STRASBAUGH, INC.
5-36 February 19, 2002 7AF SECS/GEM Interface Ver. 1.9
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5.12.4 Spool States
5.12.4.1 Power Off
The 7AF is completely shut down.
5.12.4.2 Power On
The 7AF is "on" and in a stable state.
5.12.4.3 Spool Inactive
Spooling is not activated. This is either because GemConfigSpool (VID 53) is "0" (disabled) in which case, spooling will
never be active, or because while GemConfigSpool is enabled ("1"), a RTY error has not occurred. In this state, no
messages are sent to the spool. The Host may define or un-define messages eligible for spooling should the link go down.
5.12.4.4 Spool Active
While GemConfigSpool (VID 53) is "enabled" ("1"), the 7AF has experienced a transmission failure (RTY error). Upon
entry into this state, the first message sent to the spool is the GemSpoolingActivated event (CEID 5005), assuming that
this event is enabled and that spooling for the particular stream and function have been enabled. This message will enter
the spool even before the message which originally caused the RTY error.
5.12.4.5 Spool Not Full
The file containing the spooled messages has not reached its capacity.
5.12.4.6 Spool Full
The file containing the spooled messages has reached its capacity.
5.12.4.7 No Spool Output
In this state, the Host is not reading or purging the 7AF's spool.
5.12.4.8 Spool Output
This super-state contains the two sub-states in which the Equipment's spool is either being read or purged by the Host.
5.12.4.9 Purge Spool
The 7AF is purging its spool, erasing all spooled messages.
5.12.4.10 Transmit Spool
The 7AF is transmitting spooled messages to the Host.
5.12.5 Related Variables
The following table lists the variables (SV's, EC's, or DVVALS) which are relevant to spooling. For a more complete
description of these variables, see "Appendix A -- Variables".
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