operation, as in RMII mode, data is sampled and driven every 10 clocks because the reference clock is at 10x the data rate.

Separate control bits allow enabling the Transmit and Receive Single Clock modes separately, allowing just transmit or receive to operate in this mode. Control of Single Clock MII mode is through the RBR register.

Single Clock MII mode incorporates the use of the RMII elasticity buffer, which is required to tolerate potential frequency differences between the 25-MHz reference clock and the recovered receive clock. Settings for the Elasticity Buffer for SCMII mode are detailed in Table 5-6.

Table 5-6 Supported SCMII Packet Sizes at ±50 ppm Frequency Accuracy

START THRESHOLD
RBR[1:0]
LATENCY TOLERANCE RECOMMENDED PACKET SIZE
AT ±50 ppm
100 Mb 10 Mb 100 Mb 10 Mb
01 (default) 4 bits 8 bits 4,000 bytes 9,600 bytes
10 4 bits 8 bits 4,000 bytes 9,600 bytes
11 12 bits 8 bits 96,00 bytes 9,600 bytes
00 12 bits 8 bits 96,00 bytes 9,600 bytes

5.4.4.3 Flexible MII Port Assignment

The DP83849I supports a flexible assignment scheme for each of the channels to the MII/RMII interface. Either of the MII ports may be assigned to the internal channels A/B. These values are controlled by the RMII and Bypass Register (RBR), address 17h. Transmit assignments and Receive assignments can be made separately to allow even more flexibility (that is, both channels could transmit from MII A while still allowing separate receive paths for the channels).

In addition, the opposite receive channel may be used as the transmit source for each channel. As shown in Figure 5-4, Channel A receive data may be used as the Channel B transmit data source while Channel B receive data may be used as the Channel A transmit data source. For proper clock synchronization, this function requires the device be in RMII mode or Single Clock MII mode of operation. A configuration strap is provided on pin 56, RXD2_B/EXTENDER_EN to enable this mode.

DP83849I bd_03_mii_port_mapping_snosax1.gif Figure 5-4 MII Port Mapping

5.4.4.3.1 RX MII Port Mapping

Note that Channel A is the master of MII Port A, and Channel B is the master of MII Port B. This means that in order for Channel B to control MII Port A, Channel A must be configured to either control MII Port B or be Disabled; the reverse is also true.

RX MII Port Mapping controls and configurations are shown in Table 5-7 and Table 5-8:

Table 5-7 RX MII Port Mapping Controls

RBR[12:11] Desired RX Channel Destination
00 Normal Port
01 Opposite Port
10 Both Ports
11 Disabled

Table 5-8 RX MII Port Mapping Configurations

Channel A RBR[12:11] Channel B RBR[12:11] RX MII Port A Source RX MII Port B Source
00 00 Channel A Channel B
00 01 Channel A Channel B
00 10 Channel A Channel B
00 11 Channel A Disabled
01 00 Channel A Channel B
01 01 Channel B Channel A
01 10 Channel B Channel A
01 11 Disabled Channel A
10 00 Channel A Channel B
10 01 Channel B Channel A
10 10 Channel A Channel B
10 11 Channel A Channel A
11 00 Disabled Channel B
11 01 Channel B Disabled
11 10 Channel B Channel B
11 11 Disabled Disabled

5.4.4.3.2 TX MII Port Mapping

TX MII Port Mapping controls and configurations are shown in Table 5-9 and Table 5-10:

Table 5-9 TX MII Port Mapping Controls

RBR[12:11] Desired RX Channel Destination
00 Normal Port
01 Opposite Port
10 Opposite RX Port
11 Disabled

Table 5-10 TX MII Port Mapping Configurations

Channel A RBR[10:9] Port A TX Source Channel B RBR[10:9] Port B TX Source
00 MII Port A 00 MII Port B
01 MII Port B 01 MII Port A
10 RX Channel B 10 RX Channel A
11 Disabled 11 Disabled

5.4.4.3.3 Common Flexible MII Port Configurations

Table 5-11 Common Flexible MII Port Configurations

Mode Channel A
RBR[12:9]
Channel B
RBR[12:9]
Description
Normal 0 0 MII port A assigned to Channel A, MII Port B assigned to Channel B
Full Port Swap 101 101 MII port A assigned to Channel B, MII Port B assigned to Channel A
Extender 1110 1110 MII RX disabled, Channel A transmits from Channel B RX data, Channel B transmits from Channel A RX data
Broadcast TX MII Port A xx00 xx01 Both Channels transmit from TX MII Port A
Broadcast TX MII Port B xx01 xx00 Both Channels transmit from TX MII Port B
Mirror RX Channel A 10xx 11xx Channel A RX traffic appears on both Ports.
Mirror RX Channel B 11xx 10xx Channel B RX traffic appears on both Ports.
Disable Port A 1111 xxxx MII Port A is disabled
Disable Port B xxxx 1111 MII Port B is disabled

5.4.4.4 Strapped Extender Mode

The DP83849I provides a simple strap option to automatically configure both channels for Extender Mode with no device register configuration necessary. The EXTENDER_EN Strap can be used in conjunction with the Auto-Negotiation Straps (AN_EN, AN0, AN1), the RMII Mode Strap to allow many possible configurations. If Extender Mode is strapped but RMII Mode is not, both channels will automatically be configured for Single Clock MII Receive and Transmit Modes. The optional use of RMII Mode in conjunction with Extender Mode allows flexibility in the system design.

Several common configurations are shown in Table 5-12.

Table 5-12 Common Strapped Extender Mode Configurations

Mode Auto-Negotiation Straps
100-Mb Copper Extender Both channels are forced to 100-Mb Full Duplex
10-Mb Copper Extender Both channels are forced to 10-Mb Full Duplex

5.4.4.5 Notes and Restrictions

  • Extender: Both channels must be operating at the same speed (10-Mb or 100-Mb). This can be accomplished using straps or channel register controls. Both channels must be in Full Duplex mode. Both channels must either be in RMII Mode (RBR:RMII_EN = 1) or full Single Clock MII Mode (RBR:SCMII_RX = 1 and RBR:SCMII_TX = 1) to ensure synchronous operation. If only one RX to TX path is enabled, SCMII_RX in the RX channel (RBR register 17h bit 7) and SCMII_TX in the TX channel (RBR register 17h bit 6) must be set to 1.
  • Broadcast TX MII Port Mode: To ensure synchronous operation, both channels must be in RMII Mode (RBR register 17h bit 5 = 1) or in Single Clock TX MII Mode (RBR register 17h bit 6 = 1). Both channels must be operating at the same speed (10 or 100Mb). Both channels must be in Full Duplex mode to ensure no collisions are seen. This is because in Single Clock TX MII Mode, a collision on one PHY channel would cause both channels to send the Jam pattern.
  • RMII Mode: Both Channels must have RMII Mode enabled or disabled concurrently due to the internal reference clocking scheme. In Full Port Swap Mode, Channels are not required to have a common speed.
  • 10Base-T Serial Mode: This MAC-side mode, also known as Serial Network Interface (SNI), may not be used when both channels share data connections (Extender or Broadcast TX MII Port). This is due to the requirement of synchronous operation between channels, which is not supported in SNI Mode.
  • CRS Assignment: When a channel is not in RMII Mode, its associated CRS pin is sourced from the transmitter and controlled by the TX MII Port Assignment, bits [10:9] of RBR (17h). When a channel is in RMII Mode, the associated CRS pin is sourced from the receiver and controlled by the RX MII Port Assignment, bits [12:11] of RBR (17h).
  • Output Enables: Flexible MII Port Assignment does not control signal output enables.
  • Test Modes: Test modes are not designed to be compatible with Flexible MII Port Selection, which assumes default MII pin directions.
  • LED Assignment: LEDs are associated with their respective digital channels, and therefore do not get mapped to alternate channels. For example, assertion of LED_LINK_A indicates valid link status for Channel A independent of the MII Port Assignment.
  • Straps: Strap pins are always associated with their respective channel, that is, a strap on RX_ER_A is used by Channel A.
  • Port Isolate Mode: Each MII port’s Isolate function, bit 10 of BMCR (00h) is always associated with its respective channel, that is, the Isolate function for Port A is always controlled by Channel A’s BMCR (00h). Due to the various possible combinations of TX and RX port selection, it may not be advisable to place a port in Isolate mode.
  • Energy Detect and Powerdown Modes: The output enables for each MII port are always controlled by the respective channel Energy Detect and Powerdown functions. These functions must be disabled whenever an MII port is in use but not assigned to its default channel. Note that Extender/Media Converter modes allow the use of Energy Detect and Powerdown modes if the RX MII ports are not in use.

5.4.5 PHY Address

The 4 PHY address inputs pins are shown in Table 5-13.

Table 5-13 PHY Address Mapping

PIN NO. PHYAD FUNCTION RXD FUNCTION
4 PHYAD1 RXD0_A
5 PHYAD2 RXD1_A
58 PHYAD3 RXD0_B
57 PHYAD4 RXD1_B

The DP83849I provides four address strap pins for determining the PHY addresses for ports A and B of the device. The 4 address strap pins provide the upper four bits of the PHY address. The lowest bit of the PHY address is dependent on the port. Port A has a value of 0 for the PHY address bit 0 while port B has a value of 1. The PHY address strap input pins are shown in Table 5-13.

The PHY address strap information is latched into the PHYCR register (address 19h, bits [4:0]) at device power-up and hardware reset. The PHY Address pins are shared with the RXD pins. Each DP83849I or port sharing an MDIO bus in a system must have a unique physical address.

The DP83849I supports PHY Address strapping of Port A to even values 0 (<0000_0>) through 30 (<1111_0>). Port B is strapped to odd values 1 (<0000_1>) through 31 (<1111_1>). Note that Port B address is always 1 greater than Port A address.

For further detail relating to the latch-in timing requirements of the PHY Address pins, as well as the other hardware configuration pins, refer to the Reset summary in Section 5.4.7.

Refer to Figure 5-5 for an example of a PHYAD connection to external components. In this example, the PHYAD strapping results in address 00010 (02h) for Port A and address 00011 (03h) for Port B.

DP83849I phyad_strapping_ex_snosax1.gif Figure 5-5 PHYAD Strapping Example

5.4.5.1 MII Isolate Mode

TThe DP83849I can be put into MII Isolate mode by writing to bit 10 of the BMCR register.

When in the MII isolate mode, the DP83849I does not respond to packet data present at TXD[3:0], TX_EN inputs and presents a high impedance on the TX_CLK, RX_CLK, RX_DV, RX_ER, RXD[3:0], COL, and CRS outputs. When in Isolate mode, the DP83849I will continue to respond to all management transactions.

While in Isolate mode, the PMD output pair will not transmit packet data but will continue to source 100BASE-TX scrambled idles or 10BASE-T normal link pulses.

The DP83849I can Auto-Negotiate or parallel detect to a specific technology depending on the receive signal at the PMD input pair. A valid link can be established for the receiver even when the DP83849I is in Isolate mode.

5.4.6 Half Duplex vs Full Duplex

The DP83849I supports both half and full duplex operation at both 10-Mb/s and 100-Mb/s speeds.

Half-duplex relies on the CSMA/CD protocol to handle collisions and network access. In Half-Duplex mode, CRS responds to both transmit and receive activity in order to maintain compliance with the IEEE 802.3 specification.

Because the DP83849I is designed to support simultaneous transmit and receive activity it is capable of supporting full-duplex switched applications with a throughput of up to 200 Mb/s per port when operating in 100BASE-TX. Because the CSMA/CD protocol does not apply to full-duplex operation, the DP83849I disables its own internal collision sensing and reporting functions and modifies the behavior of Carrier Sense (CRS) such that it indicates only receive activity. This allows a full-duplex capable MAC to operate properly.

All modes of operation (100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T) can run either half-duplex or full-duplex. Additionally, other than CRS and Collision reporting, all remaining MII signaling remains the same regardless of the selected duplex mode.

