Manual

5. Flow and Commands of Basic MECHATROLINK Communication
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[3] ID_RD commands
Command Code Name
ID_RD 03H ID read command
Command to read the controller ID
You can select the ID information based on the DEVICE_CODE value.
You can check if the process is completed by checking CMDRDY=1 in the STATUS field or requested ID data.
Field (Signal) name Value Description
0H
The product model name (expressed in ASCII) is returned in a response.
PCON-C: 50434F4E2D432D4D4C
PCON-CG: 50434F4E2D43472D4D4C
PCON-CA: 50434F4E2D43412D4D4C
PCON-CFA: 50434F4E2D4346412D4D4C
ACON-C: 41434F4E2D432D4D4C
ACON-CG: 41434F4E2D43472D4D4C
SCON-CA: 53434F4E2D43412D4D4C
1H The product serial number (expressed in binary) is returned in a response.
2H The version information (expressed in binary) is returned in a response.
DEVICE_CODE
FH
The vendor ID and the vendor name are returned in a response.
Vendor ID = 202 (CA
H
)
Vendor name = IAI (494149)
OFFSET 47 to 0 Specifies the position to read the selected DEVICE_CODE content
SIZE 8 to 1 Specifies the number of data to be read [in bytes]
y Communication data format
Byte Command Response
0 CDRW(03H) ACK(01H)
1 ID_RD(03H) ID_RD(03H)
2 0 ALARM
3 0
4 0
5 DEVICE_CODE DEVICE_CODE
6 OFFSET OFFSET
7 SIZE SIZE
8 0
: 0
15 0
16 WDT RWDT
17 0 0
: 0 0
31 0 0
STATUS
ID[0]
:
ID[7]