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Technical Information
Window Protocol
Tab. 6
Data Type
Logic (L)
Numeric (N)
Alphanumeric (A)
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The addressed SLAVE will respond with an ANSWER whose structure
depends from the MESSAGE type.
When the MESSAGE is a reading command, the SLAVE will respond
transmitting a string with the same structure of the MESSAGE.
Using the RS 485 interface, the message structure remains identical to the one
NOTE
used for the RS 232 interface, the only difference being that the value assigned
to the ADDRESS <ADDR>.
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Field Length
1
6
10
<ETX> (End of transmission) = 0x03
<CRC> = XOR of all characters subsequent to <STX> and
including the <ETX> terminator. The value is hexadecimal coded
and indicated by two ASCII character.
Valid Characters
'0' = OFF
'1' = ON
'-', '.', '0' . . . '9' right justified with '0'
from blank to '_' (ASCII)
TPS-mini User Manual / 87-901-003-01 (E)