ath10k tx99-like test mode?

[Ben Greear]

On 03/16/2015 01:51 PM, mrex at tranzeo.com wrote:
> Ben,
> 
> The tx99 feature has the benefit of not needing any client or traffic to be
> passed for a power meter to measure.  So it’s incredibly fast to test
> different rates and output power than having to wait for client to
> re-associate, pass traffic and adjust power meter to duty cycle (depending
> on how fancy the meter is).  This is more applicable for calibration and
> evaluation than for adaption or protocol testing.
> 
> Tx99 is better suited for calibration and FCC certification testing and not
> for testing things like adaptive modulation or what happens when mixed
> modulations are enabled.  It cuts down on lab certification test time and
> complexity (lab engineers test a different wireless widget every day and not
> familiar with webGUI’s and config settings, etc).  Tx99 often was more ‘raw’
> and didn’t behave the same as adaptive modulation algorithm, probably more
> so with more streams than 1 and 11b/g/n.
> 
> So having a feature that can just output raw frames at full duty cycle at a
> specific rate and output power without client would be highly beneficial for
> lab testing and reduce test time and complexity for radio validation.

I tried to get ath10k firmware to send raw frames on a monitor interface,
but it seems it requires a peer of some sort before it will send frames,
and I had no real luck.

I'm imagine there is some way to make firmware able to do this, but I don't
know how to do that at this time.

Thanks,
Ben

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Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com