Ultimate LI – master is a XpressNET ↔ USB (CDC) inteface. It bahaves as a XpressNET master. In this scheme, computer basically replaces the command station.
- Processor: PIC18F14K50
- Programming language: C
- PCB: uLI-04
- Authors: Jan Horacek (c) 2016
- License: Apache License v2
- MPLAB X IDE v3.45
- C18 LITE v3.47 compiler (version for linux available here)
- clang-format to format code
Windows CDC driver could be found in the Microchip Libraries for Applications.
However you do not need to download ~ 280 MB of data to get ~ 10 kB driver. We added custom driver (based on the Microchip driver) to the driver_win directory of this repo.
- Any speed.
- No flow control.
EEPROM is not used in this firmware.
We use PICPgm at RaspberryPi to program the PIC.
Note: When programming the processor for first time, do not forget to include
-p_cfg argument to program fuses into the processor. Fuses are stored in main
hex file.
This LED is turned on by default. It turns off for a few miliseconds when a byte arrives from a XpressNET device to Master.
This LED is turned on before a valid connection with PC is established. After establishing the connection, this LED turns off and blinks only when a command is being received from PC.
- 2 blinks = normal operations
When code is compiled with RACK_ENABLE defined, uLI-master will periodically
ask devices to respond via Request for Acknowledgement command. uLI-mastter
uses this command to keep list of active XpressNET devices. Changes in active
devices list are reported to PC, see protocol.
Without this macro, this feature is disabled.
- On XpressNET side, Master uses standard XpressNET protocol.
- On PC side, Master uses custom protocol.