It is important to understand that while Auto-Negotiation with the use of Fast Link Pulse code words can interpret and configure to full-duplex operation, parallel detection can not recognize the difference between full and half-duplex from a fixed 10-Mb/s or 100-Mb/s link partner over twisted pair. As specified in the 802.3u specification, if a far-end link partner is configured to a forced full duplex 100BASE-TX ability, the parallel detection state machine in the partner would be unable to detect the full duplex capability of the far-end link partner. This link segment would negotiate to a half duplex 100BASE-TX configuration (same scenario for 10Mb/s). It is important to understand that while Auto-Negotiation with the use of Fast Link Pulse code words can interpret and configure to full-duplex operation, parallel detection can not recognize the difference between full and half-duplex from a fixed 10-Mb/s or 100-Mb/s link partner over twisted pair. As specified in the 802.3u specification, if a far-end link partner is configured to a forced full duplex 100BASE-TX ability, the parallel detection state machine in the partner would be unable to detect the full duplex capability of the far-end link partner. This link segment would negotiate to a half duplex 100BASE-TX configuration (same scenario for 10 Mb/s).

5.4.7 Reset Operation

The DP83849I includes an internal power-on reset (POR) function and does not need to be explicitly reset for normal operation after power up. If required during normal operation, the device can be reset by a hardware or software reset.

5.4.7.1 Hardware Reset

A hardware reset is accomplished by applying a low pulse (TTL level), with a duration of at least 1 µs, to the RESET_N pin. This will reset the device such that all registers will be reinitialized to default values and the hardware configuration values will be re-latched into the device (similar to the power-up/reset operation).

5.4.7.2 Full Software Reset

A full-chip software reset is accomplished by setting the reset bit (bit 15) of the Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR). The period from the point in time when the reset bit is set to the point in time when software reset has concluded is approximately 1 µs.

The software reset will reset the device such that all registers will be reset to default values and the hardware configuration values will be maintained. Software driver code must wait 3 µs following a software reset before allowing further serial MII operations with the DP83849I.

5.4.7.3 Soft Reset

A partial software reset can be initiated by setting the Soft Reset bit (bit 9) in the PHYCR2 Register. Setting this bit will reset all transmit and receive operations, but will not reset the register space. All register configurations will be pReserved. Register space will remain available following a Soft Reset.

5.5 Programming

5.5.1 Architecture

This section describes the operations within each transceiver module, 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T. Each operation consists of several functional blocks and described in the following:

  • 100BASE-TX Transmitter
  • 100BASE-TX Receiver
  • 10BASE-T Transceiver Module

5.5.1.1 100BASE-TX Transmitter

The 100BASE-TX transmitter consists of several functional blocks which convert synchronous 4-bit nibble data, as provided by the MII, to a scrambled MLT-3 125 Mb/s serial data stream. Because the 100BASE-TX TP-PMD is integrated, the differential output pins, PMD Output Pair, can be directly routed to the magnetics

The block diagram in Figure 5-6. provides an overview of each functional block within the 100BASE-TX transmit section.

The Transmitter section consists of the following functional blocks:

  • Code-group Encoder and Injection block
  • Scrambler block (bypass option)
  • NRZ to NRZI encoder block
  • Binary to MLT-3 converter / Common Driver

The bypass option for the functional blocks within the 100BASE-TX transmitter provides flexibility for applications where data conversion is not always required. The DP83849I implements the 100BASE-TX transmit state machine diagram as specified in the IEEE 802.3u Standard, Clause 24.

DP83849I 100BASE_TX_transmit_block_diagram_snls250.gif Figure 5-6 100BASE-TX Transmit Block Diagram

Table 5-14 4B5B Code-Group Encoding/Decoding

DATA CODES
0 11110 0000
1 01001 0001
2 10100 0010
3 10101 0011
4 01010 0100
5 01011 0101
6 01110 0110
7 01111 0111
8 10010 1000
9 10011 1001
A 10110 1010
B 10111 1011
C 11010 1100
D 11011 1101
E 11100 1110
F 11101 1111
IDLE AND CONTROL CODES
H 00100 HALT code-group Error code
I 11111 Inter-Packet IDLE - 0000(1)
J 11000 First Start of Packet - 0101(1)
K 10001 Second Start of Packet - 0101(1)
T 01101 First End of Packet - 0000(1)
R 00111 Second End of Packet - 0000 (1)
INVALID CODES
V 00000
V 00001
V 00010
V 00011
V 00101
V 00110
V 01000
V 01100
(1) Control code-groups I, J, K, T and R in data fields will be mapped as invalid codes, together with RX_ER asserted.

5.5.1.1.1 Code-group Encoding and Injection

The code-group encoder converts 4-bit (4B) nibble data generated by the MAC into 5-bit (5B) code-groups for transmission. This conversion is required to allow control data to be combined with packet data code-groups. Refer to Table 5-14 for 4B to 5B code-group mapping details.

The code-group encoder substitutes the first 8-bits of the MAC preamble with a J/K code-group pair (11000 10001) upon transmission. The code-group encoder continues to replace subsequent 4B preamble and data nibbles with corresponding 5B code-groups. At the end of the transmit packet, upon the deassertion of Transmit Enable signal from the MAC, the code-group encoder injects the T/R code-group pair (01101 00111) indicating the end of the frame.

After the T/R code-group pair, the code-group encoder continuously injects IDLEs into the transmit data stream until the next transmit packet is detected (reassertion of Transmit Enable).

5.5.1.1.2 Scrambler

The scrambler is required to control the radiated emissions at the media connector and on the twisted pair cable (for 100BASE-TX applications). By scrambling the data, the total energy launched onto the cable is randomly distributed over a wide frequency range. Without the scrambler, energy levels at the PMD and on the cable could peak beyond FCC limitations at frequencies related to repeating 5B sequences (that is, continuous transmission of IDLEs).

The scrambler is configured as a closed loop linear feedback shift register (LFSR) with an 11-bit polynomial. The output of the closed loop LFSR is X-ORd with the serial NRZ data from the code-group encoder. The result is a scrambled data stream with sufficient randomization to decrease radiated emissions at certain frequencies by as much as 20 dB. The DP83849I uses the PHY_ID (pins PHYAD [4:1]) to set a unique seed value.

5.5.1.1.3 NRZ to NRZI Encoder

After the transmit data stream has been serialized and scrambled, the data must be NRZI encoded in order to comply with the TP-PMD standard for 100BASE-TX transmission over Category-5 Unshielded twisted pair cable.

5.5.1.1.4 Binary to MLT-3 Convertor

The Binary to MLT-3 conversion is accomplished by converting the serial binary data stream output from the NRZI encoder into two binary data streams with alternately phased logic one events. These two binary streams are then fed to the twisted pair output driver which converts the voltage to current and alternately drives either side of the transmit transformer primary winding, resulting in a MLT-3 signal.

The 100BASE-TX MLT-3 signal sourced by the PMD Output Pair common driver is slew rate controlled. This must be considered when selecting AC coupling magnetics to ensure TP-PMD Standard compliant transition times (3 ns < Tr < 5 ns).

The 100BASE-TX transmit TP-PMD function within the DP83849I is capable of sourcing only MLT-3 encoded data. Binary output from the PMD Output Pair is not possible in 100 Mb/s mode.

5.5.2 100BASE-TX Receiver

The 100BASE-TX receiver consists of several functional blocks which convert the scrambled MLT-3 125 Mb/s serial data stream to synchronous 4-bit nibble data that is provided to the MII. Because the 100BASE-TX TP-PMD is integrated, the differential input pins, RD±, can be directly routed from the AC coupling magnetics.

See Figure 5-7 for a block diagram of the 100BASE-TX receive function. This provides an overview of each functional block within the 100BASE-TX receive section.

The Receive section consists of the following functional blocks

  • Analog Front End
  • Digital Signal Processor
  • Signal Detect
  • MLT-3 to Binary Decoder
  • NRZI to NRZ Decoder
  • Serial to Parallel
  • Descrambler
  • Code Group Alignment
  • 4B/5B Decoder
  • Link Integrity Monitor
  • Bad SSD Detection

5.5.3 Analog Front End

In addition to the Digital Equalization and Gain Control, the DP83849I includes Analog Equalization and Gain Control in the Analog Front End. The Analog Equalization reduces the amount of Digital Equalization required in the DSP.

5.5.3.1 Digital Signal Processor

The Digital Signal Processor includes Adaptive Equalization with Gain Control and Base Line Wander Compensation.

DP83849I 100BASE_TX_receive_block_diagram_snls250.gif Figure 5-7 100BASE-TX Receive Block Diagram

5.5.3.2 Digital Adaptive Equalization and Gain Control

When transmitting data at high speeds over copper twisted pair cable, frequency dependent attenuation becomes a concern. In high-speed twisted pair signaling, the frequency content of the transmitted signal can vary greatly during normal operation based primarily on the randomness of the scrambled data stream. This variation in signal attenuation caused by frequency variations must be compensated to ensure the integrity of the transmission.

In order to ensure quality transmission when employing MLT-3 encoding, the compensation must be able to adapt to various cable lengths and cable types depending on the installed environment. The selection of long cable lengths for a given implementation, requires significant compensation which will over-compensate for shorter, less attenuating lengths. Conversely, the selection of short or intermediate cable lengths requiring less compensation will cause serious under-compensation for longer length cables. The compensation or equalization must be adaptive to ensure proper conditioning of the received signal independent of the cable length.

The DP83849I utilizes an extremely robust equalization scheme referred as Digital Adaptive Equalization.

The Digital Equalizer removes inter-symbol interference (ISI) from the receive data stream by continuously adapting to provide a filter with the inverse frequency response of the channel. Equalization is combined with an adaptive gain control stage. This enables the receive eye pattern to be opened sufficiently to allow very reliable data recovery.

The curves given in Figure 5-8 illustrate attenuation at certain frequencies for given cable lengths. This is derived from the worst case frequency versus attenuation figures as specified in the EIA/TIA Bulletin TSB-36. These curves indicate the significant variations in signal attenuation that must be compensated for by the receive adaptive equalization circuit.

DP83849I EIA_TIA_attenuation_vs_frequency_for_0_50_100_snls250.gif Figure 5-8 EIA/TIA Attenuation vs Frequency for 0, 50, 100, 130 and 150 Meters of CAT 5 Cable
DP83849I 100BASE_TX_BLW_event_snls250.gif Figure 5-9 100BASE-TX BLW Event

The DP83849I is completely ANSI TP-PMD compliant and includes Base Line Wander (BLW) compensation. The BLW compensation block can successfully recover the TP-PMD defined killer pattern.

BLW can generally be defined as the change in the average DC content, relatively short period over time, of an AC coupled digital transmission over a given transmission medium. (that is, copper wire).

BLW results from the interaction between the low frequency components of a transmitted bit stream and the frequency response of the AC coupling component(s) within the transmission system. If the low frequency content of the digital bit stream goes below the low frequency pole of the AC coupling transformers then the droop characteristics of the transformers will dominate resulting in potentially serious BLW.

The digital oscilloscope plot provided in Figure 5-9 illustrates the severity of the BLW event that can theoretically be generated during 100BASE-TX packet transmission. This event consists of approximately 800 mV of DC offset for a period of 120 µs. Left uncompensated, events such as this can cause packet loss.

5.5.3.3 Signal Detect

The signal detect function of the DP83849I is incorporated to meet the specifications mandated by the ANSI FDDI TP-PMD Standard as well as the IEEE 802.3 100BASE-TX Standard for both voltage thresholds and timing parameters.

Note that the reception of normal 10BASE-T link pulses and fast link pulses per IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation by the 100BASE-TX receiver do not cause the DP83849I to assert signal detect.

5.5.3.4 MLT-3 to NRZI Decoder

The DP83849I decodes the MLT-3 information from the Digital Adaptive Equalizer block to binary NRZI data.

5.5.3.5 NRZI to NRZ

In a typical application, the NRZI to NRZ decoder is required in order to present NRZ formatted data to the descrambler.

5.5.3.6 Serial to Parallel

The 100BASE-TX receiver includes a Serial to Parallel converter which supplies 5-bit wide data symbols to the PCS Rx state machine.

5.5.3.7 Descrambler

A serial descrambler is used to de-scramble the received NRZ data. The descrambler has to generate an identical data scrambling sequence (N) in order to recover the original unscrambled data (UD) from the scrambled data (SD) as represented in the equations:

Equation 1. SD = (UD ⊕ N)
Equation 2. UD = (SD ⊕ N)

Synchronization of the descrambler to the original scrambling sequence (N) is achieved based on the knowledge that the incoming scrambled data stream consists of scrambled IDLE data. After the descrambler has recognized 12 consecutive IDLE code-groups, where an unscrambled IDLE code-group in 5B NRZ is equal to five consecutive ones (11111), it will synchronize to the receive data stream and generate unscrambled data in the form of unaligned 5B code-groups.

