Appendix D; Adding Data Field Confirmation - B&B Electronics RS-232 Digital I/O Module 232SDD16 User Manual

Appendix D

Adding Data Field Confirmation

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Appendix D D-1
With serial communications in a laboratory environment, the
possibility of a communication error occurring is minimal. However,
in a harsh or an industrial environment the possibility increases. A
communication error occurs when a bit transmitted as a "1" is
received as a "0" or vice versa. If the 232SDD16 receives a error in
one or more of the first four command characters ("!0xx"), the unit
will not execute the command. However, if the 232SDD16 receives
an communication error on a data byte (I/O byte for Read Digital
command or state byte for Set Output State command), the
command will be executed since the unit has no way of knowing that
there was an error.
To provide the 232SDD16 with a way of detecting errors in the
data fields, an additional set of commands can be used. This set of
commands begins with the "#" (23h) character, instead of the "!"
(21h) character. Refer to Table D-1. With these commands every
data byte that is transmitted or received is followed by it's
complement. For example: To read I/O lines:
Command syntax:
#0RD
Response syntax:
{I/O msb}{~ I/O msb}{I/O lsb} {~ I/O lsb}
Where "~" is used to indicate the "complement of." If I/O has a
reading of 1, the following would be received:
{00}{FF}{01}{FE}
Where FFh is the complement of 0 and FEh is the complement of
1. The complement of number "x" can be calculated in QuickBasic
as follows:
comp = (NOT x) AND &HFF
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