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Chapter 6
Planning Your Application Program
$aaSiB
Name Read Data Format
Description Returns the data format for a specified analog input
module in a specified system.
Syntax $aaSiB
$ is a delimiter character.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadeci-
mal address of the ADAM-5000/TCP system
you want to interrogate. Si identifies the I/O slot of
the ADAM-5000/TCP sys- tem containing the
ADAM-5017H/5017UH module you want to
interrogate.
B represents the read data format command.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh).
Response !aaFFff(cr) if the command is valid.
?aa(cr) if an invalid operation was entered. There is
no response if the module detects a syntax error or
communication error or if the specified ad- dress
does not exist.
! delimiter character indicating a valid command was
received.
? delimiter character indicating the command was in-
valid.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadeci-
mal address of an ADAM-5000/TCP system. ff
represents the 2-character hexadecimal code of the
data format. 00 is for engineering unit format. 02 is for
two’s complement format.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh).
Example command: $01S3B(cr)
response: !01FF00(cr)
The ADAM-5017H /5017UH module in slot 3 of the
ADAM-5000/TCP system at address 01h responds
that it is configured for engineering unit data format.
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