SWRU368C May   2018  – January 2021 CC3100 , CC3100MOD , CC3200 , CC3200MOD

 

  1. 1 Overview
    1. 1.1 Document Scope
    2. 1.2 Overview
      1. 1.2.1 Features List
    3. 1.3 Host Driver Overview
    4. 1.4 Configurable Information Element
  2. 2 Writing a Simple Networking Application
    1. 2.1 Overview
      1. 2.1.1 Basic Example Code
  3. 3 Device Initialization
    1. 3.1 Overview
    2. 3.2 Host Interface
      1. 3.2.1 SPI Interface
      2. 3.2.2 UART Interface
        1. 3.2.2.1 Change UART Baud Rate
  4. 4 Device Configurations
    1. 4.1 Overview
    2. 4.2 Device Parameters
    3. 4.3 WLAN Parameters
      1. 4.3.1 Advanced
    4. 4.4 Network Parameters
    5. 4.5 Internet and Networking Services Parameters
    6. 4.6 Power-Management Parameters
      1. 4.6.1 Overview
      2. 4.6.2 Power Policy
    7. 4.7 Scan Parameters
      1. 4.7.1 Scan Policy
  5. 5 Socket
    1. 5.1 Overview
      1. 5.1.1 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
      2. 5.1.2 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
    2. 5.2 Socket Connection Flow
    3. 5.3 TCP Connection Flow
      1. 5.3.1 Client Side
      2. 5.3.2 Server Side
    4. 5.4 UDP Connection Flow
      1. 5.4.1 Client Side
      2. 5.4.2 Server Side
    5. 5.5 Socket Options
      1. 5.5.1 Blocking vs NonBlocking
      2. 5.5.2 Secure Sockets
    6. 5.6 SimpleLink Supported Socket API
    7. 5.7 Number of Available Sockets
    8. 5.8 Packet Aggregation
  6. 6 Device Hibernate
    1. 6.1 Overview
  7. 7 Provisioning
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 SmartConfig
      1. 7.2.1 General Description
      2. 7.2.2 How to Use / API
        1. 7.2.2.1 Automatic Activation (Out of the Box)
        2. 7.2.2.2 Manual Activation
        3. 7.2.2.3 Stopping Smart Config
    3. 7.3 AP Mode
      1. 7.3.1 General Description
      2. 7.3.2 How to Use / API
      3. 7.3.3 Things to Note When Configuring AP Provisioning
    4. 7.4 WPS
      1. 7.4.1 General Description
      2. 7.4.2 How to Use / API
      3. 7.4.3 Example of Using WPS
      4. 7.4.4 Tradeoffs Between Provisioning Options
  8. 8 Security
    1. 8.1 WLAN Security
      1. 8.1.1 Personal
      2. 8.1.2 Enterprise
        1. 8.1.2.1 General Description
        2. 8.1.2.2 How to Use / API
        3. 8.1.2.3 Example
        4. 8.1.2.4 Limitations
    2. 8.2 Secured Socket
      1. 8.2.1 General Description
      2. 8.2.2 How to Use / API
        1. 8.2.2.1 Selecting a Method
        2. 8.2.2.2 Selecting a Cipher Suit
        3. 8.2.2.3 Selecting the Secured Files for the Socket
        4. 8.2.2.4 Set Domain Name for Verification and SNI
      3. 8.2.3 Example of Using the SSL
      4. 8.2.4 Supported Cryptographic Algorithms
    3. 8.3 Limitations
      1. 8.3.1 Main Known Limitations
        1. 8.3.1.1 STA Mode
        2. 8.3.1.2 AP Mode
        3. 8.3.1.3 JavaScript Example
        4. 8.3.1.4 Host Driver Example
  9. 9 AP Mode
    1. 9.1 General Description
    2. 9.2 Setting AP Mode – API
    3. 9.3 WLAN Parameters Configuration – API
    4. 9.4 WLAN Parameters Query – API
    5. 9.5 AP Network Configuration
    6. 9.6 DHCP Server Configuration
    7. 9.7 Setting Device URN
    8. 9.8 Asynchronous Events Sent to the Host
    9. 9.9 Example Code
  10. 10Peer to Peer (P2P)
    1. 10.1 General Description
      1. 10.1.1 Scope
      2. 10.1.2 Wi-Fi Direct Advantage
      3. 10.1.3 Support and Abilities of Wi-Fi Direct
      4. 10.1.4 Limitations
    2. 10.2 P2P APIs and Configuration
      1. 10.2.1 Configuring P2P Global Parameters
        1. 10.2.1.1 Set P2P Role
        2. 10.2.1.2 Set P2P Network Configuration
        3. 10.2.1.3 Set P2P Device Name
        4. 10.2.1.4 Set P2P Device Type
        5. 10.2.1.5 Set P2P Listen and Operation Channels
      2. 10.2.2 Configuring P2P Policy
        1. 10.2.2.1 Configure P2P Intent Value and Negotiation Initiator
      3. 10.2.3 Configuring P2P Profile Connection Policy
      4. 10.2.4 Discovering Remote P2P Peers
        1. 10.2.4.1 How to Start P2P Discovery
        2. 10.2.4.2 How to See/Get P2P Remote Peers (Network P2P List)
      5. 10.2.5 Negotiation Method
      6. 10.2.6 Manual P2P Connection
      7. 10.2.7 Manual P2P Disconnection
      8. 10.2.8 P2P Profiles
      9. 10.2.9 Removing P2P Profiles
    3. 10.3 P2P Connection Events
    4. 10.4 Use Cases and Configuration
      1. 10.4.1 Case 1 – Nailed P2P Client Low-Power Profile
      2. 10.4.2 Case 2 – Mobile Client Low-Power Profile
      3. 10.4.3 Case 3 – Nailed Center Plugged-in Profile
      4. 10.4.4 Case 4 – Mobile Center Profile
      5. 10.4.5 Case 5 – Mobile General-Purpose Profile
    5. 10.5 Example Code
  11. 11HTTP Server
    1. 11.1  Overview
    2. 11.2  Supported Features
    3. 11.3  HTTP Web Server Description
      1. 11.3.1 Overview
