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Optional TRM800.v2 Base Consoles
Figure 6: Commercial Treadmill Consoles
Console to Base Communication
The processor in the console provides user input, user display and automated control to the
system. The processor in the lower electronics module performs the actual machine function.
The two processors communicate via a serial data stream. When the user requests a machine
function to take place via the keypad, the console processor communicates the request to the
processor in the lower electronics module.
Once the lower processor receives the request the lower control module performs the machine task
associated with the request. The console processor continues to monitor keypad entry and provide
display feedback. The lower processor also provides status back to the console processor (via the
serial data stream) to report if everything occurred properly, or if an error code needs to be written
to the error log.