Owner's manual

2. MESSAGE SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Host-to-Equipment Messages ...................................................................................2-1
2.2 Equipment-to-Host Messages ...................................................................................2-3
3. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................... 3-1
3.1 Communications States.............................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 Communications Finite State Description ................................................................. 3-2
3.1.2 Power Up...................................................................................................................3-5
3.1.3 Related Variables ......................................................................................................3-5
3.1.4 Compatibility .............................................................................................................. 3-5
3.2 Control States............................................................................................................3-6
3.2.1 Control Finite State Description.................................................................................3-7
3.2.2 Power Up.................................................................................................................3-11
3.2.3 Related Variables ....................................................................................................3-11
3.2.4 Related Events ........................................................................................................3-12
3.3 Process States ........................................................................................................3-12
3.3.1 E10 State.................................................................................................................3-13
3.3.2 Equipment Process States ......................................................................................3-16
3.3.3 Related Variables ....................................................................................................3-18
3.3.4 Related Collection Events .......................................................................................3-18
3.4 Data Collection ........................................................................................................3-19
3.4.1 Variables..................................................................................................................3-19
3.4.2 Are You There .........................................................................................................3-19
3.4.3 Host Requests Status..............................................................................................3-19
3.4.4 Setting Equipment Constants.................................................................................. 3-19
3.4.5 Event Reports..........................................................................................................3-19
3.4.6 Time Driven Trace ...................................................................................................3-20
3.4.7 Limits Monitoring .....................................................................................................3-21
3.4.8 Limits State Transitions ...........................................................................................3-23
3.4.9 Disk Files .................................................................................................................3-24
3.4.10 Related Variables ....................................................................................................3-24
3.4.11 Related Events ........................................................................................................3-24
3.5 Alarm Management .................................................................................................3-24
3.5.1 Alarm States ............................................................................................................3-24
3.5.2 Reporting ................................................................................................................. 3-25
3.5.3 Enable/Disable ........................................................................................................3-25
3.5.4 Host Requests Alarm Status ...................................................................................3-25
3.5.5 Compatibility ............................................................................................................3-25
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