MAX_RT interrupt still happens even if retransmit is off

[harryAI]

Dear Nordic,

I met a problem while using nRF24L01+ about MAX_RT interrupt.

In my codes, I disabled RF HW retransmit (hal_nrf_set_auto_retr(0, RF_RETRANS_DELAY);) because I use our software codes to handle retransmit. Therefore, RF should not report "HAL_NRF_MAX_RT" interrupt. However, I still receive "HAL_NRF_MAX_RT" in very rare situations. I saw twice so far for a very long time.

My question is since RF module auto retransmition is off, why does nRF24L01+ still report "HAL_NRF_MAX_RT" interrupt?? Is this nRF24L01+ bug? Or how could I do to get rid of these
MAX_RT interrupt?

[harryAI]

I tried to follow all of your codes. However, the same problem, the system still cannot receive any TX_DS after sending packets. After tracing the root cause, I found hal_nrf_write_multibyte_reg() does not have any codes to handle 0xB0 command (WR_NAC_TX_PLOAD). I copy hal_nrf_write_multibyte_reg() below.

I think the key problem now is my RF library (nAN24-12 version 2.1 subversion 2624) is much different from yours, so I cannot use your code directly. May I know what RF library do you use? If possible, could you also provide the link as well? we will evaluate if we will upgrade our library to your version or not if the effort is not big. If the change is big, I think we will give up this problem, because this issue MAX_RT event is just a trivial issue. In addition, you have provided a solution mentioned above to treat MAX_RT as the TX_DS case, and we have changed it in our codes. 

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void hal_nrf_write_multibyte_reg(uint8_t reg, uint8_t *pbuf, uint8_t length)
{
switch(reg)
{
case HAL_NRF_PIPE0:
case HAL_NRF_PIPE1:
case HAL_NRF_TX:
length = hal_nrf_get_address_width();
CSN_LOW();
hal_nrf_rw(WRITE_REG + RX_ADDR_P0 + reg);
break;

case HAL_NRF_TX_PLOAD:
CSN_LOW();
hal_nrf_rw(WR_TX_PLOAD);
break;
default:
break;
}

while(length--)
{
hal_nrf_rw(*pbuf++);
}

CSN_HIGH();
}

[ovrebekk]

Hi

Sorry for the late reply, I was on vacation for the last two weeks. 

You should be able to extend the hal_nrf_write_multibyte_reg function to support the WR_NAC_TX_PLOAD, by adding another case in the switch for WR_NAC_TX_PLOAD. 

If you want to have a look at my code I made it available here:
https://github.com/ovrebekk/nrf52-l01-hal-example

It is based on nAN24-12, but I have made some small changes to it, including a more generic way of handling the write_multibyte function. 

Best regards
Torbjørn

[harryAI]

OK. Thank your information. I will look at that.

[ovrebekk]

No problem, the best of luck