Advantech 5000 Series - Manual (Page 202)

Chapter 6
$aaSiCj5
Name Read counter Start/Stop
Description Requests the addressed counter/frequency module to
indicate whether counters are active.
Syntax $aaSiCj5(cr)
$ is a delimiter character.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadecimal
address of the ADAM-5000 system.
SiCj identifies the I/O slot i and the channel j of the
module you want to set.
5 is the command for reading counter Start/Stop.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh)
Response !aas(cr) if the command is valid.
?aa(cr) if an invalid operation was entered.
There is no response if the module detects a syntax error or
communication error or if the specified address does not
exists.
! delimiter character indicating a valid command was
received.
? delimiter character indicating the command was
invalid.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadecimal
address of an ADAM-5000 system.
s represents start/stop command.
s=0 indicate stop counter.
s=1 indicate start counter.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh)
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