Festo Электромотор MTR-DCI User Manual
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B. Supplementary information
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Festo P.BE-MTR-DCI-PB-EN en 1209a
Syntax
Explanation
“= ”, “?”
Initial character for write or read commands
IIII
Index in 4 hexadecimal digits (4H)
SS
Subindex in 2 hexadecimal digits (2H)
If the addressed object does not have an indexed para-
meter, subindex <00> will be specified.
“:”
Separating character
<value>
Data in a format determined by the data type
<PS>
Checksum in 2 hexadecimal digits (2H)
<CR>
End character <Carriage Return> ($0D)
Tab. B/11: Elements of syntax of a CI command/response
<value>
The transferred value (1, 2 or 4 data bytes as a hex number)
depends on the data type of the object to be read or written
(see section B.1 or B.2.4).
The following data types are supported:
Type
Hex
Format
UINT8
2H
8 bits without plus/minus sign: 0...255
INT8
8 bits with plus/minus sign: -128 ... 127
UINT16
4H
16 bits without plus/minus sign:
0 ... 65535
INT16
16 bits with plus/minus sign:
-32768 ... 32767
UINT32
8H
32 bits without plus/minus sign:
0 ... (2
32
-1)
INT32
32 bits with plus/minus sign:
-2
31
... +(2
31
-1)
V-string
corresponds to the preset string
Tab. B/12: Data types