ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communication Manual (Abridged Edition)

4. COMMAND TYPES

The types of commands used can be divided into apply commands and reply commands. Both of these command types can be further divided into setting commands, acquisition commands and initialization commands. Apply commands are used to make settings, acquire information and carry out initialization, and reply commands provide responses to apply commands.

Sending

Receiving

Apply command

Reply command

Figure 4-1. Apply/Reply Command

The table below gives details on each command.

Table 4-1. Details on each command

 

Command Types

Caption

Apply command

 

Set/Report/Indicate/Request

Sets, reports, indicates and requests values

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get

Gets the current value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initialize

Initializes a value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Package

Command which combines the attributes of setting, reporting, indicating and requesting

 

 

 

 

Reply command

 

Set/Report/Indicate/Request

Response to an apply command for setting, reporting, indicating or requesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get

Return Packet for getting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initialize

Return Packet for initializing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Package

Response to a package apply command

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alert

Alert response to apply commands

 

 

 

 

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