A.1.5 collision avoidance – Comtech EF Data RCS20 User Manual
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RCS20 M:N Redundancy Switch
Revision 15
Remote Operations
MN-RCS20 and CD-RCS20
A–6
Table A-3 summarizes the response error codes tht are specific to the RCS20:
Table A-3. RCS20 Response Error Codes
RCS20 RESPONSE ERROR CODES
OPCODE
DESCRIPTION
SPARM_DATACOUNT_ERROR
0201
Invalid number of data bytes
SPARM_CHANNELNUM_ERROR
0202
Invalid number of M for N channels
SPARM_CHANNELBYTES_ERROR
0203
Invalid number of bytes per channel
SPARM_MODBACKUPDELAY_ERROR
020A
Invalid modulator backup delay
SPARM_DEMODBACKUPDELAY_ERROR
020B
Invalid demodulator backup delay
SPARM_BACKUPMODE_ERROR
020C
Backup channel 1
SPARM_CHAN0CONFIG_ERROR
0213
Channel 0 Hardware Configuration
SPARM_BACKUPCHANNEL_ERROR
0214
Backup Channel
SPARM_MODEMNUMBER_ERROR
0217
Invalid prime to backup
SPARM_NOMODEMINSLOT_ERROR
0218
Prime is not present
SPARM_BACKUP_NOT_PRESENT_ERROR
02B3
Backup is not present
SPARM_BACKUP_IN_AUTO_MODE_ERROR
02B5
Backup is in automatic mode
SPARM_MODEM9_IN_TRAFFIC_MODE_ERROR
02B6
Modem is in traffic mode
SPARM_MOD_AUTOBACKEDUP_ERROR
02BC
Modulator is already auto backed up
SPARM_DEMOD_AUTOBACKEDUP_ERROR
02BD
Demodulator is already auto backed up
SPARM_PRIME_IN_SERVICE_MODE_ERROR
02BE
Prime is in service mode
SPARM_BACKUP_IN_SERVICE_MODE_ERROR
02BF
Backup is in service mode
SPARM_PRIME_BACKEDUP_TRAFFIC_ERROR
02C1
Prime backed up
SPARM_PRIME_HS_TRAFFIC_ERROR
02C2
Is in Hot Standby
SPARM_MODEM9_IN_BACKUP_MODE_ERROR
02C3
Modem is in backup mode
SPARM_NOBACKUPASSIGNED_ERROR
02C5
No backups assigned for this mod
SPARM_MODEMNOTLEARNED_ERROR
02C6
Modem is not learned
SPARM_COPYDESTINATION_ERROR
02CB
Invalid copy destination
A.1.5 Collision Avoidance
When properly implemented, the physical and logical devices and ID addressing scheme of the
COMMSPEC normally precludes message packet contention on the control bus. The importance of
designating unique IDs for each device during station configuration cannot be overemphasized. One