TYPE MGT_CMD

TYPE MGT_CMD : (* Management Command per IEC 61499-1 Table 6 *)
   (CREATE, (* Create specified object *)
    DELETE, (* Delete specified object *)
    START, (* Start specified object *)
    STOP, (* Stop specified object *)
    READ, (* Read parameter data *)
    WRITE, (* Write parameter data *)
    KILL, (* Make specified object unrunnable *)
    QUERY, (* Request information on specified object *)
    RESET) (* Reset specified object to initial state *)
     ;
END_TYPE

This Data Type enumerates the management commands listed in Table 8 of IEC 61499-1.

When used as the CMD component of the structured type MGT_REQ, this requires only a single byte for ASN.1 encoding, versus, for example, the 15 bytes required to encode the STRING value of the XML declaration Action="CREATE" for the Action attribute of the Request element defined in the FBMGT DTD of the Compliance Profile for Feasibility Demonstrations.