        1. 11.3.1.1 Details
    4. 11.4  HTTP GET Processing
      1. 11.4.1 Overview
      2. 11.4.2 Default Web Page
      3. 11.4.3 SimpleLink GET Tokens
      4. 11.4.4 User-Defined Tokens
      5. 11.4.5 HTML Sample Code With Dynamic HTML Content
    5. 11.5  HTTP POST Processing
      1. 11.5.1 Overview
      2. 11.5.2 SimpleLink POST Tokens
      3. 11.5.3 SimpleLink POST Actions
      4. 11.5.4 User-Defined Tokens
      5. 11.5.5 Redirect after POST
      6. 11.5.6 HTML Sample Code With POST and Dynamic HTML Content
    6. 11.6  Internal Web Page
    7. 11.7  Force AP Mode Support
    8. 11.8  Accessing the Web Page
      1. 11.8.1 SimpleLink in Station Mode
      2. 11.8.2 SimpleLink in AP Mode
    9. 11.9  HTTP Authentication Check
    10. 11.10 Handling HTTP Events in Host Using the SimpleLink Driver
    11. 11.11 SimpleLink Driver Interface the HTTP Web Server
      1. 11.11.1 Enable or Disable HTTP Server
      2. 11.11.2 Configure HTTP Port Number
      3. 11.11.3 Enable or Disable Authentication Check
      4. 11.11.4 Set or Get Authentication Name, Password, and Realm
      5. 11.11.5 Set or Get Domain Name
      6. 11.11.6 Set or Get URN Name
      7. 11.11.7 Enable or Disable ROM Web Pages Access
    12. 11.12 SimpleLink Predefined Tokens
      1. 11.12.1 GET Values
      2. 11.12.2 POST Values
      3. 11.12.3 POST Actions
      4. 11.12.4 HTTP Server Limitations
  12. 12mDNS
    1. 12.1 Overview
    2. 12.2 Protocol Detail
    3. 12.3 Implementation
      1. 12.3.1 Default Implementation
      2. 12.3.2 173
      3. 12.3.3 Start and Stop mDNS
      4. 12.3.4 mDNS Query – One Shot
      5. 12.3.5 mDNS Query – Continuous
      6. 12.3.6 mDNS Service Registration
    4. 12.4 Supported Features
    5. 12.5 Limitations
  13. 13Serial Flash File System
    1. 13.1 Overview
      1. 13.1.1 Summary of Instructions
      2.      File Creation
      3.      File Opening
      4.      File Closing
      5.      File Writing
      6.      File Reading
      7.      File Deleting
      8.      File Information
  14. 14Rx Filter
    1. 14.1 Overview
    2. 14.2 Detailed Description
    3. 14.3 Examples
    4. 14.4 Creating Trees
    5. 14.5 Host API
      1. 14.5.1 Code Example
    6. 14.6 Notes and Limitations
  15. 15Transceiver Mode
    1. 15.1  General Description
    2. 15.2  How to Use / API
    3. 15.3  Sending and Receiving
    4. 15.4  Changing Socket Properties
    5. 15.5  Internal Packet Generator
    6. 15.6  Transmitting CW (Carrier-Wave)
    7. 15.7  Connection Policies and Transceiver Mode
    8. 15.8  Notes about Receiving and Transmitting
      1. 15.8.1 Receiving
    9. 15.9  Use Cases
      1. 15.9.1 Sniffer
    10. 15.10 TX Continues
    11. 15.11 Ping
    12. 15.12 Transceiver Mode Limitations
  16. 16Rx Statistics
    1. 16.1 General Description
    2. 16.2 How to Use / API
    3. 16.3 Notes about Receiving and Transmitting
    4. 16.4 Use Cases
    5. 16.5 Rx Statistics Limitations
  17. 17Asynchronous Events
    1. 17.1 Overview
    2. 17.2 WLAN Events
    3. 17.3 Netapp Events
    4. 17.4 Socket Events
    5. 17.5 Device Events
  18. 18Configurable Info Element
    1. 18.1 General
    2. 18.2 Interface to Application
      1. 18.2.1 API Output
    3. 18.3 Total Maximum Size of all Information Elements
  19. 19Debug
    1. 19.1 Capture NWP Logs
      1. 19.1.1 Overview
      2. 19.1.2 Instructions
        1. 19.1.2.1 Configuring Pin Mux for CC32xx
        2. 19.1.2.2 Terminal Settings
        3. 19.1.2.3 Run Your Program
        4. 19.1.2.4 Send to TI Engineer
          1.        A Host Driver Architecture
            1.         A.1 Overview
              1.          A.1.1 SimpleLink WiFi Host Driver -– Platform-Independent Part
              2.          A.1.2 SimpleLink WiFi Host Driver – Platform-Dependent Part
              3.          A.1.3 SimpleLink WiFi Driver Configuration
              4.          A.1.4 User Application
            2.         A.2 Driver Data Flows
              1.          A.2.1 Transport Layer Protocol
              2.          A.2.2 Command and Command Complete
              3.          A.2.3 Data Transactions
                1.           A.2.3.1 Data Send (From Host to SimpleLink Network Processor)
                2.           A.2.3.2 Data Flow Control
                3.           A.2.3.3 Data Receive (From SimpleLink Network Processor to Host)
                4.           A.2.3.4 Blocking Receive
                5.           A.2.3.5 NonBlocking Receive
                  1.            B Error Codes
                    1.             B.1 Error Codes
                      1.              C How to Generate Certificates, Public Keys, and CAs
                        1.               C.1 Certificate Generation
                          1.                Revision History

