FTAM/9000 Programmer's Guide

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HP FTAM/9000 Overview
The HP-UX Implementation of FTAM
Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP)
3.0
The Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) 3.0 Specification
identifies standard protocols for each of the seven OSI layers. The MAP
3.0 Application Interface Specification defines the C-language
programmatic interface to each Application service, including the HP-UX
FTAM service.
NBS (NIST) Implementors Agreements
The NBS (NIST) Implementors Agreements further define
implementation limitations on ISO/IS 8571 FTAM. HP-UX FTAM
supports the NBS Phase III minimum requirements, and implements
many of the NBS options, based on perceived value and compatibility
with HP-UX.
NOTE There are a number of attributes that HP-UX FTAM does not
implement. HP-UX FTAM accepts values for these options as input, but
makes no local use of them. When these options are output, HP-UX
FTAM provides zero (for integers) or “no value available” (for strings).
For these options, this document often states that there is “no value
available””” or that HP-UX FTAM responders accept, but ignore the
value.
If another implementation is not NBS Phase II or Phase III compliant,
you may still be able to communicate with that implementation. Refer to
the vendor's Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) to
determine how to set parameters.