
IP1718 LF
Preliminary Data Sheet
The IP1718 LF can be enforced to run at a specified mode without referring to the PHY status. When
enforced, the IP1718 LF will write the forced mode to the corresponding PHY through MDC/MDIO and
poll the link status of PHY. Care should be taken that the operating mode in both MAC side and PHY side
should be consistent.
By programming the register 80H and 81H, the user can easily set the PHY register to a specified value.
Since the MDC runs at 2.5 Mhz clock speed, the CPU should check whether the current command has
been completed or not before issuing the next command. Bit 13 in the register 80H indicates the
progress of the read/write operation.
5.3
Programming the Internal Registers
There is no need to program the register of the IP1718 LF for the generic application. However it’s
probably necessary to program the internal register to fit some special applications. The interface
between the IP1718 LF and the CPU is a serial bus which comprises a clock and a I/O signal. Like the
access cycle of the serial management interface, the serial interface comprises the device ID, the
read/write command, the address and the data. The access cycle is depicted as below.
"0"
"0"
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
"1"
"1"
"0"
"1"
"0"
"Z"
"0" D15
D14 D13
........
.
D0
SCPUC
SCPUIO
Fig. 5.1 The CPU read data fromthe IP1718 LF
Driven by the CPU
Driven by the IP1726
"0"
"0"
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
"1"
"1"
"0"
"0" "1"
"1"
"0" D15 D14 D13
........
.
D0
SCPUC
SCPUIO
Fig. 5.2 The CPUwrite data to the IP1718 LF
Driven by the CPU
The access cycle is much like the access cycle of MDC, MDIO. Care should be taken that the switch ID
is 2-bit wide rather than 5-bit wide.
5.4
SS-SMII
The transmitter of the MAC transfers the transmit data to the PHY at the rising edge of TXCLK and the
TXSYNC indicates the start of the 10-bit frame. By recognizing the high pulse of the TXSYNC, the PHY
can capture the correct transmit data stream. The PHY transfers the receive data to the IP1718 LF in a
similar way. The difference is that the signal direction is reverse.
Accompanied by the high pulse of TXSYNC, the TXEN status is present on the TXDATA pin and then the
TX-ER status and finally 8-bit data. For the RX part of SS-SMII, the CRS(Carrier Sense) status is present
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January 27, 2005
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IP1718 LF-DS-R05