NIM Primitives
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TIWAY 1 TI505 NIM User Manual
4.9.13.1
Define Record Primitive – Code 55
The Define Record Primitive specifies up to 32 records with 32 blocks per record. The re-
cords are referenced by number, ranging from 1 (hex) to 20 (hex). A record, once defined,
can be re-defined. A record may be restored to the initial state of “undefined” by specify-
ing the number of Data type Definitions (DD – blocks) in the record as zero.
Request: LLLL 55 CC DD TT NNNN AAAA
(values from 1 to 32)
(repeated DD times)
(repeated for each record)
Symbol
Value
Definition
CC
Number assigned to the record. The allowable range is 1 to 20
HEX.
DD
Number of data type definitions (blocks) for the record.
TT
Data element type
NNNN
Number of locations
AAAA
Data element location
The total byte count of data elements defined by the record(s) must not cause the gather
record response to exceed the maximum Primitive frame length. See the paragraphs on
Data Element Types and Formats for the number of bytes in each data type.
Response: LLLL 55 HH
Symbol
Value
Definition
HH
Attached device operational status
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