SLUSF21 june 2023 BQ79616
PRODUCTION DATA
Host can acquire the fault status with the following methods:
When using the NFAULT pin in the base device to signal the host under a fault detection, the stack devices have to transfer their fault status information to the base device. The information is transmitted through COMH/L through the same communication cables. In ACTIVE mode, each device embeds the fault status to the communication when a response frame is forwarded. In SLEEP mode, or using Heartbeat and Fault Tone in SLEEP mode.
The NFAULT pin can be masked by configuring DEV_CONF[NFAULT_EN] = 0. When NFAULT is disabled, the device will set the corresponding flag in FAULT_SUMMARY register but will not assert NFAULT.