VMS Help RTL Routines, DTK$, DTK$CHECK_HDWR_STATUS  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

   The Check Hardware Status routine checks the  DECtalk  hardware  for
   hardware malfunctions.

      Format:

        DTK$CHECK_HDWR_STATUS  voice-id ,hdwr-status

      Arguments:

   voice-id

   OpenVMS usage: identifier
   type:          longword (unsigned)
   access:        read only
   mechanism:     by reference

   Voice identifier of the  DECtalk.   The  voice-id  argument  is  the
   address  of  an  unsigned  longword containing this identifier.  The
   voice identifier is returned by the DTK$INITIALIZE routine.

   hdwr-status

   OpenVMS usage: mask_longword
   type:          longword (unsigned)
   access:        write only
   mechanism:     by reference

   Receives  the  hardware  status  of  the   DECtalk   machine.    The
   hdwr-status argument is the address of an unsigned longword bit mask
   that receives the status.