DMIS S I R Entry

Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard
Standard Improvement Request

SIR No.
97-5
DMIS Release
3.0
SIR Type
Other
Severity
Interpretation Request
Status
Resolved
Date Submitted
March 6 1997
Date Validated
March 6 1997
Date In Process
June 5 1998
Date Referred

Date Vote Pending

Date Closed
September 11 1997
Action
Clarifications
 Submitted By
Dietmar May
Object Workshops, Inc.
PO Box 597
Wytheville VA 24382
USA
Phone: (540)223-1145
Fax: (540)223-1241
dcmay@object-workshops.com

Problem Topic
DISPLY: Interpretation

Problem Description
The DISPLAY/ statement seems to assume that there will be only one active TERM, COMM, PRINT, and/or STOR devices at a given time. DEVICE/ appears to support the concurrent definition of multiple such devices. How is the correct DEVICE/ (of a particular kind) identified as the device to which DISPLAY output will be directed (that is, how would the DME know to which of five open TERM or COMM devices the associated DISPLAY/TERM or COMM output should be directed)?

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Resolution

Warning!!

The following statement is only a resolution to a Standard Improvement Request (SIR) and is NOT part of the current DMIS standard, nor is it guaranteed to become part of the next revision of the DMIS standard even if voted and accepted by the DMIS National Standards Committee. This resolution is tentative because it may not be incorporated into the next version of the standard, it could be changed prior to the next release, or it could be changed as the result of the "public review and comment" period required for the next version of the standard. If you choose to use this tentative resolution, you do so at your own risk since at this time it is not part of the DMIS standard.

Accepted per 9/97

Resolution: Added text and note to DISPLY and OPEN.
1) Modified DISPLY Function definition to: "Specifies the DME default device(s) to ..."
2) Changed DISPLY's OFF definition to: "signifies that output will not be sent to any DISPLY device."
3) Added to end of note for both DISPLY and OPEN: "There is no interaction between DISPLY devices and DID devices."

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