SMSC flexpwr lan8710 User Manual

MII/RMII 10/100 Ethernet Transceiver with HP Auto-MDIX and flexPWR

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SMSC LAN8710/LAN8710i

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Revision 1.0 (04-15-09)

Near-end loopback is a mode that sends the digital transmit data back out the receive data signals for
testing purposes as indicated by the blue arrows in 

.The near-end loopback mode is enabled

by setting bit register 0 bit 14 to logic one.

A large percentage of the digital circuitry is operational near-end loopback mode, because data is
routed through the PCS and PMA layers into the PMD sublayer before it is looped back. The COL
signal will be inactive in this mode, unless collision test (bit 0.7) is active. The transmitters are powered
down, regardless of the state of TXEN.

This special test mode is only available when operating in RMII mode. When the the RXD2/RMIISEL
pin is configured for MII mode, the SMI can be used to override this setting as described in

.

Far loopback is a special test mode for MDI (analog) loopback as indicated by the blue arrows in

. The far loopback mode is enabled by setting bit register 17 bit 9 to logic one. In this mode,

data that is received from the link partner on the MDI is looped back out to the link partner. The digital
interface signals on the local MAC interface are isolated.

CAT-5

RXD

TXD

RX

TX

Far-end system

CAT-5

RXD

TXD

RX

TX

Link 

Partner