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Operating Characteristics 3-9
3.3.2 Power Up
At power-up, the equipment constant “INITCONTROLSTATE” (VID 9) controls whether ControlState
is initialized to ONLINE or OFFLINE. Within the Off-Line super-state, the equipment constant
“OFFLINESUBSTATE” (VID 42) controls whether the Control State defaults to:
1. Equipment Off-Line
2. Host Off-Line
3. Attempt On-Line
If INITCONTROLSTATE (VID 9) initializes to On-Line, the variable ONLINESUBSTATE (VID 44)
determines whether the default state is:
1. Local
2. Remote
When the Operator changes the default control state through Fluidmove’s SECS/GEM Setup dialog box,
INITCONTROLSTATE gets updated. ONLINE/REMOTE is recommended for this value.
3.3.3 Related Variables
Table 3-7 lists the variables (SVs, ECs, or DVs) which are relevant to the Control State. For a more
complete description of these variables, refer to Appendix A.
Table 3-7 Control State Variables
Variable Name VID
INITCONTROLSTATE 9
OFFLINESUBSTATE 42
ONLINEFAILED 43
ONLINESUBSTATE 44
CONTROLSTATE 28
PREVIOUSCONTROLSTATE 35
3.3.4 Related Events
Table 3-8 lists the collection events (CEIDs) which are relevant to the Control State. For a more complete
description of these events, refer to Appendix B or the description in this chapter.
Table 3-8 Control State CEIDS
Collection Event CEID
GemControlStateLOCAL 8
GemControlStateREMOTE 9
GemEquipmentOFFLINE 22