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Can I get some clarification regarding pipes and addresses?

Hi,

I've asked a few questions previously regarding programming of the nRF24L01/+ for simple data interchange between two devices, and my questions were answered -- many thanks.

However I still don't seem to be able to get a PTX and a PRX device to 'talk' to each other, and I think it may be because I'm not doing the right thing regarding setting up the pipes and addresses. I've read through the relevant pages in the nRF24L01+ data sheet, but I must be 'thick' because I can't get things straight. I've also looked through the code in the RF24 library (for Arduinos), but to be honest I can't see how the functions work in that library -- or how the 'Getting Started.ino' example works, especially for PTX mode.

At present I'm setting 'Radio 0' to receive using pipe 0, and leaving its TX_ADDR at &H30E7E7E7E7E7, while 'Radio 1' is set to receive on pipe 1 with its address set to &H30C2C2C2C2C2 -- is that wrong? Then when either radio is set to PTX mode or PRX mode, I simply clear or set the PRX bit in the chip's CONFIG register -- with the CE line pulsed high for 20us in PTX mode, after loading the transmit data into the fifo.

There must be something wrong with the above, but I can't see what it is. I guess I'm also confused about the ACK packet which seems to be sent by the PRX device -- this is sent ahead of the returned payload, is it not?

I hope you can make sense of the above, and provide some clarification please.

Thanks, Jim

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  • Hi, I probably should have noted that I am not using 'Enhanced Shockburst', because I want my 'radios' to be compatible with others using the nRF24L01 -- not just the nRF24L01+. I guess I don't know if 'regular' Shockburst does any auto acknowledgment anyway -- does it? Perhaps I still need to send an ACK 'manually'... Sorry about my muddle. JimR

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  • Hi, I probably should have noted that I am not using 'Enhanced Shockburst', because I want my 'radios' to be compatible with others using the nRF24L01 -- not just the nRF24L01+. I guess I don't know if 'regular' Shockburst does any auto acknowledgment anyway -- does it? Perhaps I still need to send an ACK 'manually'... Sorry about my muddle. JimR

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