
{
{    The purpose of this request is to start a timer based on the free running
{  clock.  The timer can be a backoff timer, where each successive time the
{  timer is set for a longer time period, or it can be set to an arbitrary time
{  by the caller.  The timer is based on microseconds.
{
{        NFP$START_TIMER (WAIT_TIME, TIMER)
{
{  WAIT_TIME: (input) This parameter specifies in microseconds how long the
{        timer is set.  If 0 is given, the timer is a backoff timer.
{
{  TIMER: (input, output) This parameter contains the time interval used in
{        for the backoff timer, and when returned it contains the wait time
{        and when the timer was set.
{
