Manual

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LynxmotionSSC32UServoControllerBoard
ElectronicsGuide
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StartupStrings
Command
Argument
Description/Examples
Delete
characters:
SSDEL<n>
<cr>
0255
Deletes<n>charactersfromtheendofthestartupstring.If
<n>isgreaterthanthelengthofthestartupstring,then
SSDELdeletestheentirestring.
SSDEL5<cr>
Deletedthelast5charactersofthestartupstring
SSDEL255<cr>
Deletestheentirestartupstring
Concatenate:
SSCAT
<string><cr>
Upto100
ASCII
characters
Concatenates<string>tothecurrentstartupstring.Theblank
spaceimmediatelyfollowing"SSCAT"isignored,butallother
spacesarepartofthestring.Thestringisterminatedbya
carriagereturn,andmaynotcontainembeddedcarriage
returns.Commandsinthestartupstringareterminatedwitha
semicolon(includingthelastcommand).
SSCAT#0P1000#1P2000T3000;<cr>
SSCATPL0SQ5SM50;<cr>
Display
startupstring:
SS<cr>
none
Displaystheentirestartupstring,surroundedbyquotation
marksandfollowedbyacarriagereturn.
SS<cr>
result:"#0P1000#1P2000T3000;PL0SQ5SM50;"<cr>
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TheprogrammedstartupstringisexecutedatpowerupoftheSSC32,iftheStartupString
EnablebitissetintheEnableregister.TheStartupStringisexecutedafteranyregistervalues
areapplied(e.g.initialpulsewidth).Themaximumtotallengthofthestartupstringis100ASCII
characters.Anyadditionalcharacterswillbeignored.
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Thefollowingcommandsshouldnotbeusedinastartupstring:EER,EEW,R=,SSCAT,
SSDEL.TheSScommandmaytakehundredsofmillisecondstoexecute,dependingonbaud
rate.Itshouldnotbeinvokedwhileatimedmoveorsequenceplayerisactive.
TheSSCATcommandmaytakehundredsofmillisecondstoexecute.Itshouldnotbeinvoked
whileatimedmoveorsequenceplayerisactive.
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IfanSSDELorSSCATcommandisexecuting,donotpowerdowntheSSC32untilthe
commandhasbeencompleted.Todeterminewhetherthecommandhascompleted,sendan
SScommandandwaitfortheresponse.EachtimethestartupstringischangedtheEEPROM
locationsusedtostorethevalueexperienceasmallamountofwearout.Thetypicalmaximum
numberofwritesis100,000.Donotwriteyoursoftwaretorapidlychangethestartupstring,or
youmightcausepermanentwearoutoftheEEPROMintheATmega168processor.
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