In order to maintain synchronization, the descrambler must continuously monitor the validity of the unscrambled data that it generates. To ensure this, a line state monitor and a hold timer are used to constantly monitor the synchronization status. Upon synchronization of the descrambler the hold timer starts a 722-µs countdown. Upon detection of sufficient IDLE code-groups (58 bit times) within the 722-µs period, the hold timer will reset and begin a new countdown. This monitoring operation will continue indefinitely given a properly operating network connection with good signal integrity. If the line state monitor does not recognize sufficient unscrambled IDLE code-groups within the 722-µs period, the entire descrambler will be forced out of the current state of synchronization and reset in order to reacquire synchronization.

5.5.3.8 Code-Group Alignment

The code-group alignment module operates on unaligned 5-bit data from the descrambler (or, if the descrambler is bypassed, directly from the NRZI/NRZ decoder) and converts it into 5B code-group data (5 bits). Code-group alignment occurs after the J/K code-group pair is detected. Once the J/K code-group pair (11000 10001) is detected, subsequent data is aligned on a fixed boundary.

5.5.3.9 4B/5B Decoder

The code-group decoder functions as a look up table that translates incoming 5B code-groups into 4B nibbles. The code-group decoder first detects the J/K code-group pair preceded by IDLE code-groups and replaces the J/K with MAC preamble. Specifically, the J/K 10-bit code-group pair is replaced by the nibble pair (0101 0101). All subsequent 5B code-groups are converted to the corresponding 4B nibbles for the duration of the entire packet. This conversion ceases upon the detection of the T/R code-group pair denoting the End of Stream Delimiter (ESD) or with the reception of a minimum of two IDLE code-groups.

5.5.3.10 100BASE-TX Link Integrity Monitor

The 100Base TX Link monitor ensures that a valid and stable link is established before enabling both the Transmit and Receive PCS layer.

Signal detect must be valid for 395 µs to allow the link monitor to enter the Link Up state, and enable the transmit and receive functions.

5.5.3.11 BAD SSD Detection

A Bad Start of Stream Delimiter (Bad SSD) is any transition from consecutive idle code-groups to non-idle code-groups which is not prefixed by the code-group pair /J/K.

If this condition is detected, the DP83849I will assert RX_ER and present RXD[3:0] = 1110 to the MII for the cycles that correspond to received 5B code-groups until at least two IDLE code groups are detected. In addition, the False Carrier Sense Counter register (FCSCR) will be incremented by one.

Once at least two IDLE code groups are detected, RX_ER and CRS become de-asserted.

5.5.4 10BASE-T Transceiver Module

The 10BASE-T Transceiver Module is IEEE 802.3 compliant. It includes the receiver, transmitter, collision, heartbeat, loopback, jabber, and link integrity functions, as defined in the standard. An external filter is not required on the 10BASE-T interface because this is integrated inside the DP83849I. This section focuses on the general 10BASE-T system level operation.

5.5.4.1 Operational Modes

The DP83849I has two basic 10BASE-T operational modes:

  • Half Duplex mode
  • Full Duplex mode

Half Duplex Mode: In Half Duplex mode the DP83849I functions as a standard IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T transceiver supporting the CSMA/CD protocol.

Full Duplex Mode: In Full Duplex mode the DP83849I is capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving without asserting the collision signal. The DP83849I's 10-Mb/s ENDEC is designed to encode and decode simultaneously.

5.5.4.2 Smart Squelch

The smart squelch is responsible for determining when valid data is present on the differential receive inputs. The DP83849I implements an intelligent receive squelch to ensure that impulse noise on the receive inputs will not be mistaken for a valid signal. Smart squelch operation is independent of the 10BASE-T operational mode.

The squelch circuitry employs a combination of amplitude and timing measurements (as specified in the IEEE 802.3 10BSE-T standard) to determine the validity of data on the twisted pair inputs (refer to Figure 5-10).

The signal at the start of a packet is checked by the smart squelch and any pulses not exceeding the squelch level (either positive or negative, depending upon polarity) will be rejected. Once this first squelch level is overcome correctly, the opposite squelch level must then be exceeded within 150 ns. Finally the signal must again exceed the original squelch level within 150 ns to ensure that the input waveform will not be rejected. This checking procedure results in the loss of typically three preamble bits at the beginning of each packet.

Only after all these conditions have been satisfied will a control signal be generated to indicate to the remainder of the circuitry that valid data is present. At this time, the smart squelch circuitry is reset.

Valid data is considered to be present until the squelch level has not been generated for a time longer than 150 ns, indicating the End of Packet. Once good data has been detected, the squelch levels are reduced to minimize the effect of noise causing premature End of Packet detection.

DP83849I 100BASE_T_twisted_pair_smart_squelch_snls250.gif Figure 5-10 10BASE-T Twisted Pair Smart Squelch Operation

5.5.4.3 Collision Detection and SQE

When in Half Duplex, a 10BASE-T collision is detected when the receive and transmit channels are active simultaneously. Collisions are reported by the COL signal on the MII. Collisions are also reported when a jabber condition is detected.

The COL signal remains set for the duration of the collision. If the PHY is receiving when a collision is detected it is reported immediately (through the COL pin).

When heartbeat is enabled, approximately 1 µs after the transmission of each packet, a Signal Quality Error (SQE) signal of approximately 10-bit times is generated to indicate successful transmission. SQE is reported as a pulse on the COL signal of the MII.

The SQE test is inhibited when the PHY is set in full duplex mode. SQE can also be inhibited by setting the HEARTBEAT_DIS bit in the 10BTSCR register.

5.5.4.4 Carrier Sense

Carrier Sense (CRS) may be asserted due to receive activity once valid data is detected through the squelch function.

For 10-Mb/s Half Duplex operation, CRS is asserted during either packet transmission or reception.

For 10-Mb/s Full Duplex operation, CRS is asserted only during receive activity.

CRS is deasserted following an end of packet.

5.5.4.5 Normal Link Pulse Detection/Generation

The link pulse generator produces pulses as defined in the IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T standard. Each link pulse is nominally 100 ns in duration and transmitted every 16 ms in the absence of transmit data.

Link pulses are used to check the integrity of the connection with the remote end. If valid link pulses are not received, the link detector disables the 10BASE-T twisted pair transmitter, receiver and collision detection functions.

When the link integrity function is disabled (FORCE_LINK_10 of the 10BTSCR register), a good link is forced and the 10BASE-T transceiver will operate regardless of the presence of link pulses.

5.5.4.6 Jabber Function

The jabber function monitors the DP83849I's output and disables the transmitter if it attempts to transmit a packet of longer than legal size. A jabber timer monitors the transmitter and disables the transmission if the transmitter is active for approximately 85 ms.

Once disabled by the Jabber function, the transmitter stays disabled for the entire time that the ENDEC module's internal transmit enable is asserted. This signal has to be de-asserted for approximately 500 ms (the unjab time) before the Jabber function re-enables the transmit outputs.

The Jabber function is only relevant in 10BASE-T mode.

5.5.4.7 Automatic Link Polarity Detection and Correction

The DP83849I's 10BASE-T transceiver module incorporates an automatic link polarity detection circuit. When three consecutive inverted link pulses are received, bad polarity is reported.

A polarity reversal can be caused by a wiring error at either end of the cable, usually at the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) or patch panel in the wiring closet.

The bad polarity condition is latched in the 10BTSCR register. The DP83849I's 10BASE-T transceiver module corrects for this error internally and will continue to decode received data correctly. This eliminates the need to correct the wiring error immediately.

5.5.4.8 Transmit and Receive Filtering

External 10BASE-T filters are not required when using the DP83849I, as the required signal conditioning is integrated into the device.

Only isolation transformers and impedance matching resistors are required for the 10BASE-T transmit and receive interface. The internal transmit filtering ensures that all the harmonics in the transmit signal are attenuated by at least 30 dB.

5.5.4.9 Transmitter

The encoder begins operation when the Transmit Enable input (TX_EN) goes high and converts NRZ data to pre-emphasized Manchester data for the transceiver. For the duration of TX_EN, the serialized Transmit Data (TXD) is encoded for the transmit-driver pair (PMD Output Pair). TXD must be valid on the rising edge of Transmit Clock (TX_CLK). Transmission ends when TX_EN deasserts. The last transition is always positive; it occurs at the center of the bit cell if the last bit is a one, or at the end of the bit cell if the last bit is a zero.

5.5.4.10 Receiver

The decoder detects the end of a frame when no additional mid-bit transitions are detected. Within one and a half bit times after the last bit, carrier sense is de-asserted. Receive clock stays active for five more bit times after CRS goes low, to ensure the receive timings of the controller.

5.6 Register Block

Table 5-15 Register Map

OFFSET ACCESS TAG DESCRIPTION
HEX DECIMAL
00h 0 RW BMCR Basic Mode Control Register
01h 1 RO BMSR Basic Mode Status Register
02h 2 RO PHYIDR1 PHY Identifier Register #1
03h 3 RO PHYIDR2 PHY Identifier Register #2
04h 4 RW ANAR Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register
05h 5 RW ANLPAR Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (Base Page)
05h 5 RW ANLPARNP Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (Next Page)
06h 6 RW ANER Auto-Negotiation Expansion Register
07h 7 RW ANNPTR Auto-Negotiation Next Page TX
08h-Fh 8-15 RW RESERVED RESERVED
10h 16 RO PHYSTS PHY Status Register
11h 17 RW MICR MII Interrupt Control Register
12h 18 RW MISR MII Interrupt Status Register
13h 19 RW PAGSEL Page Select Register
EXTENDED REGISTERS – PAGE 0
14h 20 RO FCSCR False Carrier Sense Counter Register
15h 21 RO RECR Receive Error Counter Register
16h 22 RW PCSR PCS Sub-Layer Configuration and Status Register
17h 23 RW RBR RMII and Bypass Register
18h 24 RW LEDCR LED Direct Control Register
19h 25 RW PHYCR PHY Control Register
1Ah 26 RW 10BTSCR 10Base-T Status/Control Register
1Bh 27 RW CDCTRL1 CD Test Control Register and BIST Extensions Register
1Ch 28 RW PHYCR2 Phy Control Register 2
1Dh 29 RW EDCR Energy Detect Control Register
1Eh-1Fh 30-31 RESERVED RESERVED
RESERVED REGISTERS
14h-1Fh 30-31 RESERVED RESERVED
LINK DIAGNOSTICS REGISTERS - PAGE 2
14h 20 RO LEN100_DET 100Mb Length Detect Register
15h 21 RW FREQ100 100Mb Frequency Offset Indication Register
16h 22 RW TDR_CTRL TDR Control Register
17h 23 RW TDR_WIN TDR Window Register
18h 24 RO TDR_PEAK TDR Peak Measurement Register
19h 25 RO TDR_THR TDR Threshold Measurement Register
1Ah 26 RW VAR_CTRL Variance Control Register
1Bh 27 RO VAR_DAT Variance Data Register
1Ch 28 RESERVED RESERVED
1Dh 29 RW LQMR Link Quality Monitor Register
1Eh 30 RW LQDR Link Quality Data Register
1Fh 31 RESERVED RESERVED

