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Data and Setup Commands
The DATA and SETup commands are system commands that allow you to
send and receive instrument configuration, setup and program data to and
from a controller in block form. This is useful for saving block data for
re-loading the pattern generator. This chapter explains how to use these
commands.
The block data for the DATA command is broken into byte positions and
descriptions. The SETup command block data is not described in detail. No
changes should be made to the "config" section of the block data.
Definition of Block Data
Block data is made up of a block length specifier and a variable number of
sections.
<block length specifier><section 1>...<section N>
<block length
#8<length>
specifier>
the total length of all sections in byte format (must be represented with 8
<length>
digits)
Example
If the total length of the block (all sections) is 14506 bytes, the block length
specifier would be "#800014506" since the length must be represented with 8
digits.
Sections consist of a section header followed by the section data as follows:
<section header><section data>
<section>
16 bytes total: 10 bytes for the section name, 1 byte reserved (always 0),
<section
header>
1 byte for the module ID code (25 for pattern generator),
4 bytes for the length of the data in bytes
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