| Appendix C | RS232 Protocol |
RS232 settings are internally definable via jumper blocks, to accommodate interfacing with a wide range of control products.
Baud rate | 9600 or 19200 |
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Echo status | AUTO or REQUEST |
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Baud rate: | Maximum number of bits per second. The duration of a single bit is equal to 1 / baud rate. | |
Echo status: | Specifies whether the STATUS of each parameter shown in the protocol will automatically (AUTO) be | |
| echoed back to the controller when there is any change, or whether the user must manually request | |
| (REQ) the status information be sent to the controller. Please refer to page 12 or information on | |
| changing these settings. | |
All commands will follow the format:
<Header><Command Identifier><Argument 1><Argument 2><Argument 3> where:
<Header> = <FEh><EEh> <Command identifier> = <byte> <Argument x> = <byte>
Each command will be able to access the system configuration directly, eliminating the need to press any button on the Intrepid front panel.
Example:
1) To put the Intrepid into standby: Send FE, EE, 01, 00, 00, 00 (all values in Hex).
Where FE and EE are the header, 01 = command, 00 = main standby, 00 = put unit in standby and 00 = filler (4 characters required)
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