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2. Message Summary ...................................................... 2-1
2.1 Host to Equipment...................................................... 2-1
2.2 Equipment to Host...................................................... 2-3
3. Operating Characteristics............................................. 3-1
3.1 Communications States ............................................. 3-1
3.1.1 Communications Finite State Description ............... 3-2
3.1.1.1 State Transitions .................................................. 3-4
3.1.1.2 Communications States ....................................... 3-5
3.1.2 Power Up................................................................. 3-6
3.1.3 Related Variables .................................................... 3-6
3.1.4 Compatibility............................................................ 3-6
3.2 Control States............................................................. 3-6
3.2.1 Control Finite State Description............................... 3-7
3.2.1.1 Control State Transitions...................................... 3-9
3.2.1.2 Control States....................................................... 3-11
3.2.2 Power Up................................................................. 3-12
3.2.3 Related Variables .................................................... 3-13
3.2.4 Related Events ........................................................ 3-13
3.3 Process States ........................................................... 3-13
3.3.1 E10 State Diagram .................................................. 3-14
3.3.1.1 E10 STATE TRANSITIONS ................................. 3-16
3.3.1.2 E10 STATES ........................................................ 3-16
3.3.2 GES Process State Diagram................................... 3-17
3.3.3 GES Process State Transitions............................... 3-19
3.3.4 GES Process States................................................ 3-20
3.3.4.1 Idle........................................................................ 3-20
3.3.4.2 Active.................................................................... 3-20
3.3.4.3 Aborting ................................................................ 3-20
3.3.4.4 Error ..................................................................... 3-20
3.3.5 Related Variables .................................................... 3-20
3.3.6 Related Collection Events ....................................... 3-21
3.4 Data Collection ........................................................... 3-21
3.4.1 Variables ................................................................. 3-21
3.4.2 Are You There ......................................................... 3-21
3.4.3 Host Requests Status.............................................. 3-22
3.4.4 Setting Equipment Constants.................................. 3-22
3.4.5 Event Reports.......................................................... 3-22
3.4.6 Time Driven Trace................................................... 3-23
3.4.7 Limits Monitoring ..................................................... 3-23
3.4.7.1 Event Signaling .................................................... 3-24
3.4.8 Limits State Transitions ........................................... 3-26
3.4.8.1 Limits States......................................................... 3-26
3.4.9 Disk Files................................................................. 3-27