Instruction manual

DUPLEX PORT INITIALIZATION
This message prepares a BIC-II port to communicate with a product utilizing duplex convention.
Data ASCII Example
Field Character Description
SOM STX start of message
BIC-II I.D. 01 BIC-II #1
COMMAND B2 duplex port setup
PORT 1 PORT1
BAUD 09600 9600 baud rate
PARITY N no parity bit
DATA 8 8 data bits per byte
STOP 1.0 one stop bit
som 002 som value in decimal for STX
eom 013 eom value in decimal for CR
EOM CR end of message
No response is returned to the host as a result of this message, refer to Port Initialization Verification. This
information is retained in the event of a power interruption.
PORT INITIALIZATION VERIFICATION
Retrieves the Port Initialization data stored in the BIC-II for the product port specified.
Data ASCII Example
Field Character Description
SOM STX start of message
BIC-II I.D. 01 BIC-II #1
COMMAND B3 verify port initialization
PORT 1 of PORT1
EOM CR end of message
The response received is identical to the Simplex or Duplex Port Initialization messages originally transmitted
except the COMMAND and PORT data fields are interchanged.
RAM TABLE REQUEST
This message is for communicating with Milltronics products utilizing simplex convention. It is sent to retrieve
the message stored in the BIC-II RAM table for the BIC-II, port and point specified in the request.
Data ASCII Example
Field Character Description
SOM STX start of message
BIC-II I.D. 01 BIC-II #1
COMMAND B4 retrieve data from the RAM table
PORT 1 for the product connected to PORT1
POINT 01 point #1
EOM CR end of message
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