Programming 
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FIREWIRE 
SETUP:: COMMS::FIREWIRE 
The Firewire block parameterises Firewire communications, providing a series of diagnostics. There are no user settable 
parameters in this block. 
Parameter Descriptions 
OWN ID 
PREF: 117.01  Default: 99  Range: —. 
FireWire network ID of the drive. This is the physical address, not the net address, as declared as part of the DSE 
Configuration. Note that this network ID can change after a Bus Reset. 
IRM ID 
PREF: 117.02  Default: 99  Range: —. 
FireWire network ID of the drive acting as the Isochronous Resource Manager. The IRM ID can change after a Bus Reset. 
NUMBER OF NODES 
PREF: 117.03  Default: 0  Range: —. 
Total number of Firewire Nodes connected to the network.. 
CYCLE TIMER 
PREF: 117.04  Default: 0  Range: —. 
Timer which should be synchronised across the Firewire network. 
BUS RESETS 
PREF: 117.05  Default: 0  Range: —. 
Number of times the Firewire bus has reset. 
BAD MESSAGES 
PREF: 117.13  Default: 0  Range: —. 
Number of incoming Firewire messages that are received malformed. An incrementing value may indicate that the Firewire 
cabling needs attention. 
MISSED TX ACKS 
PREF: 117.14  Default: 0  Range: —. 
Number of outgoing Firewire messages that are not acknowledged. An incrementing value may indicate that the Firewire 
cabling needs attention. 
MCAP ADVERTS 
PREF: 117.06  Default: 0  Range: —. 
Count of Multicast Advertisements sent from this node.