Specifications

B&K Components Device Interface Protocol (BKC-DIP) Specification
Version 2.01.00
Updated 01/24/07
Page 2 of 54
Table of Contents
REVISION HISTORY ...................................................................................................................... 5
Version 2.01.00.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Version 2.00.00.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Version 1.02.01.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Version 1.02.00.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Version 1.01.xx.............................................................................................................................................. 5
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 6
Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Document Conventions................................................................................................................................ 6
Product Specific Appendices ....................................................................................................................... 6
Supported RS-232 Settings.......................................................................................................................... 6
Basic Protocol Syntax................................................................................................................................... 6
Begin/End Message Characters () .............................................................................................................. 7
ID, Receive or Transmit ............................................................................................................................. 7
Delimiter Character , .................................................................................................................................. 7
Checksum Delimiter ; ................................................................................................................................. 7
Identifier SubIdentifier Delimiter............................................................................................................... 8
Checksum ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Tag Delimiter : ........................................................................................................................................... 9
NEW FEATURES OF BKC-DIP V2.0 VS. V1.0 ............................................................................ 10
8 alpha-numeric character tags................................................................................................................. 10
Changes to the Parser Allowing “ , : ; ( ) in Strings................................................................................ 10
Parser Synchronization ............................................................................................................................. 10
Additional Intelligence require in Host Parser ......................................................................................... 11
SubIdentifiers Indicating Hardware Zone information.......................................................................... 12
Zone Specific specifier................................................................................................................................ 12
Macro specifier........................................................................................................................................... 12
Macro Trigger Command.......................................................................................................................... 12
Favorite Settings of a Preset...................................................................................................................... 12