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Note: The ENERGYON bit 17.1 is defaulted to a ‘1’ at the start of the signal acquisition process,
therefore the Interrupt source flag 29.7 will also read as a ‘1’ at power-up. If no signal is
present, then both 17.1 and 29.7 will clear within a few milliseconds.
5.2.2
Alternate Interrupt System
The Alternative method is enabled by writing a ‘1’ to 17.6 (ALTINT).
To set an interrupt, set the corresponding bit of the in the Mask Register 30, (see Table 5.38).
To Clear an interrupt, either clear the corresponding bit in the Mask Register (30), this will de-assert
the nINT output, or Clear the Interrupt Source, and write a ‘1’ to the corresponding Interrupt Source
Flag. Writing a ‘1’ to the Interrupt Source Flag will cause the state machine to check the Interrupt
Source to determine if the Interrupt Source Flag should clear or stay as a ‘1’. If the Condition to De-
Assert is true, then the Interrupt Source Flag is cleared, and the nINT is also de-asserted. If the
Condition to De-Assert is false, then the Interrupt Source Flag remains set, and the nINT remains
asserted.
For example 30.7 is set to ‘1’ to enable the ENERGYON interrupt. After a cable is plugged in,
ENERGYON (17.1) goes active and nINT will be asserted low.
To de-assert the nINT interrupt output, either.
1. Clear the ENERGYON bit (17.1), by removing the cable, then writing a ‘1’ to register 29.7.
Or
2. Clear the Mask bit 30.1 by writing a ‘0’ to 30.1.
Table 5.38 Alternative Interrupt System Management Table
CONDITION
TO
DE-ASSERT
BIT TO
CLEAR
nINT
INTERRUPT SOURCE
FLAG
EVENT TO
ASSERT nINT
MASK
INTERRUPT SOURCE
30.7
30.6
29.7
29.6
ENERGYON
17.1 ENERGYON
Rising 17.1
Rising 1.5
17.1 low
1.5 low
29.7
Auto-Negotiation
complete
1.5
1.4
1.2
Auto-Negotiate
Complete
29.6
29.5
30.5
29.5
Remote Fault
Detected
Remote Fault
Rising 1.4
1.4 low
30.4
30.3
29.4
29.3
Link Down
Link Status
Falling 1.2
Rising 5.14
1.2 high
5.14 low
29.4
29.3
Auto-Negotiation
LP Acknowledge
5.14 Acknowledge
30.2
30.1
29.2
29.1
Parallel
6.4
6.1
Parallel Detection
Fault
Rising 6.4
Rising 6.1
6.4 low
6.1 low
29.2
29.1
Detection Fault
Auto-Negotiation
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Note: The ENERGYON bit 17.1 is defaulted to a ‘1’ at the start of the signal acquisition process,
therefore the Interrupt source flag 29.7 will also read as a ‘1’ at power-up. If no signal is
present, then both 17.1 and 29.7 will clear within a few milliseconds.
5.3
Miscellaneous Functions
5.3.1
Carrier Sense
The carrier sense is output on CRS. CRS is a signal defined by the MII specification in the IEEE 802.3u
standard. The LAN8710 asserts CRS based only on receive activity whenever the transceiver is either
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