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DOC-01-TELAS-CRG-4 ASTi ACE Studio Components Reference Guide Rev.M
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14.3. Cell Service
Summary: The Cell service provides an invisible data connection between objects
that declare they are attached to a common cell ‘channel.’ All connectivity between
a specific cell channel and the source and source/sink objects is carried out via cell
service links.
Note: As with all ‘Service’ type components the user does not manually instigate
the creation of the service object; this is done automatically on demand by the
loader when it detects that a component has a cell service port connection. Only one
service component of the appropriate type will be loaded based on the first found
need for a service of this type.
Description: The ONLY user defined input to this primitive will be the selected
Bus Handle. No other inputs or settings are required. Available buses for use are
declared through the “CellService” tool. Within the tool a “name” (bus name) is
defined and the tool assigns an internal index ‘number’ as a bus ID. By default the
tool assigns the bus ID numbers incrementally. Internally the cell service uses the
bus ID number to link inputs and outputs.
14.3.1. CellIn
Summary: The Cell Input component serves as a user interface wrapper for control
data fields extracted from external sources (including host Ethernet control UDP
packets and state machine cells), providing a means to apply incoming control data
to other components in the model.
Description: The Cell Input component is a collection of 40 individual data bytes
in a specific packet. The individual bytes within the Cell Input (data sources) are
used as control variables by other model components (data sinks).
Control Inputs
CellData
Type Default Value
uint8 0
Description: The CellData field can only be a collection of 40
unsigned bytes, each of which can be used as a control to connect to
other components within the model.
NewCell-
Data
Type Default Value
boolean False
Description: When True new cell data UDP packets are recognized.
Note: This input was created for specific use by the LS653 state
machine.