Applied Motion RS-232 - Manual (Page 94)

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Host Command Reference
Immediate Status Commands
The following section describes commands that return “Immediate” results when sent. These selected commands
provide useful information for monitoring internal values from the drive.
Data can be sent out in two different formats, Hexadecimal or Decimal. By default the data is returned in
Hexadecimal because of its speed and efficiency. Conversion to ascii in the Decimal format is slower and causes
a slight delay that varies in length. Hexadecimal minimizes the overhead required to convert the internal binary
data to ascii form. This speeds up the process of sending out the requested data thus giving the most recent
value. Typically, applications written on more powerful Host computers can easily convert a hexadecimal value to
an integer value.
The Immediate Format (IF) command sets the format of the returned data to hexadecimal or decimal. For cases
where a slight delay is acceptable the data can be sent out in decimal form. Setting the format affects all of the “I”
commands (except IH and IL). See IF command in the following pages.
All the “I” commands can be used at any time and at the fastest rate possible limited only by the given Baud Rate
(See BR and PB commands). As with any immediate type command it is acted upon as soon as it’s received.
Regardless of format (hex or dec) there will be a slight delay in processing the command. “Real time” usage of
the data must be carefully analyzed.