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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 3: TSP Advanced Features
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 3-5
Master node overview
The master node is always the node that coordinates activity on the TSP-Link
network. All nodes assigned to group 0 belong to the same group as the master
node.
The following list describes the functionality of the master node:
The only node that can send the execute command on a remote node
Cannot initiate remote operations on any node in a remote group if any node
in that remote group is performing an overlapped operation
Sends the waitcomplete command to wait for the local group that the
master node belongs to, to wait for a remote group, or to wait for all nodes
on the TSP-Link network to complete overlapped operations
Group leader overview
Each group has a dynamic group leader. The last node in a group running any
operation initiated by the master node is the group leader.
The following list describes the functionality of the group leader:
Runs operations initiated by the master node
Initiates remote operations on any node with the same group number
Cannot initiate remote operations on any node with a different group number
Can send the waitcomplete command without a parameter to wait for all
nodes assigned to the same group number
Assigning groups
Group numbers can range from 0 (zero) to 64. The default group number is 0.
You can change the group number at any time.
Use the following code to dynamically assign nodes to a group.
Note the following:
Each time the node powers off, the group number for that node changes to 0
Replace N with the node number
N represents the node number that runs the test scripts and the TSL code
Each time the node powers off, the group number for that node changes to 0
Replace G with the group number
-- Assigns the node to a group.
node[N].tsplink.group = G