Envoy Application Programming Manual

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TINET Multipoint Supervisor Protocol
The TINET multipoint supervisor protocol enables an application process to act as the
supervisor station in a centralized multipoint network consisting of Texas Instruments
Numeric Entry Terminals (TINET).
Topics discussed in this section include:
Protocol Capabilities on page 8-1
Application Process Interface on page 8-2
Address-List Format on page 8-7
Polling on page 8-9
Message Formats on page 8-18
File-System Errors on page 8-21
Line Action by Procedure Call on page 8-22
Line-Error Handling on page 8-26
Programming Example on page 8-30
Protocol Capabilities
The TINET multipoint supervisor protocol conforms to the poll and select protocol
described under the heading "Host Communications" in the Texas Instruments Numeric
Entry Terminal Characteristics Guide. The protocol provides the following capabilities:
Check-character generation and verification
Retries of operations in error
Timeouts on all line operations
Support for the message formats shown in Table 8-1.