12 – 152 HEIDENHAIN Service Manual iTNC 530 HSCI
12.1.6 Master, slaves and clients
In HSCI bus diagnosis, one speaks of master, slaves and clients.
The example below is supposed to illustrate the relation of these bus participants:
Figure: Display of master and slaves in the HSCI bus diagnosis
Figure: The HSCI bus is interrupted after Client 3 (= Slave 2 = PL 6204).
Relation of master, slaves and clients
MC Master Master
CC (first controller basic board) Slave (0) Client 1
CC (second controller basic board) Slave (1) Client 2
PL Slave (2) Client 3
MB Slave (3) Client 4