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15 Ethernet interface
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Program:
You can create your own software under Visual Basic, Visual C++ or many other, for example by
using the Winsock.dll driver by Microsoft.
You only have then to send to the appliance the orders as defined in the following paragraphs.
14.2. Programming language
14.2.1.Format of the reception messages
In all the following examples, the <Space> character is represented by a blank space.
Exchanges from a captor to the recorder are made as messages made of a succession of ASCII
characters (and possibly of binary bytes) with a termination sequence at the end of the message.
Syntax of a reception message
Message unit: is the message includes several message units, they are separated by a ";" and
possibly preceded and/or followed by one or several "filling" characters in ASCII code (0 to 32, in
decimal value except 10 and 13).
The message termination sequence (TERM) for the Ethernet link is :
- LF: Line Feed (10 in decimal)
The message termination sequence can be preceded by one or several "filling" characters in ASCII
code (0 to 32, in decimal value except 10 and 13).
Example of messages made of 3 message units:
MESSAGE 1; MESSAGE 2 ; MESSAGE 3 TERM
CHANNEL 1; TYPE:VOLTAGE DC;:CALDEC ? TERM
Message unit
Message
terminator
;
Header Header separator Data
, :