SNIU028D February 2016 – September 2020 UCD3138 , UCD3138064 , UCD3138064A , UCD3138128 , UCD3138A , UCD3138A64
The Alert Response Message is utilized when the Master detects an alert condition from a Slave on the PMBus. In Master mode, the Alert Response Message is simply a Receive Byte message with PEC disable and the Slave Address set to 0xC (Alert Response Address). The PMBus Interface detects the Alert condition on an input and interrupts the firmware indicating the assertion of an alert condition (Slave desires to communicate with Master). Programming the Master Control Register with the Alert Response Address, initiates the Alert Response message and provides the device address of the Slave requesting service. The device address will be found in the Receive Data Register following receipt of the EOM interrupt.