Instruction Manual
VEGACOM 557 VEGA ASCII 29
Telegram from processing system to VEGACOM 557
Identifier: 1 character, optional "M“ or "m“
End identification: 1 character Chr (13) = CR = Carriage Return
Total length of the telegram: 5 characters
Answer of VEGACOM 557
Start character: S1 = 1 character "=“
Start character: S2 = 1 character "#“
Separating character: Tx = per 1 character "p“
Total length of the telegram: 66 characters
Error information
1. position
0: No error on DCS 1,2,3
1: Error on DCS 1
2: Error on DCS 2
3: Error on DCS 1+2
4: Error on DCS 3
5: Error on DCS 1 + 3
6: Error on DCS 2 + 3
7: Error on DCS 1,2 + 3
2. position
0: No error on DCS 4,5,6
1: Error on DCS 4
2: Error on DCS 5
3: Error on DCS 4+5
4: Error on DCS 6
5: Error on DCS 4 + 6
6: Error on DCS 5 + 6
7: Error on DCS 4,5 + 6
3. position
0: No error on DCS 7
1: Error on DCS 7
(structure is valid for all DCS values)
"-“ for negative values
" " for positive values
7123456
6 digit figure
without decimal point
Data image in VEGACOM 557
Address Address End
Identifier VEGACOM VEGAMET identification
No. of bytes1121
Range (ASCII) m (M) 0..9 01..15 CR
Example m 1 2 CR
Addr Addr DCS Error End
S1 COM MET S2 value2 T2 T3 info identification
No. of bytes 1 1 1 1 7 X 7 1 1 1 2
Range (ASCII) = 0..9 01..15 # ASCII p p 0..7 CRLF
Example = 1 02 # -00384 p p 0 CRLF
High resolution = switch 2.2 = ON
The same resolution can also be carried out with high resolution. The enquiry to VEGACOM
557 remains the same, however the answer, has more characters for the presentation of the
measured value.