API operating mode

API operating mode is an alternative to Transparent operating mode. API mode is a frame-based protocol that allows you to direct data on a packet basis. The device communicates UART or SPI data in packets, also known as API frames. This mode allows for structured communications with computers and microcontrollers.

The advantages of API operating mode include:

• It is easier to send information to multiple destinations
• The host receives the source address for each received data frame
• You can change parameters without entering Command mode

• You can query or set a configuration parameter while a pending command—for example ND—is in progress. This cannot be done in Command mode.