CNAOB-Communications-Protocol-Notes

CNAOB Serial Port Configuration

Each message consists of 1 start bit (0), 8 data bits and 2 stop bits (1).

CRC CheckSum Algorithm

CRC calculation source code in VB

16-bit CRC verification code

Only 8 data bits are involved in CRC calculation, with the exclusion of start bit and end bit. Algorithm of CRC code:

• 1) Presetting a 16-bit register to hex FFFF (namely 1 for all bits in binary system). The register is called CRC register

• 2) XORing the first byte of the communication message frame with the low 8-bit of 16-bit CRC register.....then storing the result in CRC register

• 3) Right-shifting the register data by one bit (towards lower bit) and filling the highest bit with 0, then checking the shift-out bit

• 4) If the shift-out bit is 0, repeat step 3 (right-shifting one more bit);

If the shift-out bit is 1, XOR the CRC register data with polynomial A001 (1010 0000 0000 0001)

• 5) Repeating step 3 and step 4 until all of the 8-bit data have been processed after 8 right-shift operations;

• 6) Repeating step 2 to step 5 to process the next byte of the communication message frame;

• 7) When calculation procedures of the first 5 bytes in the communication message frame are completed, the 16-bit CRC verification

code will be generated in the 16-bit CRC register.

Example Calculations: 1, 06, 40, 03,E8, 18, 22 Hex

• 1111111111111111 CRC
• 0000000000000001 Data 1
• ---------------- XOR
• 1111111111111110 CRC
• 0111111111111111 CRC after right shift / shifted bit = 0
• 0011111111111111 CRC after right shift / shifted bit = 1
• 1010000000000001 polynomial
• ---------------- XOR
• 1001111111111110 CRC

keep doing till 8 shifts accomplished