Escort 3016B - Manual (Page 103)

15 Ethernet interface
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- Decimal digital data:
Made of a succession of ASCII-coded characters beginning with a digit or a sign (+ or -) It can be
of NR1 (integer), NR2 (decimal) or NR3 type (with an exponent).
For example for a digital character: -25.02.
- Text data:
7-bit ASCII-coded character chain between quotation marks (") or apostrophes (').
For example: "A".
- Any succession ASCII characters: ends with the termination sequence.
14.3. Standard instructions
All these instructions begin with "*".
*IDN ? REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF AN APPLIANCE
answer by the appliance: 4 pieces of data separated by ',':
- the trademark of the appliance
- the name of the appliance, followed by _nn where nn is the number of inputs of the
recorder
- the serial number of the appliance (0 if unknown)
- the version number of the software: x.xx x
*OPT ? REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE OPTIONS OF AN APPLIANCE
answer by the appliance: n pieces of data separated by ',':
- number of input modules
- number of channels per module
*RST RESET OF AN APPLIANCE
action: initialisation of the recorder in a fixed configuration (voltage inputs, 10V range, 0V centre...)
*REM SWITCHING TO PROGRAMMATION (REMOTE)
required in RS232C before sending any other programming command.
*LOC SWITCHING TO LOCAL MODE
*CLS DELETING THE STATUS REGISTERS
action: the appliance resets the status registers to zero.
*ESE VALIDATION OF THE STANDART EVENT BITS OF AN APPLIANCE
*ESE is followed with a digit, from 0 up to 255
action: changes the validation register of the standard events and updates the ESB bit in the status
register of the service request (see the following paragraph).
*ESE ? INTERROGATION OF THE CONTENT OF THE VALIDATION REGISTER OF
THE STANDARD EVENTS OF AN APPLIANCE
answer by the appliance: NR1 number between 0 and 255 (see the following paragraph).