response from an individual 485DSS. Placing broadcast characters in the address field specifies all 485DSS's on the network. This command temporarily turns off (disconnect) the
The reply message transmitted by the 485DSS consists of six ASCII characters. The first character is the acknowledge character, an upper case "A" (decimal 65). The second and third characters represent the hexadecimal address of the 485DSS that sent the message. The address range is from 0 to 255 (HEX "00" to "FF"). The fourth character indicates the select state of 485DSS, a "0" (decimal 48) indicates the
Reply Syntax: A ___ ___ ___ ___ cr
End of message char. | |||||
Handshake input state. | |||||
Select State. | |||||
Least signf. address character. | |||||
Most signf. address character. | |||||
Start of message character.
When this command contains a specific address, the 485DSS whose address matches the command address will wait for twenty milliseconds before transmitting the reply message. If the command uses the broadcast characters to receive status from all 485DSS's on the network each 485DSS will delay transmitting its reply based on its address. The amount of delay is equal to the unit's address in decimal multiplied by twenty milliseconds then add an additional 20 milliseconds.
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