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4 File : lib_crc.txt
5 Date : 2005-02-05
6 Author : Lammert Bies
7 E-mail : info@lammertbies.nl
8 Version : 1.11
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10 Contents : Documentation for the CRC functions in lib_crc.c
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14 The file lib_crc.c contains source code for functions to calculate
15 four commonly used CRC values: CRC-16, CRC-32, CRC-DNP and CRC-CCITT.
16 The functions can be freely used.
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18 To calculate a CRC, the following three steps must be followed:
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20 1. Initialize the CRC value. For CRC-16 and CRC-DNP the initial value
21 of the CRC is 0. For CRC-CCITT the value 0xffff is used. CRC-32
22 starts with an initial value of 0xffffffffL.
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24 2. For each byte of the data starting with the first byte, call the
25 function update_crc_16(), update_crc_32(), update_crc_dnp() or
26 update_crc_ccitt() to recalculate the value of the CRC.
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28 3. Only for CRC-32: When all bytes have been processed, take the
29 one's complement of the obtained CRC value.
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31 4. Only for CRC-DNP: After all input processing, the one's complement
32 of the CRC is calcluated and the two bytes of the CRC are swapped.
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36 An example of this calculation process can be found in the tst_crc.c
37 sample program. The program and other CRC implementations can be
38 tested with the test string "123456789" without the quotes. The
39 results should be:
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41 CRC16 : BB3D
42 CRC-CCITT : 29B1
43 CRC-DNP : 82EA
44 CRC32 : CBF43926
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48 The example program tst_crc.exe can be invoked in three ways:
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50 tst_crc -a
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52 The program will prompt for an input string. All characters in the
53 input string are used for the CRC calculation, based on their ASCII
54 value.
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56 Example input string: ABC
57 CRC16 = 0x4521
58 CRC-CCITT = 0xF508
59 CRC-DNP = 0x5AD3
60 CRC32 = 0xA3830348
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62 tst_crc -x
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64 The program will prompt for an input string. All characters will
65 be filtered out, except for 0..9, a..f and A..F. The remaining characters
66 will be paired, and every pair of two characters represent the hexadecimal
67 value to be used for one byte in the CRC calculation. The result if an
68 od number of valud characters is provided is undefined.
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70 Example input string: 41 42 43
71 CRC16 = 0x4521
72 CRC-CCITT = 0xF508
73 CRC-DNP = 0x5AD3
74 CRC32 = 0xA3830348
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76 You see, that the result is the same as for the ASCII input "ABC". This
77 is, because A, B and C are represented in ASCII by the hexadecimal
78 values 41, 42 and 43. So it is obvious that the result should be
79 the same in both cases.
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81 tst_crc file1 file2 ...
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83 If neither the -a, nor the -x parameter is used, the test program
84 assumes that the parameters are file names. Each file is opened and
85 the CRC values are calculated.
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89 The newest version of these files can be found at:
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91 http://www.lammertbies.nl/download/lib_crc.zip
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93 On-line CRC calculations of strings can be performed at:
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95 http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/info/crc-calculation.html
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