How we use the manufacturer registers

How Grodans Paradis AB use the manufacturer registers

The Manufacturer device ID and the Manufacturer sub device ID registers which are in the register range 137-144 (0x89-0x90) are example of registers set by the manufacturer. These eight positions can be used in any way a manufacturer of modules like, and on this page we define how we use them. Others may have a totally different use.

Register	Name	Description of use
137/0x89	Manufacturer device ID	Year when this device was manufactured.
138/0x8A	Manufacturer device ID	Month of year when this device was manufactured.
139/0x8B	Manufacturer device ID	Day of month when this device was manufactured.
140/0x8C	Manufacturer device ID	Code for the person that released and inspected it.
141/0x8D	Sub manufacturer device ID	Hardware board reversion. 0="A", 1="B"...
142/0x8E	Sub manufacturer device ID	Currently not used.
143/0x8F	Sub manufacturer device ID	Currently not used.
144/0x90	Sub manufacturer device ID	Currently not used.

The User id's (132-136) can be used by a similar way by a user. Typical is to have installation location information here and such similar information that may be handy to have when a module is installed in a not easy to get to location.