Chapter 7 Board-control Commands

Identify (05H)

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Identify (05H)

Command

Format

This command returns a special Status Block that contains information about the Firmware installed on the board. It can be used to determine board compatibility and support of options (especially useful if your application depends on certain functions to be in place on every product). The Board Information command, discussed in a later section, returns this information plus Unit Options setup for each target and hardware jumper settings.

The Identify command can be issued with either type of command structure. Its primary use may be during initialization, which may require use of a Single Command Structure (due to limitations on available memory at power-up).

The Parameter Block format for the Identify command looks like this:

Address

 

Byte Memory Address

 

Offset

Offset + 0

Offset + 1

 

Offset + 2

Offset + 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00H

 

Command Identifier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04H

 

Reserved

 

 

Adapter ID = FFH

 

 

 

 

 

08H

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

0CH

 

 

Reserved

 

10H

Command = 05H

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14H

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

18H

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description of Fields

Table 63: Identify Command Parameter Block

The Identify command requires only three fields as explained in the following descriptions.

Command Identifier

The Command Identifier field is used to identify the Status Block associated with a Parameter Block. It must be a unique value.

Adapter ID

An FFH indicates that this is a Board-control command.

Command Code

The Command Code for the Identify command is 05H.

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