Addressing conventions

For simple nets

There are two ways of specifying the sender and destination address: long address and short address.

Long address

Specifies the 32bit module serial number (32bit) of the TWELITE. The address can be obtained by ToCoNet_u32GetSerial() API.

It is also the 7-digit hexadecimal S/N (serial number) displayed on the shield can of the TWELITE module plus 0x80000000. For example, a serial number of 1012ABC would be 0x81012ABC.

When the destination is specified as long, the payload size of the packet becomes small. (Maximum length of a packet)

IEEE802.15.4 standard uses 64bit MAC address. 64bit MAC address is specified based on 32bit module address.

Short address

Addresses between 0x0000 and 0x0FFF can be specified. The address is set to sToCoNet_AppContext.u16ShortAddress in the cbAppColdStart() function.

broadcast communication（Short address of 0xFFFF）

This address is used for broadcast communication.

For simple nets

The long address is mostly used for LayerTree Relay net, where some special addresses is defined.

see Relay net for details.