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What is the Servant
Area?
In a VXIbus system, modules in the servant area of another module are
servants to that module (the commander). The commander module controls
servant modules by translating Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) commands for register-based modules, or by serving as
the GPIB interface to message-based modules. The concept of the servant
area and commander/servant hierarchies is shown in Figure A-2.
In addition to setting the Agilent E1406/05 Command Module as the
resource manager, the logical address is used with the servant area switch
setting to determine the servant area of the Command Module:
Servant area = (logical address + 1) through (logical address + servant area
switch setting)
Figure A-2. Commander/Servant Hierarchy
C-Size Configuration Guide Terms and Definitions A-5