[quote=@Host] *The protocols describe how any disruption to the system's state have to be resolved from within and how the device has an internal interface that can be used to resolve errors, but that modifying the environment from within the environment could lead to horrific undefined behavior* Great. What's the general idea? [/quote] *After skimming through that and trying to internalize the general idea of how to fix any major malfunctions, I jump back to parse the machine's actual function* Still figuring it out, but apparently the machine, or whatever you want to call it, can be manipulated from the inside.