Each precinct generates settings for one or more groups of on-instrument hardware registers. Technical considerations require register settings for each type of hardware to be handled separately. Therefore each precinct will produce one output LATC_XML file for each hardware component which contains registers handled by that precinct. Also, if a precinct configures a hardware component with multiple instances, the precinct will generate a ``broadcast'' LATC_XML file with the default settings for all instances of that hardware component.
<latc_GRP_PREC_NAME/>
PREC_NAME is just precinct name. Valid values of GRP are the various hardware component names: GEM, AEM, ARC, AFE, TEM, TIC, CCC, CRC, CFE, TCC, TRC, SPT, TFE, TDC. Also, ``DFT'' is used to signify the broadcast or default settings and ``LCI'' is used for the LCI instructions.