7.4 MD MODE OPTION (Factory Installed)
7.4.1MD Mode Description
The GEN supply is capable of operating in a multi drop environment - more than 1 supply conducting serial communications on a single serial bus. A maximum of 31 GEN supplies can operate in this sin- gle bus. Upon power up the Gen will enter the
7.4.2MD Mode enable – Serial communication mode
Refer to section 7.10.2.2. MD Mode is entered into via a Single byte command. In MD Mode the Mas- ter supply shall operate in one of the two serial modes, RS232 or RS485, depending upon the rear panel DIP switch setting and the Slave supplies shall operate in the RS485 serial mode.
7.4.3MD Mode SRQ
In MD Mode the SRQ generated by the supply is replaced by a single byte SRQ sent two times in se- quence. The SRQ byte, in binary, will contain the address of the supply in the least significant 5 bits with bits 5 and 6 set to logic zero and bit 7 set to logic 1. Ref. Table
7.4.4Communication Collisions
In MD Mode it is possible to have one supply issue an SRQ while another supply is transmitting data/response to a command. When this happens, the HOST PC will receive garbled data and as- sume that the data/response was corrupted and thus
7.4.5MD Mode SRQ Retransmission
The supply can be commanded to retransmit the SRQ at regular intervals until it is answered to by the HOST PC (Ref. Section 7.10.2.4). The retransmission interval is 10 ms plus the supply address multi- plied by 20 ms.
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