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APPENDIX 3 DIGITAL INTERFACE
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ALC - Cyclic alert list
ALF - Alert sentence
ARC - Alert command refused
$**ALC,xx,xx,xx,x.x, aaa,x.x,x.x,x.x,’’’’’’’’’,*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Total number of sentences this message (01 to 99)
2. Sentence number (01 to 99)
3. Sequential message identifier (00 to 99)
4. Number of alert entries (0 to 3)
5. Manufacturer mnemonic code (FEC, null)
6. Alert identifier (999 or 10001 to 10999)
7. Alert instance (1 to 999999, null)
8. Revision counter (1 to 99)
9. Additional alert entries (see Note)
Note: Alert entry 0 - n: Each alert entry consists of
- Manufacturer Identifier (see ALF Manufactuer
- Alert Identifier (see ALF Alert identifier)
- Alert instance (see ALF instance)
- Revision counter (see ALF revision counter)
Each entry identifies a certain alert with a certain state.
It is not allowed that an alert entry is split between two ALC sentences.
Alert entry 1
See Note
$**ALF,x,x,x,hhmmss.ss,a,a,a,aaa,x.x,x.x,x.x,x,c--c,*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1. Total number of ALF sentences this message (1, 2)
2. Sentence number (1, 2)
3. Sequential message identifier (0 to 9)
4. Time of last change (hh=00 to 23, mm=00 to 59, ss.ss=00.00 to 60.99, null)
5. Alert category (A=Alert category A, B=Alert category B, C=Alert
category C, null)
6. Alert priority (A=Alarm, W=Warning, C=Caution, null when #2 is 2)
7. Alert state (V=Not ACKed, S=Silence, A=ACked, O/U=Resolved, Not ACKed,
N=Normal state, null when #2 is 2)
8. Manufacturer mnemonic code (FEC, null)
9. Alert identifier (999 or 10001 to 10999)
10. Alert instance (1 to 999999, null)
11. Revision counter (1 to 99)
12. Escalation counter (0 to 2)
13. Alert text (max. 18 characters)
$**ARC,hhmmss.ss,aaa,x.x,x.x,c*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5
1. Release time of the alert command refused (hh: 00 to 23, mm: 00 to 59,
ss.ss: 00.00 to 60.99)
2. Used for proprietary alerts, defined by the manufacturer (FEC, null)
3. The alert identifier (1 to 999 or 10001 to 10999)
4. The alert instance (1 to 999999, null)
5. Refused alert command (A=acknowledge, Q=request/repeat information, O=responsibility transfer,
S=silence)