Table 5-16 Register Table

REGISTER NAME ADDR TAG Bit 15 Bit 14 Bit 13 Bit 12 Bit 11 Bit 10 Bit 9 Bit 8 Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Basic Mode Control Register 00h BMCR Reset Loopback Speed Selection AutoNeg Enable Power Down Isolate Restart AutoNeg Duplex Mode Collision Test Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
Basic Mode Status Register 01h BMSR 100Base-T4 100Base -TX FDX 100Base -TX HDX 10Base- TFDX 10Base- THDX Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved MF Pre- amble Sup- press Auto- Neg Com- plete Remote Fault Auto- Neg Ability Link Status Jabber Detect Extended Capability
PHY Identifier Register 1 02h PHYIDR1 OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB OUI MSB
PHY Identifier Register 2 03h PHYIDR2 OUI LSB OUI LSB OUI LSB OUI LSB OUI LSB OUI LSB VNDR_ MDL VNDR_ MDL VNDR_ MDL VNDR_ MDL VNDR_ MDL VNDR_ MDL MDL_ REV MDL_ REV MDL_ REV MDL_ REV
Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register 04h ANAR Next Page Ind Reserved Remote Fault Reserved ASM_DIR PAUSE T4 TX_FD TX 10_FD 10 Protocol Selection Protocol Selection Protocol Selection Protocol Selection Protocol Selection
Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (Base Page) 05h ANLPAR Next Page Ind ACK Remote Fault Reserved ASM_DIR PAUSE T4 TX_FD TX 10_FD 10 Protocol Selection Protocol Selection Protocol Selection Protocol Selection Protocol Selection
Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register Next Page 05h AN- LPARNP Next Page Ind ACK Message Page ACK2 Toggle Code Code Code Code Code Code Code Code Code Code Code
Auto-Negotiation Expansion Register 06h ANER Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved PDF LP_NP_ ABLE NP_ ABLE PAGE_ RX LP_AN_ ABLE
Auto-Negotiation Next Page TX Register 07h ANNPTR Next Page Ind Reserved Message Page ACK2 TOG_TX CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE
RESERVED 08-0fh Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
PHY Status Register 10h PHYSTS Reserved MDI-X mode Rx Err Latch Polarity Status False Carrier Sense Signal Detect Descram Lock Page Receive Reserved Remote Fault Jabber Detect Auto-Neg Complete Loopback Status Duplex Status Speed Status Link Status
MII Interrupt Control Register 11h MICR Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved TINT INTEN RINT
MII Interrupt Status and Misc. Control Register 12h MISR LQ_INT ED_INT LINK_INT SPD_INT DUP_INT ANC_INT FHF_INT RHF_INT LQ_INT_ EN ED_INT_ EN LINK_ IN T_EN SPED_ I NT_EN DUP_ IN T_EN ANC_ IN T_EN FHF_INT _EN RHF_IN T_EN
Page Select Register 13h Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Page_Se l Bit Page_Se l Bit
EXTENDED REGISTERS
False Carrier Sense Counter Register 14h FCSCR Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved FCSCNT FCSCNT FCSCNT FCSCNT FCSCNT FCSCNT FCSCNT FCSCNT
Receive Error Counter Register 15h RECR Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved RXERCNT RXERCNT RXERCNT RXERCNT RXERCNT RXERCNT RXERCNT RXERCNT
PCS Sub-Layer Configuration and Status Register 16h PCSR Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved FREE_CLK TQ_EN SD_FOR CE_PMA SD_ OPTION DESC_ T IME Reserved FORCE_ 100_OK Reserved Reserved NRZI_ BYPASS Reserved Reserved
RMII and Bypass Register 17h RBR SIM_ WRITE Reserved DIS_TX_ OPT RX_POR T RX_POR T TX_SOU RCE TX_SOU RCE PMD_LO OP SCMII_R X SCMII_T X RMII_ M ODE RMII_RE V1_0 RX_OVF _STS RX_UNF _STS ELAST_ BUF ELAST_ BUF
LED Direct Control Register 18h LEDCR Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved LEDACT _RX BLINK_F REQ BLINK_F REQ DRV_SP DLED DRV_LN KLED DRV_AC TLED SPDLED LNKLED ACTLED
PHY Control Register 19h PHYCR MDIX_E N FORCE_ MDIX PAUSE_ RX PAUSE_ TX BIST_FE PSR_15 BIST_ STATUS BIST_ST ART BP_STR ETCH Reserved LED_ CNFG[1] LED_ CNFG[0] PHY ADDR PHY ADDR PHY ADDR PHY ADDR
10Base-T Status/Control Register 1Ah 10BT_ SERIAL Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved SQUELCH SQUELCH SQUELCH LOOPBA CK_10_ DIS LP_DIS FORC_ LINK_10 Reserved POLARITY Reserved Reserved HEARBEAT_ DIS JABBER _DIS
CD Test Control and BIST Extensions Register 1Bh CDCTRL1 BIST_ER ROR_
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Phy Control Register 2 1Ch PHYCR2 Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved SOFT_RESET Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
Energy Detect Control Register 1Dh EDCR ED_EN ED_AUT O_UP ED_AUT O_DOW N ED_MAN ED_BUR ST_DIS ED_PW R_STATE ED_ERR _MET ED_DAT A_MET ED_ERR _COUNT ED_ERR _COUNT ED_ERR _COUNT ED_ERR _COUNT ED_DATA _COUNT ED_DATA _COUNT ED_DATA _COUNT ED_DATA _COUNT
RESERVED 1Eh-1Fh Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
RESERVED REGISTERS
RESERVED 14h-1Fh Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
LINK DIAGNOSTICS REGISTERS - PAGE 2
100Mb Length Detect Register 14h LEN100_ DET Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN CABLE_ LEN
100Mb Frequency Offset Indication Register 15h FREQ100 SAMPLE_
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Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved SEL_FC FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET FREQ_O FFSET
TDR Control Register 16h TDR_CTRL TDR_EN ABLE TDR_100Mb TX_
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TDR Window Register 17h TDR_WIN TDR_
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TDR Peak Register 18h TDR_
PEAK
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TDR Threshold Register 19h TDR_THR Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved TDR_ TH R_MET TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME TDR- THR_TIME
Variance Control Register 1Ah VAR_CTRL VAR_RDY Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved VAR_ FR EEZE VAR_ TI MER VAR_ TI MER VAR_ TI MER
Variance Data Register 1Bh VAR_
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RESERVED 1Ch Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
Link Quality Monitor Register 1Dh LQMR LQM_
ENABLE
Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved FC_HI_ WARN FC_LO_ WARN FREQ_H I_WARN FREQ_L O_WARN DBLW_H I_WARN DBLW_L O_WARN DAGC_H I_WARN DAGC_L O_WARN C1_HI_ WARN C1_LO_ WARN
Link Quality Data Register 1Eh LQDR Reserved Reserved SAMPLE_ PARAM WRITE_ LQ_THR LQ_PAR AM_SEL LQ_PAR AM_SEL LQ_PAR AM_SEL LQ_THR_ SEL LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA LQ_THR_ DATA
RESERVED 1Fh Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved

5.6.1 Register Definition

In the register definitions under the Default heading, the following definitions hold true:

  • RW = Read Write access
  • SC = Register sets on event occurrence and Self-Clears when event ends
  • RW/SC = Read Write access/Self Clearing bit
  • RO = Read Only access
  • COR = Clear on Read
  • RO/COR = Read Only, Clear on Read
  • RO/P = Read Only, Permanently set to a default value
  • LL = Latched Low and held until read, based upon the occurrence of the corresponding event
  • LH = Latched High and held until read, based upon the occurrence of the corresponding event

5.6.1.1 Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR)

Table 5-17 Basic Mode Control Register (BMCR), address 00h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 RESET 0, RW/SC Reset:
1 = Initiate software Reset / Reset in Process.
0 = Normal operation.
This bit, which is self-clearing, returns a value of one until the reset process is complete. The configuration is re-strapped.
14 LOOPBACK 0, RW Loopback:
1 = Loopback enabled.
0 = Normal operation.
The loopback function enables MII transmit data to be routed to the MII receive data path.

Setting this bit may cause the descrambler to lose synchronization and produce a 500 µs dead time before any valid data will appear at the MII receive outputs.

13 SPEED SELECTION Strap, RW Speed Select:

When auto-negotiation is disabled writing to this bit allows the port speed to be selected.


1 = 100 Mb/s.
0 = 10 Mb/s.
12 AUTO-NEGOTIATION ENABLE 0, RW Auto-Negotiation Enable:

Strap controls initial value at reset.


1 = Auto-Negotiation Enabled - bits 8 and 13 of this register are ignored when this bit is set.
0 = Auto-Negotiation Disabled - bits 8 and 13 determine the port speed and duplex mode.
11 POWER DOWN 0, RW Power Down:
1 = Power down.
0 = Normal operation.

Setting this bit powers down the PHY. Only the register block is enabled during a power-down condition. This bit is OR’d with the input from the PWRDOWN_INT pin. When the active low PWRDOWN_INT pin is asserted, this bit will be set.

10 ISOLATE 0, RW Isolate:
1 = Isolates the Port from the MII with the exception of the serial management.
0 = Normal operation.
9 RESTART AUTO-NEGOTIATION 0, RW/SC Restart Auto-Negotiation:
1 = Restart Auto-Negotiation. Re-initiates the Auto-Negotiation process. If Auto-Negotiation is disabled (bit 12 = 0), this bit is ignored. This bit is self-clearing and will return a value of 1 until Auto-Negotiation is initiated, whereupon it will self-clear. Operation of the Auto-Negotiation process is not affected by the management entity clearing this bit.
0 = Normal operation.
8 DUPLEX MODE Strap, RW Duplex Mode:

When auto-negotiation is disabled writing to this bit allows the port Duplex capability to be selected.


1 = Full Duplex operation.
0 = Half Duplex operation.
7 COLLISION TEST 0, RW Collision Test:
1 = Collision test enabled.
0 = Normal operation.

When set, this bit will cause the COL signal to be asserted in response to the assertion of TX_EN within 512-bit times. The COL signal will be deasserted within 4-bit times in response to the deassertion of TX_EN.

6:0 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Write ignored, read as 0.

5.6.1.2 Basic Mode Status Register (BMSR)

Table 5-18 Basic Mode Status Register (BMSR), address 01h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 100BASE-T4 0, RO/P 100BASE-T4 Capable:
0 = Device not able to perform 100BASE-T4 mode.
14 100BASE-TX FULL DUPLEX 1, RO/P 100BASE-TX Full Duplex Capable:
1 = Device able to perform 100BASE-TX in full duplex mode.
13 100BASE-TX HALF DUPLEX 1, RO/P 100BASE-TX Half Duplex Capable:
1 = Device able to perform 100BASE-TX in half duplex mode.
12 10BASE-T FULL DUPLEX 1, RO/P 10BASE-T Full Duplex Capable:
1 = Device able to perform 10BASE-T in full duplex mode.
11 10BASE-T HALF DUPLEX 1, RO/P 10BASE-T Half Duplex Capable:
1 = Device able to perform 10BASE-T in half duplex mode.
10:7 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Write as 0, read as 0.
6 MF PREAMBLE SUPPRESSION 1, RO/P Preamble suppression Capable:
1 = Device able to perform management transaction with preamble suppressed, 32-bits of preamble needed only once after reset, invalid opcode or invalid turnaround.
0 = Normal management operation.
5 AUTO-NEGOTIATION COMPLETE 0, RO Auto-Negotiation Complete:
1 = Auto-Negotiation process complete.
0 = Auto-Negotiation process not complete.
4 REMOTE FAULT 0, RO/LH Remote Fault:
1 = Remote Fault condition detected (cleared on read or by reset).
Fault criteria: Far End Fault Indication or notification from Link Partner of Remote Fault.
0 = No remote fault condition detected.
3 AUTO-NEGOTIATION ABILITY 1, RO/P Auto Negotiation Ability:
1 = Device is able to perform Auto-Negotiation.
0 = Device is not able to perform Auto-Negotiation.
2 LINK STATUS 0, RO/LL Link Status:
1 = Valid link established (for either 10 or 100 Mb/s operation).
0 = Link not established.

The criteria for link validity is implementation specific. The occurrence of a link failure condition will causes the Link Status bit to clear. Once cleared, this bit may only be set by establishing a good link condition and a read through the management interface.

1 JABBER DETECT 0, RO/LH Jabber Detect: This bit only has meaning in 10-Mb/s mode.
1 = Jabber condition detected.
0 = No Jabber.

This bit is implemented with a latching function, such that the occurrence of a jabber condition causes it to set until it is cleared by a read to this register by the management interface or by a reset.

0 EXTENDED CAPABILITY 1, RO/P Extended Capability:
1 = Extended register capabilities.
0 = Basic register set capabilities only.

The PHY Identifier Register 1 and Register 2 together form a unique identifier for the DP83849I. The Identifier consists of a concatenation of the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI), the vendor's model number and the model revision number. A PHY may return a value of zero in each of the 32 bits of the PHY Identifier if desired. The PHY Identifier is intended to support network management. Texas Instrument's IEEE assigned OUI is 080017h.

5.6.1.3 PHY Identifier Register #1 (PHYIDR1)

Table 5-19 PHY Identifier Register #1 (PHYIDR1), address 02h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:0 OUI_MSB <0010 0000 0000 0000>, RO/P OUI Most Significant Bits:
Bits 3 to 18 of the OUI (080017h) are stored in bits 15 to 0 of this register. The most significant two bits of the OUI are ignored (the IEEE standard refers to these as bits 1 and 2).

