Serial commands -11, Serial commands - data transmission format -11 – Hardy HI 2151/30WC Single-Scale Controller User Manual

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Chapter 7 - Operation

7-11

Transmitted

Correct?

Received Reason

-12345

Y

-12345

5 numerics + minus
sign (B above)

-123456

N

-12345

The "6" would be

truncated since only 5

numerics + the minus sign
is legal (B above).

12345.67

N

12345.6

The "7" would be
truncated since only a
maximum of 6 numerics +

decimal points is legal (A

above).

Serial Commands

Serial commands are transmitted to the instrument in ASCII format.
Each command has a single letter corresponding to the command. The
instrument will accept command strings up to 40 characters (the 40th
will internally default to a carriage return).The front panel serial port
menu allows setup of serial communication parameters, i.e. BAUD,
parity, etc.

Serial Commands -
Data Transmission
Format

The following table uses the mnemonics corresponding to the outgoing
command format (some of which are optional):

Mnemonic

Meaning

Number of ASCII Bytes

CMD

Command

1

SUB-CMD

Subcommand

1 to 3

DATA-n

Data byte n

1 to 7

MODE

Mode 1

CR

Carriage return

1

1. Serial commands are transmitted from the host to the instrument (in

ASCII bytes) in the format:

2. Control characters are transmitted in HEX. (See the ASCII to HEX

table in Appendix A)

3. An example using the "x" transmit command with Hardy Link and

an address of 10 is:

START

CHAR

INSTRUMENT

ADDRESS

CMD

SUB-CMD

CR

2 BYTE CHECKSUM

EOT

CHK-1

CHK-2

>

10

X

G

CR

CHK-1

CHK-2

EOT

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