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TM-350/400 Operating Manual
10.9 Instruction Descriptions
The following is a description of the valid instructions along with an example of how
they are used. All the examples assume the device address is 1.
1. Remote activation of monitor (Code #0)
This instruction initiates a key press of the TM-350/400’s keyboard. The valid key
codes are shown in
Table 10-3 .
Format: Header, Instruction=1, Length=1, Key Code, Checksum Example:
Example of a remote start message:
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(0)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(253)
2. Send monitor hardware configuration (Code #1)
Instructs the monitor to send monitor configuration data to the host computer. Table
10-4 is a description of the configuration data.
Example: To instruct the monitor to send the hardware configuration data the
computer would send:
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(0)+Chr$(254)
Table 10-3 Remote Activation Code
Remote Activation Code Description
1 Start key
2 Stop key
4 Shutter key
8 Display key
16 Film key
32 Sensor Swap key
64 Simulate mode on
128 Simulate mode off
Table 10-4 Configuration Data
Name Length (bytes) Message
Software Version 35 TM-350 Software Version X.XX
Communication Port 1 (1=RS232, 2=RS-485, 3=IEEE488)
Total 36 bytes