NIM Primitives 4-3
SIMATIC TIWAY I Series 500 NIM User Manual
4.2 Primitive Functions
Primitives serve as the command structure that a TIWAY I Primary uses to
access (read or write) information in a TIWAY I Secondary. The Primitives
defined in the following paragraphs serve these basic functional needs:
•To access and retrieve data
•To ascertain the status and configuration of attached devices
•To perform control operations on the attached device