User Guide

FOX RS 104 RS-232 Inserter • Remote Control 12

Remote Control

This section describes the remote control operation of the FOX RS 104, including:

• Simple Instruction Set Control

• HTML Operation

You can use Simple Instruction Set (SIS) commands or built-in HTML pages for operation

and configuration of the inserter. You can remotely operate the inserter from a PC connected

to the LAN port (item b on page 6).

Simple Instruction Set Control

Host-to-Unit Instructions

SIS commands consist of one or more characters per field. No special characters are

required to begin or end a command character sequence. When a command is valid, the

unit executes the command and sends a response to the host device. All responses from

the unit to the host end with a carriage return and a line feed (CR/LF =

]

), which signals the

end of the response character string. A string is one or more characters.

Unit-initiated Messages

The inserter issues the following copyright message when it detects an IP connection. xx is

MM (multimode) or SM (singlemode), Vn.nn is the firmware version number; 60-1273-zz is the

part number of the connected unit.

60-1273-zz Day, Date, Time

]]

Error Responses

When the unit receives a valid SIS command, it executes the command and sends a

response to the host device. If the unit is unable to execute the command because the

command is invalid or it contains invalid parameters, the unit returns an error response to

the host. The error response codes are:

E10 – Invalid command

E13 – Invalid parameter

E14 – Invalid command for this configuration