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Originally Posted by hamish
Tim.
Few of the devices I worked with or tested have any self tests. In answer to you question, no, not yet. I have however seen self tests from one manufacturer being different on different products, which in my estimation is not keeping with the spirit of (maybe also the requirement*) of the standard.
I would expect self tests to be treated in the same way as manufacturer specific PIDs, being universal across all products.
Hamish.
* I haven't checked before writing this.
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Good info!
For me it feels like the standard just leaves this open.
What eventually counts is what You can rely on in the real world. There, I would not even dare to assume anything about different devices of the same manufacturer supporting the same manufacturer-specifc pid. Even there, I would not really dare to assume these are the same and I am not sure if this is explicitly stated in the spec (reusing Your * here
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So I overall doubt the usefulness of suggesting consistent manufacturer-specific test IDs because at first sight it seems that control software cannot reliably exploit these anyway. Consecutively numbered tests are at least simple and straightforward :D