MKG-1194-ARTReference

AR92xxAtherosRadioTestReferenceGuidePRELIMINARYMarch2010PRELIMINARYii•AR92xxARTReferenceGuideAtherosCommunications,Inc.ii�March2010COMPANYCONFIDENTIAL©2010byAtherosCommunications,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Atheros®,AtherosDriven®,Align®,AtherosXR®,DrivingtheWirelessFuture®,Intellon®,NoNewWires®,Orion®,PLC4Trucks®,Powerpacket®,SpreadSpectrumCarrier®,SSC®,ROCm®,SuperA/G®,SuperG®,SuperN®,TheAirisCleanerat5-GHz®,Total802.11®,U-Nav®,WakeonWireless®,WirelessFuture.UnleashedNow.®,andXSPAN®,areregisteredbyAtherosCommunications,Inc.AtherosSST™,Signal-SustainTechnology™,Ethos™,InstallNGo™,IQUE™,ROCm™,amp™,Simpli-Fi™,ThereisHere™,U-Map™,U-Tag™,and5-UP™aretrademarksofAtherosCommunications,Inc.TheAtheroslogoisaregisteredtrademarkofAtherosCommunications,Inc.Allothertrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveholders.Subjecttochangewithoutnotice.NoticeTheinformationinthisdocumenthasbeencarefullyreviewedandisbelievedtobeaccurate.Nonetheless,thisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnotice,andAtherosCommunications,Inc.(Atheros)assumesnoresponsibilityforanyinaccuraciesthatmaybecontainedinthisdocument,andmakesnocommitmenttoupdateortokeepcurrentthecontainedinformation,ortonotifyapersonororganizationofanyupdates.Atherosreservestherighttomakechanges,atanytime,inordertoimprovereliability,functionordesignandtoattempttosupplythebestproductpossible.Atherosdoesnotrepresentthatproductsdescribedhereinarefreefrompatentinfringementorfromanyotherthirdpartyright.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybereproduced,adaptedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,foranypurpose,exceptasexpresslysetforthinawrittenagreementsignedbyAtheros.Atherosoritsaffiliatesmayhavepatentsorpendingpatentapplications,trademarks,copyrights,maskworkrightsorotherintellectualpropertyrightsthatapplytotheideas,materialandinformationexpressedherein.NolicensetosuchrightsisprovidedexceptasexpresslysetforthinawrittenagreementsignedbyAtheros.ATHEROSMAKESNOWARRANTIESOFANYKINDWITHREGARDTOTHECONTENTOFTHISDOCUMENT.INNOEVENTSHALLATHEROSBELIABLEFORDIRECT,INDIRECT,SPECIAL,INCIDENTALSPECULATORYORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGESARISINGFROMTHEUSEORINABILITYTOUSETHISPRODUCTORDOCUMENTATION,EVENIFADVISEDOFTHEPOSSIBLITYOFSUCHDAMAGES.INPARTICULAR,ATHEROSSHALLNOTHAVELIABILITYFORANYHARDWARE,SOFTWARE,ORDATATRANSMITTEDOROTHERWISEUSEDWITHTHEPRODUCT,INCLUDINGTHECOSTSOFREPAIRING,REPLACING,INTEGRATING,INSTALLINGORRECOVERINGSUCHHARDWARE,SOFTWAREORDATA.ATHEROSSPECIFICALLYDISCLAIMSTHEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTIBILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSEASTHEYMIGHTOTHERWISEAPPLYTOTHISDOCUMENTANDTOTHEIDEAS,MATERIALANDINFORMATIONEXPRESSEDHEREIN.DocumentNumber:MKG-1194Rev.2PRELIMINARYAtherosCommunications,Inc.�iiiCOMPANYCONFIDENTIALMarch2010�iiiRevisionHistoryRevisionDescriptionofChangesMarch2010AddAR92x7andWB197information;addedfigure2-7foropenloopdesignsJune2009InitialAR92xxdocumentreleasePRELIMINARYiv�AR92xxARTReferenceGuideAtherosCommunications,Inc.iv�March2010COMPANYCONFIDENTIALPRELIMINARYAtherosCommunications,Inc.Contents�vCOMPANYCONFIDENTIALMarch2010�vContentsPreface......................................vii1Overview....................................1-12ARTReferenceGuideforAR92xx-BasedDevices.....2-1Installation.....................................2-1ARTOperation...................................2-3ARTCommandLineOptions........................2-4UsingARTwithanAP..............................2-5ARTSetupforAP...............................2-5APSetup....................................2-6NetworkAddresses..............................2-6LoadingandRunningSoftware.......................2-7ConnectingAPwithARTHostApplication................2-7ExampleRun.................................2-8RunningARTwithMultipleRadios....................2-9ExternalConfigurationFiles...........................2-9EnvironmentConfigurationFile:artsetup.txt..............2-10Determiningthe.eepFiletoUse...................2-12SpecifyingDUTAdapterTypetoGoldenStation..........2-13EnvironmentConfigurationFile:ar*.eep.................2-14ARTCommands.................................2-15ToggleMode(o)...............................2-15LoadEEPROMCalibration(e).......................2-15ContinuousTransmitOptions(c).....................2-16PowerControl.............................2-16ContinuousRFReceiveOptions(r)....................2-18LinkTest(l).................................2-19ThroughputMenu(T)...........................2-20EEPROMFunction(p)...........................2-21SwitchTestCard(s).............................2-21ManufacturingTest&Calibration(m)..................2-22PRELIMINARYvi�AR92xxARTReferenceGuideAtherosCommunications,Inc.vi�March2010COMPANYCONFIDENTIALEnableLogging(g).............................2-22UtilityMenu(u)...............................2-23NoiseImmunityMenu(u).........................2-233ARTExtensionsForCommandLineTesting.........3-1AdditionalCommands.............................3-1Examples...................................3-4TestConfigurations...............................3-4AtherosCommunications,Inc.Preface�viiCOMPANYCONFIDENTIALMarc