USTER HVI 1000 - Chapter 12 Appendix; 1 Host Communications

USTER® HVI 1000 Instruction Manual
Uster Technologies, Inc. Chapter 12
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Chapter 12 Appendix
1 Host Communications
1.1 Spectrum Support
The HVI 1000 system will support the HVI Spectrum Universal Record
Format (URF) Functionality Means of Observation Record Set for System
Testing only. This transmission will be across a 9-pin serial port and can
be used with or without LabExpert Support. Using LabExpert support will
change the operations of the Host Communications as listed below.
1.2 Transmission Interaction
The HVI 1000 system will transmit the information of a sample in
multiple record transmissions according to the modules included in the
system. Highlights of the transmissions are as follows:
LabExpert Universal Description
X X
Record Creation URF -- The
HVI 1000 instrument will
send a start dataset record (see record types below)
before the first data record of a sample.
X X
Record Creation URF -- The
HVI 1000 instrument will
create a stop dataset record after testing for a particular
sample is complete and all data records (except NEP)
for that sample have been sent. There is one exception
to this rule, the NEP record. See the NEP record
description for more information.
X
The
HVI 1000 instrument will expect to receive
acknowledgement of each record transmission.
- ACK (Ox06) upon good transmission
- NAK (Ox15) upon bad transmission
X
Record Creation URF & HVI1000MRF – The Catalog ID
will be inserted into the Lot ID Field to further identify the
record.
X
Upon failure of the transmission acknowledgement, via
the timeout period is exceeded, the
HVI 1000 instrument
will query the operator decide whether to continue
transmitting or aborting the Host Communications.