DIS Data Dictionary - PDU Data

Current standard: IEEE 1278.1

Event Report PDU

Size: 448
Description: A managed entity shall report the occurrence of a significat event to the simulation manager using an Event Report PDU. The Event Report PDU shall consist of the following fields:

a) Simulation Management PDU Header - These fields shall identify the PDU header information, the originating entity, and the intended receiving entity. The Simulation Management PDU Header shall be represented by the Simulation Management PDU Header Record described in 5.3.29.
b) Event Type - This field shall specify the type of event that caused the issue of an Event PDU. This field shall be represented by a 32-bit enumeration (see Section 7 in EBV-DOC).
c) Datum Information - This field shall specify the types of datum and their value be communicated. This field shall be represented by a Datum Specification Record (see 5.3.10).

The Event Report PDU is represented in Table 52.

PDU Components:

Item Name	Bit Length	Opt	Opt Ctl	Rpt	Rpt Ctl
PDU Header Record	96
Originating Entity ID Record	48
Receiving Entity ID Record	48
Event Type Field	32
Padding - 32bit Field	32
Number of Fixed Datum Records Field	32
Number of Variable Datum Records Field	32
Fixed Datum Record Record	64	Yes	Number of Fixed Datum Records	Yes	Number of Fixed Datum Records
Variable Datum Record Record	64	Yes	Number of Variable Datum Records	Yes	Number of Variable Datum Records

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