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ICS CONFIGURATION RPC PROTOCOL
The following document describes ICS's Configuration RPC Protocol. This
information is supplied to enable a RPC programmer to configure ICS 80xx
devices that have an Ethernet interface with RPC commands.
A4.1 INTRODUCTION
This document defines the configuration interface to ICS 80xx devices (here-
after referred to as the Edevice). The purpose of this document is to allow the
communication between the controlling computer and the Edevice, for the
purposes of modifying the operational characteristics of the Edevice. Edevices
are ICS products whose Model number is in the 80xx range. Note that not all
commands are supported by all Edevices.
A4.2 SCOPE
This specification addresses the Edevice communication for the purposes of
operational configuration.
This specification is to be considered an addendum to the VXI-11 specifica-
tion for communication to the VXI-11 compliant ICS Edevice Interfaces. The
Edevice follows the VXI-11.2 and/or VXI-11.3 specifications.
It is assumed the reader is conversant with ONC/RPC and XDR specifications
as published by Sun Microsystems. All client/Edevice communication is per-
formed through ONC/RPC and thus requires knowledge of both (ONC/RPC
and XDR) specifications. In addition, it is assumed the reader is conversant
with the VXI-11 and VXI-11.2 specifications as published by the VXIbus Con-
sortium. In some cases, the reader will require an understanding of the GPIB
(IEEE-488) specification as published in the IEEE Standards.
A4.3 SPECIFICATION OBJECTIVES
This specification has the following objectives:
1. To enable the creation of tools to perform Edevice configuration.
2. To enable applications to perform temporary modifications to the
Edevice configuration.
3. To define the ONC/RPC protocol used by the Edevice configuration.