Haywire: Glossary

Set of all adapters, wires and devices connected to a single host.

All the wires and devices connected to a single adapter on a single host.

Set of devices on a bus that can be accessed at the same time (when a corresponding MicroLAN coupler is activated), minus those that can be accessed when all MicroLAN couplers are closed.

Special kind of a branch - set of all the devices on a bus that can be accessed when all MicroLAN couplers are closed.

A unique way to describe how a particular device can be accessed. A path is a sequence that starts with the adapter identifier, followed by zero or more MicroLAN coupler addresses, and ends with the device address.

A unique way to describe a particular physical adapter. Some adapters come with ID chips embedded - if that is the case, then the chip address will be used as an adapter identifier. If the ID chip is not present, a volatile unique identifier will be assigned to the adapter for the lifetime of the controlling application.

A logical representation of a physical 1-Wire® device.

The device container is the only non-volatile entity in Haywire. Once instantiated, device container survives device departure and arrival, and can be referenced and used even when the device itself is not present.

A device container which represents more than one physical 1-Wire® device (example: pressure sensor).

A physical device which represents more than one device container (example: humidity sensor, which is also a temperature sensor).