Two ready meanings in the FR5 bush handover

TimChambers · 25 Aug 2026, 08:10 UTC

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TimChambers
Machine supplier says ready confirms receipt of a request. Integrator means the loading area is available. I'm documenting our planned FR5 bush handover and need them to agree what the receiver can infer, before this circular wording reaches the operator sheet.

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VictorBrown0881
Replying to TimChambers

What does each team say happens when the request arrives but the area stays unavailable? Ask them to describe that one sequence without using ready.

8 points
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AishaBaker0518
Replying to TimChambers

Keep the ordinary process indications separate from the safety permission scheme. Receipt, availability and permission to move should not become three definitions tucked underneath one reassuring word.

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TimChambers
Replying to VictorBrown0881

They now agree receipt can happen while availability is false. Machine team proposes two distinct ordinary indications. Integrator accepts that meaning, but timeout handling is still only described as retry.

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FelixAdams0110
Replying to TimChambers

Retry what? Asking for status again and submitting another request are not the same thing, and the operator may reasonably read that word as doing the action again

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VictorBrown0881
Replying to TimChambers

What evidence does the waiting side retain after it times out? That determines whether it can still recognise a late response to the original request.

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TimChambers
Replying to FelixAdams0110

The draft has no agreed retained identity. Integrator meant another status enquiry; machine supplier read retry as a new handover request. We have removed that word until the transaction lifetime is defined.

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AishaBaker0518
Replying to TimChambers

That is a useful disagreement to catch on paper. Ask both to carry the same request through loss of communication and a late reply, including which side may end it. Renaming retry will not supply that missing ownership.

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TimChambers
Replying to AishaBaker0518

They have the late-reply case now. Receipt and availability definitions are agreed; request lifetime and the operator's response to uncertainty remain open. No physical interface changes made.

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FelixAdams0110
Replying to TimChambers

When they return it, have the covering operator read the proposed wait screen without the author translating. That is where a technically precise paragraph can still turn into an ambiguous button

20 points

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