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Byte Data Link Controller-Digital (BDLC-D)
EOF — End-of-Frame Symbol
This symbol is a long 280-µs passive period on the J1850 bus and is longer than an end-of-data (EOD)
symbol, which signifies the end of a message. Since an EOF symbol is longer than a 200-µs EOD
symbol, if no response is transmitted after an EOD symbol, it becomes an EOF, and the message is
assumed to be completed. The EOF flag is set upon receiving the EOF symbol.
IFS — Inter-Frame Separation Symbol
The IFS symbol is a 20-µs passive period on the J1850 bus which allows proper synchronization
between nodes during continuous message transmission. The IFS symbol is transmitted by a node
after the completion of the end-of-frame (EOF) period and, therefore is seen as a 300-µs passive
period.
When the last byte of a message has been transmitted onto the J1850 bus and the EOF symbol time
has expired, all nodes then must wait for the IFS symbol time to expire before transmitting a
start-of-frame (SOF) symbol, marking the beginning of another message.
However, if the BDLC is waiting for the IFS period to expire before beginning a transmission and a
rising edge is detected before the IFS time has expired, it will synchronize internally to that edge.
A rising edge may occur during the IFS period because of varying clock tolerances and loading of the
J1850 bus, causing different nodes to observe the completion of the IFS period at different times. To
allow for individual clock tolerances, receivers must synchronize to any SOF occurring during an IFS
period.
BREAK — Break
The BDLC cannot transmit a BREAK symbol.
If the BDLC is transmitting at the time a BREAK is detected, it treats the BREAK as if a transmission
error had occurred and halts transmission.
If the BDLC detects a BREAK symbol while receiving a message, it treats the BREAK as a reception
error and sets the invalid symbol flag in the BSVR, also ignoring the frame it was receiving. If while
receiving a message in 4X mode, the BDLC detects a BREAK symbol, it treats the BREAK as a
reception error, sets the invalid symbol flag, and exits 4X mode (for example, the RX4XE bit in BCR2
is cleared automatically). If bus control is required after the BREAK symbol is received and the IFS
time has elapsed, the programmer must resend the transmission byte using highest priority.
NOTE
The J1850 protocol BREAK symbol is not related to the HC08 break
module. See Chapter 11 Break Module (BRK).
IDLE — Idle Bus
An idle condition exists on the bus during any passive period after expiration of the IFS period (for
example, > 300 µs). Any node sensing an idle bus condition can begin transmission immediately.
28.4.3 J1850 VPW Symbols
Huntsinger’s variable pulse-width modulation (VPW) is an encoding technique in which each bit is defined
by the time between successive transitions and by the level of the bus between transitions, (for instance,
active or passive). Active and passive bits are used alternately. This encoding technique is used to reduce
the number of bus transitions for a given bit rate.
Each logic 1 or logic 0 contains a single transition and can be at either the active or passive level and one
of two lengths, either 64 µs or 128 µs (t_NOM at 10.4 kbps baud rate), depending upon the encoding of the
previous bit. The start-of-frame (SOF), end-of-data (EOD), end-of-frame (EOF), and inter-frame
separation (IFS) symbols always will be encoded at an assigned level and length. See Figure 28-6.
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