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State-Transition Diagrams for Answering Machines

Explore how state-transition diagrams represent processes with states, transitions, conditions, and actions. Learn through an answering machine example with guidelines for creating effective diagrams.

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State-Transition Diagrams for Answering Machines

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  1. State-Transition Diagrams • Represent a process specification • Have 4 components • States • Transitions • Conditions • Actions • Must have one initial state • May have multiple final states

  2. Answering Machine Example Idle Waiting for call Recording Message Rewinding Playing Messages Answering Call

  3. Conditions and Actions • A condition is an event in the external environment which triggers a transition to a new state • An action is a response sent back to the external environment or a calculation whose result is stored by the system that occurs when the transition takes place

  4. Example of conditions/actions Idle Condition Condition Press Cancel button Press Answer button Ready to receive light goes on Ready to receive button goes out Waiting for Call Action Action Condition End of Call or tape runs out Incoming call detected Condition Answering Call

  5. Levelling State-Transition Diagrams State 2 Can be partitioned to State 2.3 State 2.1 State 2.2 State 2.4

  6. Guidelines for State-Transition Diagrams • Have all states been defined? • Can you reach all the states? • Can you exit from all the states? • In each state does the system respond to all possible conditions?

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