EXFO FLS-2200 Broadband Source - Manual (Page 44)

Using Your Broadband Source in an Automated Test Environment
36 FLS-2200
Message Management
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An incoming byte empties the
output queue. An error will be
raised if the output queue
contained data. Consequently, it
clears the Message AVailable bit
(bit number 4 –MAV from the
Status Byte register).

Except for the string and binary
block contents, the following
transformations are made on the
incoming data:
character conversion from lower
case to upper case.
conversion of “”
characters to spaces.
conversion of multiple blanks to a
single blank.

Parser begins to process messages
when the
TERMINATOR> is received or if
the input buffer is full.
Data structure Characteristics Clearing