Chapter 6: Serial Control

Example:

Connection of Console 23 with CPU 43 with 50 CPUs in total

0x1B 0x5B 0x54 0x07 0x00 0x32 0x00 0x2B 0x00 0x17 0x00

Table 6-22. Connection of CON (input) with CPU (output)

and CPU (input) with CON (output).

Bytes

Description

Coding

 

 

 

 

1

Control character

0x1B

 

 

 

 

 

1

Server identification

0x5B

 

 

 

 

 

1

Command

0x55

 

 

 

 

 

2

Total length of telegram

0x09 0x00

(9 bytes, binary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Requested CPU

0x01

0x00 (for 1 CPU) to 0x11F 0x00 (for 287 CPUs)

 

 

 

 

2

Requested console

0x01

0x00 (for Console 1to 0x11F 0x00 (for Console 287)

 

 

 

 

Example:

Connection of Console 23 (input) with CPU 43 (output)

0x1B 0x5B 0x55 0x09 0x00 0x2B 0x00 0x17 0x00

Table 6-23. Connection of CON (input) with CPU (output) and CPU (input) with CON (output) with a fixed CPU number.

Bytes

Description

Coding

 

 

 

1

Control character

0x1B

 

 

 

1

Server identification

0x5B

 

 

 

1

Command

0x56

 

 

 

2

Total length of telegram (7 bytes, binary)

0x07 0x00

 

 

 

2

Total number of CPUs

0x01 0x00 (for 1 CPU) to 0x11F 0x00 (for 287 CPUs)

 

 

 

Example:

Connection of Console 23 with CPU 43 and Console 24 with CPU 44 with 50 existing CPUs

0x1B 0x5B 0x56 0x07 0x00 0x32 0x00 0x2B 0x00 0x17 0x00 0x2C 0x00

0x18 0x00

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