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START

Target Address

R/W

ACK from Target

STOP

ACK from Controller

Data from Previous Register

Target controls SDA line

Controller controls SDA line

Figure 7-14. Repeated Read from Single Register

7.5.5 SMBus Alert Mode

When the Alert Mode Setting bit in the Configuration Register is set to 0, the Interrupt/SMBus Alert mode is

enabled. In this mode, the ALERT pin is asserted at the end of a conversion cycle if the measured temperature

exceeds a High Alert Limit or goes below a Low Alert Limit defined in the limit registers. In this mode, the

TMP4719 sets the ALERT mask bit of the Configuration Register during a read of the Status Register if any flag

in the Status Register, except the ADC_Busy flag and Remote Diode Open flag, is set. This prevents the ALERT

pin from triggering until the controller resets the ALERT mask bit (write 0 to the Alert_MASK bit).

The ALERT High Status flags are set at the end of a conversion cycle when the measured temperature exceeds

a High Alert Limit register limit. There are separate High Limit values and status register flags for the remote

and local temperature measurements. The status register flags are only set to the respective temperature

measurements.

The ALERT Low Status flag is set at the end of a conversion cycle when the measured remote temperature is

below the Remote Low Alert Limit register limit. There are separate Low Limit values and status register flags

for the remote and local temperature measurements. The status register flags are only set to the respective

temperature measurements.

The Status Register limit flags are cleared after a read command of the Status Register from the controller and

are set again at the end of a temperature conversion cycle if the measured temperature is outside the set limits.

When the ALERT pin is connected to the SMBus alert line, there can be multiple devices on the same output.

For the controller to resolve which target is generating an alert, the controller can send an SMBus ALERT

Response Address (ARA) command. If the TMP4719 is generating an alert, and an ARA command is sent, the

TMP4719 sets the ALERT MASK bit in the Configuration register and sends the target address to the controller.

An ARA command does not clear any Status register flags. A read command of the Status Register from the

controller is required to clear the Status Register limit flags.

Figure 7-15 shows the behavior of the ALERT pin and flags while in SMBus Alert mode.

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