5.6.1.4 PHY Identifier Register #2 (PHYIDR2)

Table 5-20 PHY Identifier Register #2 (PHYIDR2), address 03h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:10 OUI_LSB <0101 11>, RO/P OUI Least Significant Bits:
Bits 19 to 24 of the OUI (080017h) are mapped from bits 15 to 10 of this register respectively.
9:4 VNDR_MDL <00 1001>, RO/P Vendor Model Number:
The six bits of vendor model number are mapped from bits 9 to 4 (most significant bit to bit 9).
3:0 MDL_REV <0000>, RO/P Model Revision Number:
Four bits of the vendor model revision number are mapped from bits 3 to 0 (most significant bit to bit 3). This field will be incremented for all major device changes.

5.6.1.5 Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register (ANAR)

This register contains the advertised abilities of this device as they will be transmitted to its link partner during Auto-Negotiation. Any writes to this register prior to completion of Auto-Negotiation (as indicated in the Basic Mode Status Register (address 01h) Auto-Negotiation Complete bit, BMSR[5]) must be followed by a renegotiation. This will ensure that the new values are properly used in the Auto-Negotiation.

Table 5-21 Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register (ANAR), address 04h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 NP 0, RW Next Page Indication:
0 = Next Page Transfer not desired.
1 = Next Page Transfer desired.
14 RESERVED 0, RO/P RESERVED by IEEE: Writes ignored, Read as 0.
13 RF 0, RW Remote Fault:
1 = Advertises that this device has detected a Remote Fault.
0 = No Remote Fault detected.
12 RESERVED 0, RW RESERVED for Future IEEE use: Write as 0, Read as 0
11 ASM_DIR 0, RW Asymmetric PAUSE Support for Full Duplex Links:

The ASM_DIR bit indicates that asymmetric PAUSE is supported.

Encoding and resolution of PAUSE bits is defined in IEEE 802.3 Annex 28B, Tables 28B-2 and 28B-3, respectively. Pause resolution status is reported in PHYCR[13:12].

1 = Advertise that the DTE (MAC) has implemented both the optional MAC control sublayer and the pause function as specified in clause 31 and annex 31B of 802.3u.

0 = No MAC based full duplex flow control.

10 PAUSE 0, RW PAUSE Support for Full Duplex Links:

The PAUSE bit indicates that the device is capable of providing the symmetric PAUSE functions as defined in Annex 31B.

Encoding and resolution of PAUSE bits is defined in IEEE 802.3 Annex 28B, Tables 28B-2 and 28B-3, respectively. Pause resolution status is reported in PHYCR[13:12].

1 = Advertise that the DTE (MAC) has implemented both the optional MAC control sublayer and the pause function as specified in clause 31 and annex 31B of 802.3u.

0 = No MAC based full duplex flow control.

9 T4 0, RO/P 100BASE-T4 Support:
1= 100BASE-T4 is supported by the local device.
0 = 100BASE-T4 not supported.
8 TX_FD Strap, RW 100BASE-TX Full Duplex Support:
1 = 100BASE-TX Full Duplex is supported by the local device.
0 = 100BASE-TX Full Duplex not supported.
7 TX Strap, RW 100BASE-TX Support:
1 = 100BASE-TX is supported by the local device.
0 = 100BASE-TX not supported.
6 10_FD RW 10BASE-T Full Duplex Support:
1 = 10BASE-T Full Duplex is supported by the local device.
0 = 10BASE-T Full Duplex not supported.
5 10 RW 10BASE-T Support:
1 = 10BASE-T is supported by the local device.
0 = 10BASE-T not supported.
4:0 SELECTOR <00001>, RW Protocol Selection Bits:
These bits contain the binary encoded protocol selector supported by this port. <00001> indicates that this device supports IEEE 802.3u.

5.6.1.6 Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) (BASE Page)

This register contains the advertised abilities of the Link Partner as received during Auto-Negotiation. The content changes after the successful auto-negotiation if Next-pages are supported.

Table 5-22 Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) (BASE Page), address 05h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 NP 0, RO Next Page Indication:
0 = Link Partner does not desire Next Page Transfer.
1 = Link Partner desires Next Page Transfer.
14 ACK 0, RO Acknowledge:
1 = Link Partner acknowledges reception of the ability data word.
0 = Not acknowledged.

The Auto-Negotiation state machine will automatically control the this bit based on the incoming FLP bursts.

13 RF 0, RO Remote Fault:
1 = Remote Fault indicated by Link Partner.
0 = No Remote Fault indicated by Link Partner.
12 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED for Future IEEE use:
Write as 0, read as 0.
11 ASM_DIR 0, RO ASYMMETRIC PAUSE:
1 = Asymmetric pause is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = Asymmetric pause is not supported by the Link Partner.
10 PAUSE 0, RO PAUSE:
1 = Pause function is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = Pause function is not supported by the Link Partner.
9 T4 0, RO 100BASE-T4 Support:
1 = 100BASE-T4 is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = 100BASE-T4 not supported by the Link Partner.
8 TX_FD 0, RO 100BASE-TX Full Duplex Support:
1 = 100BASE-TX Full Duplex is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = 100BASE-TX Full Duplex not supported by the Link Partner.
7 TX 0, RO 100BASE-TX Support:
1 = 100BASE-TX is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = 100BASE-TX not supported by the Link Partner.
6 10_FD 0, RO 10BASE-T Full Duplex Support:
1 = 10BASE-T Full Duplex is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = 10BASE-T Full Duplex not supported by the Link Partner.
5 10 0, RO 10BASE-T Support:
1 = 10BASE-T is supported by the Link Partner.
0 = 10BASE-T not supported by the Link Partner.
4:0 SELECTOR <0 0000>, RO Protocol Selection Bits:
Link Partner’s binary encoded protocol selector.

5.6.1.7 Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) (Next Page)

Table 5-23 Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Ability Register (ANLPAR) (Next Page), address 05h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 NP 0, RO Next Page Indication:
1 = Link Partner desires Next Page Transfer.
0 = Link Partner does not desire Next Page Transfer.
14 ACK 0, RO Acknowledge:
1 = Link Partner acknowledges reception of the ability data word.
0 = Not acknowledged.

The Auto-Negotiation state machine will automatically control the this bit based on the incoming FLP bursts. Software must not attempt to write to this bit.

13 MP 0, RO Message Page:
1 = Message Page.
0 = Unformatted Page.
12 ACK2 0, RO Acknowledge 2:
1 = Link Partner does have the ability to comply to next page message.
0 = Link Partner does not have the ability to comply to next page message.
11 TOGGLE 0, RO Toggle:
1 = Previous value of the transmitted Link Code word equaled 0.
0 = Previous value of the transmitted Link Code word equaled 1.
10:0 CODE <000 0000 0000>, RO Code:
This field represents the code field of the next page transmission. If the MP bit is set (bit 13 of this register), then the code shall be interpreted as a “Message Page,” as defined in annex 28C of Clause 28. Otherwise, the code shall be interpreted as an “Unformatted Page,” and the interpretation is application specific.

5.6.1.8 Auto-Negotiate Expansion Register (ANER)

This register contains additional Local Device and Link Partner status information.

Table 5-24 Auto-Negotiate Expansion Register (ANER), address 06h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:5 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, Read as 0.
4 PDF 0, RO Parallel Detection Fault:
1 = A fault has been detected through the Parallel Detection function.
0 = A fault has not been detected.
3 LP_NP_ABLE 0, RO Link Partner Next Page Able:
1 = Link Partner does support Next Page.
0 = Link Partner does not support Next Page.
2 NP_ABLE 1, RO/P Next Page Able:
1 = Indicates local device is able to send additional “Next Pages”.
1 PAGE_RX 0, RO/COR Link Code Word Page Received:
1 = Link Code Word has been received, cleared on a read.
0 = Link Code Word has not been received.
0 LP_AN_ABLE 0, RO Link Partner Auto-Negotiation Able:
1 = indicates that the Link Partner supports Auto-Negotiation.
0 = indicates that the Link Partner does not support Auto-Negotiation.

5.6.1.9 Auto-Negotiation Next Page Transmit Register (ANNPTR)

This register contains the next page information sent by this device to its Link Partner during Auto-Negotiation.

Table 5-25 Auto-Negotiation Next Page Transmit Register (ANNPTR), address 07h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 NP 0, RW Next Page Indication:
0 = No other Next Page Transfer desired.
1 = Another Next Page desired.
14 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
13 MP 1, RW Message Page:
1 = Message Page.
0 = Unformatted Page.
12 ACK2 0, RW Acknowledge2:
1 = Will comply with message.
0 = Cannot comply with message.

Acknowledge2 is used by the next page function to indicate that Local Device has the ability to comply with the message received.

11 TOG_TX 0, RO Toggle:
1 = Value of toggle bit in previously transmitted Link Code Word was 0.
0 = Value of toggle bit in previously transmitted Link Code Word was 1.

Toggle is used by the Arbitration function within Auto-Negotiation to ensure synchronization with the Link Partner during Next Page exchange. This bit shall always take the opposite value of the Toggle bit in the previously exchanged Link Code Word.

10:0 CODE <000 0000 0001>, RW

Code:

This field represents the code field of the next page transmission. If the MP bit is set (bit 13 of this register), then the code shall be interpreted as a "Message Page”, as defined in annex 28C of IEEE 802.3u. Otherwise, the code shall be interpreted as an "Unformatted Page”, and the interpretation is application specific.

The default value of the CODE represents a Null Page as defined in Annex 28C of IEEE 802.3u.

5.6.1.10 PHY Status Register (PHYSTS)

This register provides a single location within the register set for quick access to commonly accessed information.

Table 5-26 PHY Status Register (PHYSTS), address 10h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Write ignored, read as 0.
14 MDIX MODE 0, RO MDI-X mode as reported by the Auto-Negotiation logic:

This bit will be affected by the settings of the MDIX_EN and FORCE_MDIX bits in the PHYCR register. When MDIX is enabled, but not forced, this bit will update dynamically as the Auto-MDIX algorithm swaps between MDI and MDI-X configurations.


1 = MDI pairs swapped (Receive on TPTD pair, Transmit on TPRD pair)
0 = MDI pairs normal (Receive on TRD pair, Transmit on TPTD pair)
13 RECEIVE ERROR LATCH 0, RO/LH Receive Error Latch:
This bit will be cleared upon a read of the RECR register.
1 = Receive error event has occurred because last read of RXERCNT (address 0x15, Page 0).
0 = No receive error event has occurred.
12 POLARITY STATUS 0, RO Polarity Status:

This bit is a duplication of bit 4 in the 10BTSCR register. This bit will be cleared upon a read of the 10BTSCR register, but not upon a read of the PHYSTS register.


1 = Inverted Polarity detected.
0 = Correct Polarity detected.
11 FALSE CARRIER SENSE LATCH 0, RO/LH False Carrier Sense Latch:

This bit will be cleared upon a read of the FCSR register.


1 = False Carrier event has occurred because last read of FCSCR (address 0x14).
0 = No False Carrier event has occurred.
10 SIGNAL DETECT 0, RO/LL 100Base-TX unconditional Signal Detect from PMD.

This is the SD that goes into the link monitor. It is the AND of raw SD and descrambler lock, when address 16h, bit 8 (page 0) is set. When this bit is cleared, it will be equivalent to the raw SD from the PMD.

9 DESCRAMBLER LOCK 0, RO/LL 100Base-TX Descrambler Lock from PMD.
8 PAGE RECEIVED 0, RO Link Code Word Page Received:

This is a duplicate of the Page Received bit in the ANER register, but this bit will not be cleared upon a read of the PHYSTS register.


1 = A new Link Code Word Page has been received. Cleared on read of the ANER (address 0x06, bit 1).
0 = Link Code Word Page has not been received.
7 MII INTERRUPT 0, RO MII Interrupt Pending:

1 = Indicates that an internal interrupt is pending. Interrupt source can be determined by reading the MISR Register (12h). Reading the MISR will clear the Interrupt.

0 = No interrupt pending.

