Master, Slaves And Clients - HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 HSCI Service Manual

12.1.6 Master, slaves and clients

In HSCI bus diagnosis, one speaks of master, slaves and clients.
The example below is supposed to illustrate the relation of these bus participants:
Figure: Display of master and slaves in the HSCI bus diagnosis
Figure: The HSCI bus is interrupted after Client 3 (= Slave 2 = PL 6204).
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Relation of master, slaves and clients
MC
CC (first controller basic board)
CC (second controller basic board)
PL
MB
Master
Slave (0)
Slave (1)
Slave (2)
Slave (3)
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Master
Client 1
Client 2
Client 3
Client 4