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Pmbus commands, Table 8. page commands – Rainbow Electronics MAX34441 User Manual

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PMBus 5-Channel Power-Supply Manager

and Intelligent Fan Controller

MAX34441

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PMBus Commands

A summary of the PMBus commands supported by the device are described in the following sections.

PAGE (00h)

The device can control up to five power supplies, up to six temperature sensors, and a fan using one PMBus (I

2

C)

address. Send the PAGE command with data 0 to 11 to select which power supply or which temperature sensor or
fan is affected by all the PMBus commands shown in Table 1. Not all commands are supported within each page. If
an unsupported command is received, the CML status bit is set. Some commands are common, meaning that any
selected page has the same effect on and the same response from the device.
Set the PAGE to 255 when it is desired that the following PMBus commands should apply to all pages at the same time.
There are only a few commands (OPERATION, CLEAR_FAULTS) where this function has a real application.

Table 8. Page Commands

PAGE (DEC)

ASSOCIATED CONTROL

0

Power Supply Connected to ADC 0

1

Power Supply Connected to ADC 1

2

Power Supply Connected to ADC 2

3

Power Supply Connected to ADC 3

4

Power Supply Connected to ADC 4

5

Fan Connected to PWM 5

6

Internal Temperature Sensor

7

Remote I

2

C Temperature Sensor with Address 0

8

Remote I

2

C Temperature Sensor with Address 1

9

Remote I

2

C Temperature Sensor with Address 2

10

Remote I

2

C Temperature Sensor with Address 3

11

Remote Thermal-Diode Sensor

12 to 254

Reserved

255

Applies to All Pages