6 REMOTE FAULT 0, RO Remote Fault:
1 = Remote Fault condition detected (cleared on read of BMSR (address 01h) register or by reset).
Fault criteria: notification from Link Partner of Remote Fault through Auto-Negotiation.
0 = No remote fault condition detected.
5 JABBER DETECT 0, RO Jabber Detect: This bit only has meaning in 10-Mb/s mode

This bit is a duplicate of the Jabber Detect bit in the BMSR register, except that it is not cleared upon a read of the PHYSTS register.


1 = Jabber condition detected.
0 = No Jabber.
4 AUTO-NEG COMPLETE 0, RO Auto-Negotiation Complete:
1 = Auto-Negotiation complete.
0 = Auto-Negotiation not complete.
3 LOOPBACK STATUS 0, RO Loopback:
1 = Loopback enabled.
0 = Normal operation.
2 DUPLEX STATUS 0, RO Duplex:

This bit indicates duplex status and is determined from Auto-Negotiation or Forced Modes.


1 = Full duplex mode.
0 = Half duplex mode.

Note: This bit is only valid if Auto-Negotiation is enabled and complete and there is a valid link or if Auto-Negotiation is disabled and there is a valid link.

1 SPEED STATUS 0, RO Speed10:

This bit indicates the status of the speed and is determined from Auto-Negotiation or Forced Modes.


1 = 10-Mb/s mode.
0 = 100 Mb/s mode.

Note: This bit is only valid if Auto-Negotiation is enabled and complete and there is a valid link or if Auto-Negotiation is disabled and there is a valid link.

0 LINK STATUS 0, RO Link Status:

This bit is a duplicate of the Link Status bit in the BMSR register, except that it will not be cleared upon a read of the PHYSTS register.


1 = Valid link established (for either 10 or 100 Mb/s operation)
0 = Link not established.

5.6.1.11 MII Interrupt Control Register (MICR)

This register implements the MII Interrupt PHY Specific Control register. Sources for interrupt generation include: Energy Detect State Change, Link State Change, Speed Status Change, Duplex Status Change, Auto-Negotiation Complete or any of the counters becoming half-full. The individual interrupt events must be enabled by setting bits in the MII Interrupt Status and Event Control Register (MISR).

Table 5-27 MII Interrupt Control Register (MICR) address 11h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:03 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
2 TINT 0, RW Test Interrupt:

Forces the PHY to generate an interrupt to facilitate interrupt testing. Interrupts will continue to be generated as long as this bit remains set.

1 = Generate an interrupt
0 = Do not generate interrupt

1 INTEN 0, RW Interrupt Enable:

Enable interrupt dependent on the event enables in the MISR register.

1 = Enable event based interrupts
0 = Disable event based interrupts

0 INT_OE 0, RW Interrupt Output Enable:

Enable interrupt events to signal through the PWRDOWN_INT pin by configuring the PWRDOWN_INT pin as an output.

1 = PWRDOWN_INT is an Interrupt Output
0 = PWRDOWN_INT is a Power Down Input

5.6.1.12 MII Interrupt Status and Miscellaneous Control Register (MICR)

This counter provides information required to implement the False Carriers attribute within the MAU managed object class of Clause 30 of the IEEE 802.3u specification.

Table 5-28 MII Interrupt Status and Miscellaneous Control Register (MICR) address 12h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 LQ_INT 0, RO/COR Link Quality interrupt:

1 = Link Quality interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No Link Quality interrupt pending.

14 ED_INT 0, RO/COR Energy Detect interrupt:

1 = Energy detect interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No energy detect interrupt pending.

13 LINK_INT 0, RO/COR Change of Link Status interrupt:

1 = Change of link status interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No change of link status interrupt pending.

12 SPD_INT 0, RO/COR Change of speed status interrupt:

1 = Speed status change interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No speed status change interrupt pending.

11 DUP_INT 0, RO/COR Change of duplex status interrupt:

1 = Duplex status change interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No duplex status change interrupt pending.

10 ANC_INT 0, RO/COR Auto-Negotiation Complete interrupt:

1 = Auto-negotiation complete interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No Auto-negotiation complete interrupt pending.

9 FHF_INT 0, RO/COR False Carrier Counter half-full interrupt:

1 = False carrier counter half-full interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No false carrier counter half-full interrupt pending.

8 RHF_INT 0, RO/COR Receive Error Counter half-full interrupt:

1 = Receive error counter half-full interrupt is pending and is cleared by the current read.
0 = No receive error carrier counter half-full interrupt pending.

7 LQ_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on Link Quality Monitor event
6 ED_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on energy detect event
5 LINK_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on change of link status
4 SPD_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on change of speed status
3 DUP_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on change of duplex status
2 ANC_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on Auto-negotiation complete event
1 FHF_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on False Carrier Counter Register half-full event
0 RHF_INT_EN 0, RW Enable Interrupt on Receive Error Counter Register half-full event

5.6.1.13 Page Select Register (PAGESEL)

This register is used to enable access to the Link Diagnostics Registers.

Table 5-29 Page Select Register (PAGESEL), address 13h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:02 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, Read as 0
1:00 PAGE_SEL 0, RW Page_Sel Bit:

Selects between paged registers for address 14h to 1Fh.

0 = Extended Registers Page 0
1 = Test Mode Register Page 1
2 = Link Diagnostics Registers Page 2

5.6.2 Extended Registers - Page 0

5.6.2.1 False Carrier Sense Counter Register (FCSCR)

This counter provides information required to implement the False Carriers attribute within the MAU managed object class of Clause 30 of the IEEE 802.3 specification.

Table 5-30 False Carrier Sense Counter Register (FCSCR), address 14h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:8 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, Read as 0
7:0 FCSCNT[7:0] 0, RO / COR False Carrier Event Counter:

This 8-bit counter increments on every false carrier event. This counter sticks when it reaches its max count (FFh).

5.6.2.2 Receiver Error Counter Register (RECR)

This counter provides information required to implement the “Symbol Error During Carrier” attribute within the PHY managed object class of Clause 30 of the IEEE 802.3 specification.

Table 5-31 Receiver Error Counter Register (RECR), address 15h

Bit Bit Name Default Description
15:8 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, Read as 0
7:0 RXERCNT[7:0] 0, RO / COR RX_ER Counter:

When a valid carrier is present and there is at least one occurrence of an invalid data symbol, this 8-bit counter increments for each receive error detected. This event can increment only once per valid carrier event. If a collision is present, the attribute will not increment. The counter sticks when it reaches its max count.

5.6.2.3 100 Mb/s PCS Configuration and Status Register (PCSR)

This register contains control and status information for the 100BASE Physical Coding Sublayer.

Table 5-32 100 Mb/s PCS Configuration and Status Register (PCSR), address 0x16

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:12 RESERVED <00>, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, Read as 0.
11 FREE_CLK 0, RW Receive Clock:

1 = RX_CLK is free-running
0 = RX_CLK phase adjusted based on alignment

10 TQ_EN 0, RW 100Mbs True Quiet Mode Enable:
1 = Transmit True Quiet Mode.
0 = Normal Transmit Mode.
9 SD FORCE PMA 0, RW Signal Detect Force PMA:
1 = Forces Signal Detection in PMA.
0 = Normal SD operation.
8 SD_OPTION 1, RW Signal Detect Option:
1 = Default operation. Link will be asserted following detection of valid signal level and Descrambler Lock. Link will be maintained as long as signal level is valid. A loss of Descrambler Lock will not cause Link Status to drop.
0 = Modified signal detect algorithm. Link will be asserted following detection of valid signal level and Descrambler Lock. Link will be maintained as long as signal level is valid and Descrambler remains locked.
7 DESC_TIME 0, RW Descrambler Timeout:

Increase the descrambler timeout. When set this must allow the device to receive larger packets (>9k bytes) without loss of synchronization.
1 = 2ms
0 = 722µs (per ANSI X3.263: 1995 (TP-PMD) 7.2.3.3e)

6 RESERVED 0 RESERVED: Must be zero.
5 FORCE_100_OK 0, RW Force 100Mb/s Good Link:
1 = Forces 100Mb/s Good Link.
0 = Normal 100Mb/s operation.
4:3 RESERVED 0 RESERVED: Must be zero.
2 NRZI_BYPASS 0, RW NRZI Bypass Enable:
1 = NRZI Bypass Enabled.
0 = NRZI Bypass Disabled.
1:0 RESERVED 0 RESERVED: Must be zero.

5.6.2.4 RMII and Bypass Register (RBR)

This register configures the RMII Mode of operation. When RMII mode is disabled, the RMII functionality is bypassed.

Table 5-33 RMII and Bypass Register (RBR), addresses 17h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 SIM_WRITE 0, RO Simultaneous Write:

Setting this bit in port A register space enables simultaneous write to Phy registers in both ports. Subsequent writes to port A registers will write to registers in both ports A and B.

1 = Simultaneous writes to both ports
0 = Per-port write

14 RESERVED 0, RO

RESERVED: Writes ignored, Read as 0

13 DIS_TX_OPT 0, RW Disable RMII TX Latency Optimization:

Normally the RMII Transmitter will minimize the transmit latency by realigning the transmit clock with the Reference clock phase at the start of a packet transmission. Setting this bit will disable Phase realignment and ensure that IDLE bits will always be sent in multiples of the symbol size. This will result in a larger uncertainty in RMII transmit latency.

12:11 RX_PORT 00, RW Receive Port:

See Section 5.4.4.3 for more information on Flexible Port Switching.

10:9 TX_SOURCE Strap, RW Transmit Source:

See Section 5.4.4.3 for more information on Flexible Port Switching.

00 = Not strapped for Extender Mode
10 = Strapped for Extender Mode

8 PMD_LOOP 0, RW PMD Loopback:

0= Normal Operation
1= Remote (PMD) Loopback

Setting this bit will cause the device to Loopback data received from the Physical Layer. The loopback is done prior to the MII or RMII interface. Data received at the internal MII or RMII interface will be applied to the transmitter. This mode must only be used if RMII mode or Single Clock MII mode is enabled.

7 SCMII_RX Strap, RW Single Clock RX MII Mode:

0= Standard MII mode
1= Single Clock RX MII Mode

Setting this bit will cause the device to generate receive data (RX_DV, RX_ER, RXD[3:0]) synchronous to the X1 Reference clock. RX_CLK is not used in this mode. This mode uses the RMII elasticity buffer to tolerate variations in clock frequencies. This bit cannot be set if RMII_MODE is set to a 1. This bit is strapped to 1 if EXTENDER_EN is 1 and RMII Mode is not strapped at hard reset.

6 SCMII_TX Strap, RW Single Clock TX MII Mode:

0= Standard MII mode
1= Single Clock TX MII Mode

Setting this bit will cause the device to sample transmit data (TX_EN, TXD[3:0]) synchronous to the X1 Reference clock. TX_CLK is not used in this mode. This bit cannot be set if RMII_MODE is set to a 1. This bit is strapped to 1 if EXTENDER_EN is 1 and RMII Mode is not strapped at hard reset.

5 RMII_MODE Strap, RW Reduced MII Mode:
0 = Standard MII Mode
1 = Reduced MII Mode
4 RMII_REV1_0 0, RW Reduce MII Revision 1.0:
0 = (RMII revision 1.2) CRS_DV will toggle at the end of a packet to indicate deassertion of CRS.
1 = (RMII revision 1.0) CRS_DV will remain asserted until final data is transferred. CRS_DV will not toggle at the end of a packet.
3 RX_OVF_STS 0, RO RX FIFO Over Flow Status:
0 = Normal
1 = Overflow detected
2 RX_UNF_STS 0, RO RX FIFO Under Flow Status:
0 = Normal
1 = Underflow detected
1:0 ELAST_BUF[1:0] 01, RW Receive Elasticity Buffer.

This field controls the Receive Elasticity Buffer which allows for frequency variation tolerance between the 50MHz RMII clock and the recovered data. See Section 5.4.2 for more information on Elasticity Buffer settings in RMII mode. See Section 5.4.4.2 for more information on Elasticity Buffer settings in SCMII mode.

5.6.2.5 LED Direct Control Register (LEDCR)

This register provides the ability to directly control the LED outputs. It does not provide read access to the LEDs. In addition, it provides control for the Activity source and blinking LED frequency.

Table 5-34 LED Direct Control Register (LEDCR), address 18h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:9 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
8 LEDACT_RX 0, RW 1 = Activity is only indicated for Receive traffic
0 = Activity is indicated for Transmit or Receive traffic
7:6 B;O;ML_FREQ 00, RW LED Blink Frequency:

These bits control the blink frequency of the LED_LINK output when blinking on activity is enabled.

