Philips MIIC-201D/U Network Card User Manual


 
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Main Application
5 iPort Message Manager
The iPort Message Manager supports I
2
C Master and Slave, Transmit and Receive
activities for all MCC I
2
C Bus host adapters, allowing a PC to become an I
2
C
Master or Slave device, transmitting or receiving I
2
C messages between the PC and
one or more I
2
C devices across an I
2
C Bus.
The Message Manager is designed to be a simple application for experimenting
with I
2
C messages. Message Manager provides methods to:
1. Set the I
2
C adapter’s own I
2
C Slave address, General Call Enable, and other
operating parameters.
2. Master Transmit ASCII text or Hex (00...FF) data to a specified I
2
C Slave
Receiver device.
3. Master Receive data from a specified I
2
C Slave device.
4. Perform Master Read after Write operations.
5. Slave Transmit data to a requesting I
2
C Master device.
6. Display Master or Slave Receive data in hexadecimal or ASCII.
7. Display I
2
C Bus communication events.
8. Assert or release the INT signal (on supported adapters only).