[RQ8.1] The flags of the Safety Consumer (RequestSPDU.Flags) shall be used as shown in Table 18.
Table 18 – Structure of RequestSPDU.Flags
|
Bit nr. |
Identifier |
Description |
|
LSB = Bit 0 |
CommunicationError |
0: No error 1: An error was detected in the previous ResponseSPDU. |
|
Bit 1 |
OperatorAckRequested |
Used to inform the SafetyProvider that operator acknowledgment is requested. |
|
Bit 2 |
FSV_Activated |
Is used for conformance test of SafetyConsumer.SAPI.FSV_Activated |
|
Bit 3......7 |
Reserved for future use |
Always set to zero, not evaluated. |
NOTE: CommunicationError can be used as a trigger, e.g. for a communication analysis tool.
Flags reserved for future use shall be set to zero by the SafetyConsumer and shall not be evaluated by the SafetyProvider.