
FLEX
TM
ROAMING DECODER II
S5T8701
32
FRAME ASSIGNMENT PACKETS
The FLEX protocol defines that each address of a FLEX pager is assigned a home frame and a battery cycle.
The S5T8701 must be configured so that a frame that is assigned by one or more of the addresses' home frames
and battery cycles has its corresponding configuration bit set. For example, if the S5T8701 has one enabled
address and it is assigned to frame 3 with a battery cycle of 4, the AF bits for frames 3, 19, 35, 51, 67, 83, 99,
and 115 should be set and the AF bits for all other frames should be cleared.
When the S5T8701 is configured for manual collapse mode by setting the MCM bit in the Roaming Control
Packet, the S5T8701 will not apply the received system collapse to the AF bits. The host should set the AF bits
for all frames that should be decoded on all channels. For example, if frames 0 and 64 should be decoded on one
channel and frames 4, 36, 68, and 100 should be decoded on another channel, all six of the corresponding AF
bits should be set. The host can then change the receiver's carrier frequency after the S5T8701 decodes frames
0, 36, 64, and 100.
There are 8 Frame Assignment Packets. The Packet IDs for these packets range from 32 to 39 (decimal).
Table 16: Frame Assignment Packet Bit Assignments
Bit 7
0
0
AF
15
AF
7
Bit 6
0
0
AF
14
AF
6
Bit 5
1
0
AF
13
AF
5
Bit4
0
0
AF
12
AF
4
Bit 3
0
0
AF
11
AF
3
Bit 2
f
2
0
AF
10
AF
2
Bit 1
f
1
0
AF
9
AF
1
Bit 0
f
0
0
AF
8
AF
0
Byte 3
Byte 2
Byte 1
Byte 0
f:
Frame range. This value determines which 16 frames correspond to the 16 AF bits in the packet
according to the following table. At least one of these bits must be set when the S5T8701 is turned
on by setting the ON bit in the control packet. (value after reset=0)
f
2
f
1
f
0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 1 0
0 1 1
1 0 0
1 0 1
1 1 0
1 1 1
AF
15
AF
0
Frame 127
Frame 111
Frame 95
Frame 79
Frame 63
Frame 47
Frame 31
Frame 15
Frame 112
Frame 96
Frame 80
Frame 64
Frame 48
Frame 32
Frame 16
Frame 0
AF:
Assigned Frame. If a bit is set, the S5T8701 will consider the corresponding frame to be assigned
via address's home frame and pager collapse. (value after reset=0)