Serial output (optional), Scoreboard – Rice Lake Intercomp CS 1500 - Users Manual User Manual

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CS1500, Users

Rev S, June, 2009

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Serial Output (Optional)


The CS1500 can be set to output either a scoreboard (continuous) or printer ticket
(demand). The default is a printer ticket, but this can be changed in the “calibration”
section “EE-02

EE-02

EE-02

EE-02”.


The signal comes out of the 8-pin Serial I/O connector located on the side of the unit.
The connector has the following pinout:

Signal

Pin

TXD

F

GND

B



The transmitted signal has the following characteristics:

Fixed 8 Data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
Baud rate is configurable under EE-03, see calibration section.
The output swings from -9 VDC to 9 VDC.

Scoreboard

The scoreboard output is an externally available signal designed to drive a numeric
overhead display board or a computer's RS-232 input.

Transmitted data: #xxxxxxx>0@ cr lf

The xxxxxxx field will vary in length depending on the length of the number and could
contain a decimal point and/or a minus sign. This data will be sent out about once a
second, with the exception that the transmission is delayed whenever there is motion.

Item

Meaning

ASCII Hex

ASCII Decimal

#

start character

23

35

xxxxxxx

data

>

separator

3E

62

0

data identifier

30

48

@

end character

40

64

<cr>

carriage return

0D

13

<lf>

linefeed

0A

10

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