Martel Electronics M2000 - Manual (Page 14)

IEEE-488 Interface The M2000 sends the ASCII character Carriage Return with the EOI control
line held high as the terminator for response messages. The M2000 recognizes the following
as terminators when encountered in incoming data:
• ASCII CR character
• Any ASCII character sent with the EOI control line asserted
RS-232 Interface The M2000 returns a Carriage Return (CR) character with each response.
The M2000 recognizes the following as terminators when encountered in incoming data:
• ASCII CR character
• ASCII LF character
Incoming Character Processing
The M2000 processes all incoming data as follows:
1. The most significant data bit (DIO8) is ignored.
2. All data is taken as 7-bit ASCII.
3. Lower-case or upper-case characters are accepted.
Response Message Syntax
In the command descriptions responses from the M2000 are described wherever appropriate.
In order to know what type of data to read in, refer to the first part of the entry under
"Response" in the tables.
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