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