2.1 Overview

This chapter explains the software blocks needed to build a networking application. In addition, this chapter describes the recommended flow for most applications. The information provided is for guidance only. Programmers have complete flexibility on how to use the various software blocks. Programs using the SimpleLink device consist of the following software blocks:

  • Wi-Fi subsystem initialization – Wakes the Wi-Fi subsystem from the hibernate state.
  • Configuration – Refers to init time configuration that occurs infrequently, such as when changing the Wi-Fi subsystem from a WLAN STA to WLAN soft AP, changing the MAC address, and so forth.
  • WLAN connection – The physical interface must be established. There are numerous ways to do so; the simplest way is to manually connect to an AP as a wireless station.
    • DHCP – Although not an integral part of the WLAN connection, the user must wait for the receiving IP address before continuing to the next step of working with TCP and UDP sockets.
  • Socket connection – At this point, the application must set up the TCP\IP layer. Separate this phase into the following parts:
    • Creating the socket – Choose TCP, UDP, or RAW sockets, whether to use a client or a server socket, defining socket characteristics such as blocking or non-blocking, socket timeouts, and so forth.
    • Querying for the server IP address – In most occasions, when implementing a client side communication, the remote server side IP address is unknown, which is required for establishing the socket connection. This can be done by using DNS protocol to query the server IP address by using the server name.
    • Creating socket connection – When using the TCP socket, a proper socket connection must be established before performing a data transaction.
  • Data transactions – Once the socket connection is established, transmit data both ways between the client and the server, by implementing the application logic.
  • Socket disconnection – Upon finishing the required data transactions, TI recommends performing a graceful closure of the socket communication channel.
  • Wi-Fi subsystem hibernate – When not working with the Wi-Fi subsystem for a long period of time, TI recommends putting it into hibernate mode.