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9.5 System Objects
There are 2 ‘System’ objects contained within the Black Pear, which are classed as global
objects. A description of each is detailed below.
System Object
Description
HVAC Network Status
Read-only object providing an indication of the
communication status between the Black Pear
and the HVAC network. The various states are
defined as follows:
Waiting:
The Black Pear has been restarted and is
preparing to start scanning the HVAC network.
Searching:
The Black Pear is performing its initial scan of
the HVAC network, looking for active units with
addresses in the range 1 to 64.
Ready:
The initial scan is complete and the Black Pear
will now accept new commands.
Unknown:
An undefined state has been detected.
Note:
Until the status = ‘Ready’, commands send
to the Black Pear will be ignored.
System Force Off
Writeable object to enable and disable the
global off command.
Note:
This object appears in the object list but its
function is currently disabled.
