Laser LS8000-3 manual Communication Protocol, Notation Description

LaserSpeed 8000-3 Instruction Handbook

RS-232/RS-422 Communication

Method 2

1)Start HyperTerminal (or any other terminal program) and set to 19200, 7, N, 2 (or the baud rate you want to use later). HyperTerminal is installed with Windows 2000/XP, and can be found in Start

Menu Programs Accessories Communications

2)Cycle the gauge power.

3)Hit the Enter key 3 times, or transmit three Carriage Returns (hex 0x0d).

4)Use the "Z" command to verify gauge is communicating.

5)Use the "J" command to set the RS-232 baud rate or the "@" command to set the RS-422 baud rate.

6)Reconfigure HyperTerminal to the new baud rate if different from that in step 1.

Communication Protocol

This section lists the commands used to configure the LS8000-3, and to read measurement data. Throughout this section, <CR> is used to denote a carriage return, and <LF> is used to indicate a linefeed.

Notation	Description
<CR>	Carriage Return character
	ASCII Value: 13
<LF>	Linefeed character
	ASCII Value: 10
<N>	Integer Value (variable length)
	Indicates an integer value with length from 1 to 9 characters. When sending
	a command to set a configuration setting, the transmitted value can contain
	leading zeros, but they are not required. When reading a configuration
	setting, the LS8000-3 will not transmit leading zeros in its response.
	Example Notation: L<N><CR>
	Example Command: L100000<CR>
<IP>	IP Address
	Example Notation: *IPADDR=<IP><CR>
	Example Command: *IPADDR=192.168.10.246

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