0 = 6Hz
1 = 12Hz
2 = 24Hz
3 = 48Hz

5 DRV_SPDLED 0, RW 1 = Drive value of SPDLED bit onto LED_SPEED output
0 = Normal operation
4 DRV_LNKLED 0, RW 1 = Drive value of LNKLED bit onto LED_LINK output
0 = Normal operation
3 DRV_ACTLED 0, RW 1 = Drive value of ACTLED bit onto LED_ACT/LED_COL output
0 = Normal operation
2 SPDLED 0, RW Value to force on LED_SPEED output
1 LNKLED 0, RW Value to force on LED_LINK output
0 ACTLED 0, RW Value to force on LED_ACT/LED_COL output

5.6.2.6 PHY Control Register (PHYCR)

This register provides control for Phy functions such as MDIX, BIST, LED configuration, and Phy address. It also provides Pause Negotiation status.

Table 5-35 PHY Control Register (PHYCR), address 19h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 MDIX_EN Strap, RW Auto-MDIX Enable:
1 = Enable Auto-neg Auto-MDIX capability.
0 = Disable Auto-neg Auto-MDIX capability.

The Auto-MDIX algorithm requires that the Auto-Negotiation Enable bit in the BMCR register to be set. If Auto-Negotiation is not enabled, Auto-MDIX must be disabled as well.

14 FORCE_MDIX 0, RW Force MDIX:
1 = Force MDI pairs to cross. (Receive on TPTD pair, Transmit on TPRD pair)
0 = Normal operation.
13 PAUSE_RX 0, RO Pause Receive Negotiated:

Indicates that pause receive must be enabled in the MAC. Based on ANAR[11:10] and ANLPAR[11:10] settings.

This function shall be enabled according to IEEE 802.3 Annex 28B Table 28B-3, “Pause Resolution”, only if the Auto-Negotiated Highest Common Denominator is a full duplex technology.

12 PAUSE_TX 0, RO Pause Transmit Negotiated:

Indicates that pause transmit must be enabled in the MAC. Based on ANAR[11:10] and ANLPAR[11:10] settings.

This function shall be enabled according to IEEE 802.3 Annex 28B Table 28B-3, “Pause Resolution”, only if the Auto-Negotiated Highest Common Denominator is a full duplex technology.

11 BIST_FE 0, RW/SC BIST Force Error:
1 = Force BIST Error.
0 = Normal operation.

This bit forces a single error, and is self clearing.

10 PSR_15 0, RW BIST Sequence select:
1 = PSR15 selected.
0 = PSR9 selected.
9 BIST_STATUS 0, LL/RO BIST Test Status:
1 = BIST pass.
0 = BIST fail. Latched, cleared when BIST is stopped.

For a count number of BIST errors, see Section 5.6.2.8 for the BIST Error Count in the CDCTRL1 register.

8 BIST_START 0, RW BIST Start:
1 = BIST start.
0 = BIST stop.
7 BP_STRETCH 0, RW Bypass LED Stretching:

This will bypass the LED stretching and the LEDs will reflect the internal value.


1 = Bypass LED stretching.
0 = Normal operation.
6 LED_CONFG[1] 0, RW LED Configuration
5 LED_CNFG[0] Strap, RW
LED_ CNFG[1] LED_ CNFG[0] MODE DESCRIPTION
Don't care 1 Mode 1
0 0 Mode 2
1 0 Mode 3
In Mode 1, LEDs are configured as follows:
LED_LINK = ON for Good Link, OFF for No Link
LED_SPEED = ON in 100Mb/s, OFF in 10Mb/s
LED_ACT/LED_COL = ON for Activity, OFF for No Activity
In Mode 2, LEDs are configured as follows:
LED_LINK = ON for good Link, BLINK for Activity
LED_SPEED = ON in 100Mb/s, OFF in 10Mb/s
LED_ACT/LED_COL = ON for Collision, OFF for No Collision
Full Duplex, OFF for Half Duplex
In Mode 3, LEDs are configured as follows:
LED_LINK = ON for Good Link, BLINK for Activity
LED_SPEED = ON in 100 Mb/s, OFF in 10-Mb/s
LED_ACT/LED_COL = ON for Full Duplex, OFF for Half Duplex
4:0 PHYADDR[4:0] Strap, RW PHY Address: PHY address for port.

5.6.2.7 10BASE-T Status/Control Register (10BTSCR)

This register is used for control and status for 10BASE-T device operation.

Table 5-36 10BASE-T Status/Control Register (10BTSCR), address 1Ah

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 10BT_SERIAL Strap, RW 10Base-T Serial Mode (SNI)

1 = Enables 10Base-T Serial Mode 0 = Normal Operation

Places 10-Mb/s transmit and receive functions in Serial Network Interface (SNI) Mode of operation. Has no effect on 100-Mb/s operation.

14:12 RESERVED 0, RW RESERVED: Must be zero.
11:9 SQUELCH 100, RW Squelch Configuration:

Used to set the Squelch ‘ON’ threshold for the receiver.

Default Squelch ON is 330-mV peak.

8 LOOPBACK_10_DIS 0, RW 10Base-T Loopback Disable:

In half-duplex mode, default 10BASE-T operation loops Transmit data to the Receive data in addition to transmitting the data on the physical medium. This is for consistency with earlier 10BASE2 and 10BASE5 implementations which used a shared medium. Setting this bit disables the loopback function.

This bit does not affect loopback due to setting BMCR[14].

7 LP_DIS 0, RW Normal Link Pulse Disable:
1 = Transmission of NLPs is disabled.
0 = Transmission of NLPs is enabled.
6 FORCE_LINK_10 0, RW Force 10Mb Good Link:
1 = Forced Good 10-Mb Link.
0 = Normal Link Status.
5 RESERVED 0, RW RESERVED: Must be zero.
4 POLARITY RO/LH 10Mb Polarity Status:

This bit is a duplication of bit 12 in the PHYSTS register. Both bits will be cleared upon a read of 10BTSCR register, but not upon a read of the PHYSTS register.
1 = Inverted Polarity detected.
0 = Correct Polarity detected.

3 RESERVED 0, RW RESERVED: Must be zero.
2 RESERVED 1, RW RESERVED: Must be set to one.
1 HEARTBEAT_DIS 0, RW Heartbeat Disable: This bit only has influence in half-duplex 10Mb mode.
1 = Heartbeat function disabled.
0 = Heartbeat function enabled.

When the device is operating at 100 Mb or configured for full duplex operation, this bit will be ignored - the heartbeat function is disabled.

0 JABBER_DIS 0, RW Jabber Disable:
Applicable only in 10BASE-T.
1 = Jabber function disabled.
0 = Jabber function enabled.

5.6.2.8 CD Test and BIST Extensions Register (CDCTRL1)

This register controls test modes for the 10BASE-T Common Driver. In addition it contains extended control and status for the packet BIST function.

Table 5-37 CD Test and BIST Extensions Register (CDCTRL1), address 1Bh

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:8 BIST_ERROR_COUNT 0, RO BIST ERROR Counter:
Counts number of errored data nibbles during Packet BIST. This value will reset when Packet BIST is restarted. The counter sticks when it reaches its max count.
7:6 RESERVED 0, RW RESERVED: Must be zero.
5 BIST_CONT_MODE 0, RW Packet BIST Continuous Mode:
Allows continuous pseudo random data transmission without any break in transmission. This can be used for transmit VOD testing. This is used in conjunction with the BIST controls in the PHYCR Register (19h). For 10-Mb operation, jabber function must be disabled, bit 0 of the 10BTSCR (1Ah), JABBER_DIS = 1.
4 CDPATTEN_10 0, RW CD Pattern Enable for 10Mb:
1 = Enabled.
0 = Disabled.
3 RESERVED 0, RW RESERVED: Must be zero.
2 10MEG_PATT_GAP 0, RW Defines gap between data or NLP test sequences:
1 = 15 µs.
0 = 10 µs.
1:0 CDPATTSEL[1:0] 00, RW CD Pattern Select[1:0]:
If CDPATTEN_10 = 1:
00 = Data, EOP0 sequence
01 = Data, EOP1 sequence
10 = NLPs
11 = Constant Manchester 1s (10-MHz sine wave) for harmonic distortion testing.

5.6.2.9 Phy Control Register 2 (PHYCR2)

This register provides additional general control.

Table 5-38 Phy Control Register 2 (PHYCR2), address 1Ch

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:10 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: writes ignored, read as 0.
9 SOFT_RESET 0, W/SC Soft Reset:

Resets the entire device minus the registers – all configuration is preserved
1 = Reset, self-clearing.

8:0 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.

5.6.2.10 Energy Detect Control (EDCR)

This register provides control and status for the Energy Detect function.

Table 5-39 Energy Detect Control (EDCR), address 1Dh

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 ED_EN Strap, RW Energy Detect Enable:

Allow Energy Detect Mode.

When Energy Detect is enabled and Auto-Negotiation is disabled through the BMCR register, Auto-MDIX must be disabled through the PHYCR register.

14 ED_AUTO_UP 1, RW Energy Detect Automatic Power Up:

Automatically begin power-up sequence when Energy Detect Data Threshold value (EDCR[3:0]) is reached. Alternatively, device could be powered up manually using the ED_MAN bit (ECDR[12]).

13 ED_AUTO_DOWN 1, RW Energy Detect Automatic Power Down:

Automatically begin power-down sequence when no energy is detected. Alternatively, device could be powered down using the ED_MAN bit (EDCR[12]).

12 ED_MAN 0, RW/SC Energy Detect Manual Power Up/Down:

Begin power-up/down sequence when this bit is asserted. When set, the Energy Detect algorithm will initiate a change of Energy Detect state regardless of threshold (error or data) and timer values. In managed applications, this bit can be set after clearing the Energy Detect interrupt to control the timing of changing the power state.

11 ED_BURST_DIS 0, RW Energy Detect Bust Disable:

Disable bursting of energy detect data pulses. By default, Energy Detect (ED) transmits a burst of 4 ED data pulses each time the CD is powered up. When bursting is disabled, only a single ED data pulse will be send each time the CD is powered up.

10 ED_PWR_STATE 0, RO Energy Detect Power State:

Indicates current Energy Detect Power state. When set, Energy Detect is in the powered up state. When cleared, Energy Detect is in the powered down state. This bit is invalid when Energy Detect is not enabled.

9 ED_ERR_MET 0, RO/COR Energy Detect Error Threshold Met:

No action is automatically taken upon receipt of error events. This bit is informational only and would be cleared on a read.

8 ED_DATA_MET 0, RO/COR Energy Detect Data Threshold Met:

The number of data events that occurred met or surpassed the Energy Detect Data Threshold. This bit is cleared on a read.

7:4 ED_ERR_COUNT 0001, RW Energy Detect Error Threshold:

Threshold to determine the number of energy detect error events that must cause the device to take action. Intended to allow averaging of noise that may be on the line. Counter will reset after approximately 2 seconds without any energy detect data events.

3:0 ED_DATA_COUNT 0001, RW Energy Detect Data Threshold:

Threshold to determine the number of energy detect events that must cause the device to take actions. Intended to allow averaging of noise that may be on the line. Counter will reset after approximately 2 seconds without any energy detect data events.

5.6.3 Link Diagnostics Registers - Page 2

Page 2 Link Diagnostics Registers are accessible by setting bits [1:0] = 10 of PAGESEL (13h).

5.6.3.1 100Mb Length Detect Register (LEN100_DET), Page 2, address 14h

This register contains linked cable length estimation in 100-Mb operation. The cable length is an estimation of the effective cable length based on the characteristics of the recovered signal. The cable length is valid only during 100-Mb operation with a valid Link status indication.

Table 5-40 100Mb Length Detect Register (LEN100_DET), address 14h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:8 ARESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: writes ignored, read as 0.
7:0 CABLE_LEN 0, RO Cable Length Estimate:

Indicates an estimate of effective cable length in meters. A value of FF indicates cable length cannot be determined.

5.6.3.2 100Mb Frequency Offset Indication Register (FREQ100), Page 2, address 15h

This register returns an indication of clock frequency offset relative to the link partner. Two values can be read, the long term Frequency Offset, or a short term Frequency Control value. The Frequency Control value includes short term phase correction. The variance between the Frequency Control value and the Frequency Offset can be used as an indication of the amount of jitter in the system.

