9. Date & Time read and write

9.1 Date & Time Read

This command is used in order to read the setting of Date & Time.

1) The controller requests the monitor to reply with the Date & Time.

Header

Message

Check code

Delimiter

SOH-'0'-Monitor

STX-'C'-'2'-'1'-'1'-ETX

BCC

CR

ID-'0'-'A'-'0'-'6'

Header

SOH (01h): Start Of Header

'0' (30h): Reserved

Monitor ID: Specify the Monitor ID of which you want to get status. Ex.) If Monitor ID is '1', specify 'A'.

'0' (30h): Message sender is the controller.

'A' (41h): Message type is "Command".

'0'-'6'(30h, 36h): Message length

Message

STX (02h): Start of Message

'C'-'2'-'1'-'1' (43h, 32h, 31h, 31h): Date & time read request command.

ETX (03h): End of Message

Check code

BCC: Block Check Code

Refer to the section 4.5 “Check code” for a BCC calculation.

Delimiter

CR (0Dh): End of packet

2) The monitor replies Date & Time to the controller.

Header

 

 

Message

Check code

Delimiter

SOH-'0'-'0'-Monitor ID-'B'-'1'-'4'

 

STX-'C'-'3'-'1'-'1'-YY-MM-DD-WW-HH-MN

BCC

CR

 

 

 

-DS-ETX

 

 

Header

 

 

 

 

 

SOH (01h): Start of Header

 

 

 

'0' (30h): Reserved

 

 

 

'0' (30h): Message receiver is the controller

 

 

Monitor ID: Indicate a replying Monitor ID

 

 

Ex.)

When this byte is set to 'A', the replying Monitor ID is '1'.

 

'B' (42h): Message type is "Command reply"

 

 

'1'-'4'(31h, 34h): Message length

 

 

Message

 

 

 

 

 

STX (02h): Start of Message

 

 

'C'-'3'-'1'-'1'

(43h, 33h, 31h, 31h): Date & Time read reply command

 

'YY'-'MM'-'DD'-'WW'-'HH'-'MN'-'DS': Date & Time data YY: Year (offset 2000)

'0'-'0'(30h, 30h): 2000

'6'-'3'(36h, 33h): 2099 (99 = 63h)

MM: Month

'0'-'1'(30h, 31h): January

'0'-'C'(30h, 43h): December

DD: Day

'0'-'1'(30h, 31h): 1

'1'-'E'(31h, 45h): 30(=1Eh)

'1'-'F'(31h, 46h): 31(=1Fh)

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