Read me - Climatic Chamber The supervisory program is generic. This means it does not make a distinction between different devices. Each device is treated equally. The status of the device corresponds to the status of the test, controlled by the device. More information can be found in the document: Explanatory_comments_to_the_state_machine_and_the_advanced_command_set_171124.pdf The configuration of the device, defined by its description and its parameters (= control parameters and I/O), is communicated to the supervisory program in the XML format. The XML format is defined by the XML scheme: GusDeviceInfo.xsd The supervisory program sends the command GUS_GetDeviceInfo to the device. The device responds with an XML string which defines its parameters that are available through the GUS Standard Interface. The file Gus_Device_Chamber_V02.xml is an example of such response from a climatic chamber. The XML format in the above mentioned example is conform with the XML scheme GusDeviceInfo.xsd The response includes different groups of parameters, including their definition, engineering unit, range, read-only, etc. The supervisory program must poll the devices regularly to get their actual status. In order to get the actual values of the parameters of a device, the supervisory program regularly sends the command GUS_GetInfo to the device. The device responds with an xml string. The file Example_GUS_GetInfo_Chamber_V02.xml is an example of the response from a climatic chamber. The list of parameters corresponds to the definition of the parameters given in the file Gus_Device_Chamber_V02.xml As a conclusion, the supervisory program only has to send the command GUS_GetDeviceInfo once to the device to get the parameter definitions, while the command GUS_GetInfo will be sent regularly to get the actual values of the parameters. Remark: the information provided by the attribute "TestProfile" is the name of the test profile, loaded by the climatic chamber. Checking the name of the test profile will give the reassurance that the right test profile will be executed.