SWAU085F July   2011  – January 2022

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2.   Revision History
  3. 1Requirements
    1. 1.1 System Requirements
    2. 1.2 Configuration Requirements
  4. 2Installation
  5. 3Modes of Operation
    1. 3.1 Serial Port Mode
    2. 3.2 USB Over Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Mode
    3. 3.3 Operational Mode
  6. 4Connection and Firmware Download
    1. 4.1 Register Reads and Writes
    2. 4.2 Power Mode Menu
      1. 4.2.1 Awake Mode
      2. 4.2.2 Listen Mode
      3. 4.2.3 ELP Mode
      4. 4.2.4 Gating Mode
    3. 4.3 Antenna Mode Menu
      1. 4.3.1 Supported Antenna Configuration
      2. 4.3.2 5-GHz Diversity (WL1837MOD and WL1807MOD Only)
  7. 5RX Tab
    1. 5.1 RX Statistics Area
    2. 5.2 Sensitivity Measurements
      1. 5.2.1 Sensitivity Testing Procedure
  8. 6TX Tab
    1. 6.1 TX Packets Section
    2. 6.2 TX Tab Overall Output Power Area
    3. 6.3 TX Tab Tones Area
    4. 6.4 TX Duty Cycle Configuration
    5. 6.5 Output Power Test on the WiLink 8 Device
      1. 6.5.1 TX Testing Procedure
  9. 7Terms and Abbreviations

1.1 System Requirements

The RTTT requires the following hardware and software:

  • PC running Pentium® II (minimum requirements)
  • Operating systems: Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7
  • Serial communication port (RS-232) or USB port with UART-to-USB adapter (to enable the RS232 interface on the WiLink™ 8.0 IC, see the WL18xx Hardware Integration Users Guide [SWRU437])
  • For WLAN TX validation, standard RF equipment (such as a power meter, spectrum analyzer, vector signal analyzer, or a combined tester such as Litepoint™ IQxel™) for TX output power, WLAN mask, and EVM measurements.
  • For WLAN RX validation, a vector signal generator to generate WLAN packets for the IC to analyze.

Debug and calibration tools for WLAN and Bluetooth® require four UART ports. The most efficient way to drive these ports to the PC is to use a UART-to-USB converter (not included in the wireless tools package). TI recommends using the WL18XXCOM82SDMMC adapter with the TI WL1837MODCOM8I module or WL1835MODCOM8B module on the COM8 board.

Note:

Multiple UART-to-USB adapters are available on the market, such as the FTDI™ Chip development modules.