Identifying MA_BEL Bits

The slot and evaluator bit definitions are run dependent, as of the 1996 run. An access routine is now available to obtain bit definitions.

Access to the bit definitions is via the routine DUCSSLD:SGTBELB.PREPMORT. It has been written to optimize use in IDAL, as opposed to Prepmort.

Usage:

SGTBELB(real bit_name_number, integer type, real bit_number)

with

• bit_name_number: the number of the bit name as defined by parameters in SBELBIT TEMPLATE
• type: 'SLOT' or 'EVAL'. Note that this is an integer!
• bit_number: number of the bit to use in MA_BEL.SLOTS or .EVALUATO

Note that parameters ending in 'S' denote SLOT bits, while those ending in 'E' are for evaluators.

Example:

select the energy bit:

• p%(sbelbit,EnergyS) is the number in SBELBIT corresponding to the name of the energy trigger bit.
• SGTBELB(p%(sbelbit,EnergyS),'SLOT',energy_bit) will return into the energy_bit the bit number in MA_BEL.SLOTS to use.

Richard Dubois 15 Apr 1996