Theory Of Operation - Omega Engineering OMB-NETSCAN 1500 User Manual

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries
Status and Event Reporting
Registers
Register
CSR
Calibration Status
ESC
Error Source
ESR
Event Status
STB
Status Byte
Mask Registers
Register
ESE
Event Status
Enable
SRE
Service Request
Enable
Note: The mmm defines the contents of the register to be written.

Theory of Operation

The following figure shows the general operation and relationship between the status reporting and mask
registers. Each register is part of a hierarchy of registers where operations on higher registers will affect the
contents of lower registers in the chain. This hierarchical approach provides the ability to have varying levels of
status reporting. The lowest levels give general status information while the higher levels give more details of
the particular events in question.
At the lowest level in this chain is the Status Byte Register. This allows quick response of certain critical
operational status conditions contained in the Status Byte Register (STB). However, since this register is the
lowest register in the chain, every other status register in the system, either directly or indirectly, has access to
the STB register via the Event Status Register Bit (ESB) in the STB register. This gives these other status
registers the ability (although not detailed) to quickly report their status to the controller.
The Event Status Enable (ESE) Register may be used to define which bits in the Event Status Register will be
mapped into the Event Status Register Bit (ESB) in the STB. The bits in the ESE represent an exact image of
the bits in the ESR. When a condition is set in the ESR its image bit is checked in the ESE. If enabled the ESB
bit in the STB is set.
The Service Request Enable (SRE) register may be used to define those conditions in the STB which will
generate a Service Request (SRQ). The bits in the SRE represent an exact image of the bits in the STB accept
for Service Request Bit. When a condition is set in the STB its image bit is checked in the SRE. If enabled the
NetScan will generate a Service Request (SRQ).
In the same fashion that the setting of events or conditions affects the lower levels of registers in the chain, the
clearing of events or conditions in the higher level registers also causes the clearing of those affected conditions
in the lower level registers.
The following sections describe in detail the contents and operation of these registers. More information on
these registers can also be found in the Command Reference section under the M,N,U and E? commands
relating to these registers.
D-12
Register Chart
Command Type
Access Read
Read/Clear U2
Read/Clear E?
Read/Clear U0
Read U1
Register Chart
Command Type
Access Read
Read/Write/ N? Nmmm
Clear
(See
Note)
Read/Write/ M? Mmmm
Clear
(See
Note)
Write Clear
N/A U2
N/A E?
N/A U0
N/A N/A
Write Clear
N0
M0
Appendix D
NetScan User's Manual