Message Structure - Agilent Technologies Turbo-V 2300 Manual De Instrucciones

Message Structure

(request and answer have the same format)
The master system (PC) starts every session sending the following
message to the slave units connected:
<STX> / <ADDR> + <WINDOW> + <COMMAND> + <DATA> + <ETX>
+ <CRC>
where:
<STX> =
<ADDR> =
<ADDR> =
<WINDOWS> = ' 000 '...' 999' window number the meaning of the
<COMMAND> = 0x30: window value reading
<DATA> =
<ETX> =
<CRC> =
end
Turbo-V 2300 Rack Controller User Manual / 87-901-022-01 (B)
0x02
0x80 (for RS 232)
0x80 + device number (0...31)
0xFF: brodcasting command (recognized by all the
devices, it doesn't implicate any answer)
(for RS 485 only)
window depends to the device type
0x31: window writing
alphanumeric ASCII string containing, in the case of
writing operation,the parameter to input into the
window addressed by the field <WINDOW>This
field may have variable length according to the data
type contained in the windo where you are working
in. In the case of reading request of a window, the
data field doesn't exist.
0x03
XOR among all the characters following
<STX> = (with exception of <STX>), including the
character <ETX> hexadecimally encoded by two
ASCII characters.
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