Table 5-41

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 SAMPLE_FREQ 0, RW Sample Frequency Offset:

If Sel_FC is set to a 0, then setting this bit to a 1 will poll the DSP for the long-term Frequency Offset value. The value will be avail- able in the Freq_Offset bits of this register.

If Sel_FC is set to a 1, then setting this bit to a 1 will poll the DSP for the current Frequency Control value. The value will be available in the Freq_Offset bits of this register.

This register bit will always read back as 0.

14:9 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
8 SEL_FC 0, RW Select Frequency Control:

Setting this bit to a 1 will select the current Frequency Control value instead of the Frequency Offset. This value contains Frequency Offset plus the short term phase correction and can be used to indicate amount of jitter in the system. The value will be available in the Freq_Offset bits of this register.

7:0 FREQ_OFFSET 0, RO Frequency Offset:

Frequency offset value loaded from the DSP following assertion of the Sample_Freq control bit. The Frequency Offset or Frequency Control value is a 2s-complement signed value in units of approximately 5.1562ppm. The range is as follows:

0x7F = +655ppm
0x00 = 0ppm
0x80 = -660ppm

5.6.3.3 TDR Control Register (TDR_CTRL), Page 2, address 16h

This register contains control for the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) cable diagnostics. The TDR cable diagnostics sends pulses down the cable and captures reflection data to be used to estimate cable length and detect certain cabling faults.

Table 5-42 TDR Control Register (TDR_CTRL), address 16h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 TDR_ENABLE 0, RW TDR Enable:

Enable TDR mode. This forces powerup state to correct operating condition for sending and receiving TDR pulses.

14 TDR_100Mb 0, RW TDR 100Mb:

Sets TDR controller to use the 100-Mb Transmitter. This allows for sending pulse widths in multiples of 8 ns. Pulses in 100-Mb mode will alternate between positive pulses and negative pulses.

Default operation uses the 10-Mb Link Pulse generator. Pulses may include just the 50-ns pre-emphasis portion of the pulse or the 100-ns full link pulse (as controlled by setting TDR Width).

13 TX_CHANNEL 0, RW Transmit Channel Select:

Select transmit channel for sending pulses. Pulse can be sent on the Transmit or Receive pair.
0 : Transmit channel
1 : Receive channel

12 RX_CHANNEL 0, RW Receive Channel Select:

Select receive channel for detecting pulses. Pulse can be monitored on the Transmit or Receive pair.
0 : Transmit channel
1 : Receive channel

11 SEND_TDR 0, RW/SC Send TDR Pulse:

Setting this bit will send a TDR pulse and enable the monitor circuit to capture the response. This bit will automatically clear when the capture is complete.

10:8 TDR_WIDTH 0, RW TDR Pulse Width:

Pulse width in clocks for the transmitted pulse. In 100-Mb mode, pulses are in 8-ns increments. In 10-Mb mode, pulses are in 50-ns increments, but only 50-ns or 100-ns pulses can be sent. Sending a pulse of 0 width will not transmit a pulse, but allows for baseline testing.

7 TDR_MIN_MODE 0, RW Min/Max Mode control:

This bit controls direction of the pulse to be detected. Default looks for a positive peak. Threshold and peak values will be interpreted appropriately based on this bit.
0 : Max Mode, detect positive peak
1 : Min Mode, detect negative peak

6 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
5:0 RX_THRESHOLD <10_000>, RW RX Threshold:

This value provides a threshold for measurement to the start of a peak. If Min Mode is set to 0, data must be greater than this value to trigger a capture. If Min Mode is 1, data must be less than this value to trigger a capture. Data ranges from 0x00 to 0x3F, with 0x20 as the midpoint. Positive data is greater than 0x20, negative data is less than 0x20.

5.6.3.4 TDR Window Register (TDR_WIN), Page 2, address 17h

This register contains sample window control for the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) cable diagnostics. The two values contained in this register specify the beginning and end times for the window to monitor the response to the transmitted pulse. Time values are in 8ns increments. This provides a method to search for multiple responses and also to screen out the initial outgoing pulse.

Table 5-43 TDR Window Register (TDR_WIN), address 17h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:8 TDR_START 0, RW TDR Start Window:

Specifies start time for monitoring TDR response.

7:0 TDR_STOP 0xFF, RW TDR Stop Window:

Specifies stop time for monitoring TDR response. The Stop Window must be set to a value greater than or equal to the Start Window.

5.6.3.5 TDR Peak Register (TDR_PEAK), Page 2, address 18h

This register contains the results of the TDR Peak Detection. Results are valid if the TDR_CTRL[11] is clear following sending the TDR pulse.

Table 5-44 TDR Peak Register (TDR_PEAK), address 18h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:14 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
13:8 TDR_PEAK 0, RO TDR Peak Value:

This register contains the peak value measured during the TDR sample window. If Min Mode control (TDR_CTRL[7]) is 0, this contains the maximum detected value. If Min Mode control is 1, this contains the minimum detected value.

7:0 TDR_PEAK_TIME 0, RO TDR Peak Time:

Specifies the time for the first occurrence of the peak value.

5.6.3.6 TDR Threshold Register (TDR_THR), Page 2, address 19h

This register contains the results of the TDR Threshold Detection. Results are valid if the TDR_CTRL[11] is clear following sending the TDR pulse.

Table 5-45 TDR Threshold Register (TDR_THR), address 19h

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:9 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
8 TDR_THR_MET 0, RO TDR Threshold Met:

This bit indicates the TDR threshold was met during the sample window. A value of 0 indicates the threshold was not met.

7:0 TDR_THR_TIME 0, RO TDR Threshold Time:

Specifies the time for the first data that met the TDR threshold. This field is only valid if the threshold was met.

5.6.3.7 Variance Control Register (VAR_CTRL), Page 2, address 1Ah

The Variance Control and Data Registers provide control and status for the Cable Signal Quality Estimation function. The Cable Signal Quality Estimation allows a simple method of determining an approximate Signal-to-Noise Ratio for the 100-Mb receiver. This register contains the programmable controls and status bits for the variance computation, which can be used to make a simple Signal-to-Noise Ratio estimation.

Table 5-46 Variance Control Register (VAR_CTRL), address 1Ah

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 VAR_RDY 0, RO Variance Data Ready Status:

Indicates new data is available in the Variance data register. This bit will be automatically cleared after two consecutive reads ot VAR_DATA.

14:4 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
3 VAR_FREEZE 0, RW Freeze Variance Registers:

Freeze VAR_DATA register.

This bit is ensures that VAR_DATA register is frozen for software reads. This bit is automatically cleared after two consecutive reads of VAR_DATA.

2:1 VAR_TIMER 0, RW Variance Computation Timer (in ms):

Selects the Variance computation timer period. After a new value is written, computation is automatically restarted. New variance register values are loaded after the timer elapses..

Var_Timer = 0 => 2 ms timer (default)
Var_Timer = 1 => 4 ms timer
Var_Timer = 2 => 6 ms timer
Var_Timer = 3 => 8 ms timer
Time units are actually 217 cycles of an 8ns clock, or 1.048576ms

0 VAR_ENABLE 0, RW Variance Enable: Enable Variance computation. Off by default.

5.6.3.8 Variance Data Register (VAR_DATA), Page 2, address 1Bh

This register contains the 32-bit Variance Sum. The contents of the data are valid only when VAR_RDY is asserted in the VAR_CTRL register. Upon detection of VAR_RDY asserted, software must set the VAR_FREEZE bit in the VAR_CTRL register to prevent loading of a new value into the VAR_DATA register. Because the Variance-Data value is 32-bits, two reads of this register are required to get the full value.

Table 5-47 Variance Data Register (VAR_DATA), address 1Bh

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:0 VAR_DATA 0, RO Variance Data:

Two reads are required to return the full 32-bit Variance Sum value. Following setting the VAR_FREEZE control, the first read of this register will return the low 16 bits of the Variance data. A second read will return the high 16 bits of Variance data.

5.6.3.9 Link Quality Monitor Register (LQMR), Page 2, address 1Dh

This register contains the controls for the Link Quality Monitor function. The Link Quality Monitor provides a mechanism for programming a set of thresholds for DSP parameters. If the thresholds are violated, an interrupt will be asserted if enabled in the MISR. Monitor control and status are available in this register, while the LQDR register controls read/write access to threshold values and current parameter values. Reading of LQMR register clears warning bits and re-arms the interrupt generation. In addition, this register provides a mechanims for allowing automatic reset of the 100-Mb link based on the Link Quality Monitor status.

Table 5-48 Link Quality Monitor Register (LQMR), address 1Dh

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15 LQM_ENABLE 0, RW Link Quality Monitor Enable:

Enables the Link Quality Monitor. The enable is qualified by having a valid 100Mb link. In addition, the individual thresholds can be dis- abled by setting to the max or min values.

14:10 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
9 FC_HI_WARN 0, RO/COR Frequency Control High Warning:

This bit indicates the Frequency Control High Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

8 FC_LO_WARN 0, RO/COR Frequency Control Low Warning:

This bit indicates the Frequency Control Low Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

7 FREQ_HI_WARN 0, RO/COR Frequency Offset High Warning:

This bit indicates the Frequency Offset High Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

6 FREQ_LO_WARN 0, RO/COR Frequency Offset Low Warning: .

This bit indicates the Frequency Offset Low Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read

5 DBLW_HI_WARN 0, RO/COR DBLW High Warning:

This bit indicates the DBLW High Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

4 DBLW_LO_WARN 0, RO/COR DBLW Low Warning:

This bit indicates the DBLW Low Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

3 DAGC_HI_WARN 0, RO/COR DAGC High Warning:

This bit indicates the DAGC High Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

2 DAGC_LO_WARN 0, RO/COR DAGC Low Warning:

This bit indicates the DAGC Low Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

1 C1_HI_WARN 0, RO/COR C1 High Warning:

This bit indicates the DEQ C1 High Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

0 C1_LO_WARN 0, RO/COR C1 Low Warning:

This bit indicates the DEQ C1 Low Threshold was exceeded. This register bit will be cleared on read.

5.6.3.10 Link Quality Data Register (LQDR), Page 2

This register provides read/write control of thresholds for the 100Mb Link Quality Monitor function. The register also provides a mechanism for reading current adapted parameter values. Threshold values may not be written if the device is powered-down.

Table 5-49 Link Quality Data Register (LQDR), address 1Eh

BIT BIT NAME DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
15:14 RESERVED 0, RO RESERVED: Writes ignored, read as 0.
13 SAMPLE_PARAM 0, RW Sample DSP Parameter:

Setting this bit to a 1 enables reading of current parameter values and initiates sampling of the parameter value. The parameter to be read is selected by the LQ_PARAM_SEL bits.

12 WRITE_LQ_THR 0, RW Write Link Quality Threshold:

Setting this bit will cause a write to the Threshold register selected by LQ_PARAM_SEL and LQ_THR_SEL. The data written is contained in LQ_THR_DATA. This bit will always read back as 0.

11:9 LQ_PARAM_SEL 0, RW Link Quality Parameter Select:

This 3-bit field selects the Link Quality Parameter. This field is used for sampling current parameter values as well as for reads/writes to Threshold values.
The following encodings are available:
000: DEQ_C1
001: DAGC
010: DBLW
011: Frequency Offset
100: Frequency Control

8 LQ_THR_SEL 0, RW Link Quality Threshold Select:

This bit selects the Link Quality Threshold to be read or written. A 0 selects the Low threshold, while a 1 selects the high threshold. When combined with the LQ_PARAM_SEL field, the following encodings are available {LQ_PARAM_SEL, LQ_THR_SEL}:
000,0: DEQ_C1 Low
000,1: DEQ_C1 High
001,0: DAGC Low
001,1: DAGC High
010,0: DBLW Low
010,1: DBLW High
011,0: Frequency Offset Low
011,1: Frequency Offset High
100,0: Frequency Control Low
100,1: Frequency Control High

7:0 LQ_THR_DATA 0, RW Link Quality Threshold Data:

The operation of this field is dependent on the value of the Sample_Param bit.

If Sample_Param = 0:
On a write, this value contains the data to be written to the selected Link Quality Threshold register.
On a read, this value contains the current data in the selected Link Quality Threshold register.

If Sample_Param = 1:
On a read, this value contains the sampled parameter value. This value will remain unchanged until a new read sequence is started