Responses - Ametek Thermox Series 2000 WDG-IV User Manual

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Responses

An analyzer returns a variety of responses that can be broken into two
categories, success and failure.
Success
All successful responses start with
low the and have a checksum after it. All responses end with a carriage
A
return ( ).
Success End

A
Success Data
A (n characters)
Examples:
A 
Simple acknowledge
AFF0050
Acknowledge with data
Failure
All failure responses start with a
and a carriage return ( ).
Failure Code
Failure
(2 hex ASCII characters)
N
Failure Code
01
02
03
05
08
09
0A
0B
. If there is data returned, it will fol-
A
Checksum
(2 hex ASCII characters)
N followed by a two hex digit failure code
End Character
Description
Bad command letter
Bad checksum
Input overrun in serial communication
Parameter out of range
Error in receipt of character
Cannot calibrate/verify now
Internal error
Illegal access (read-only variable)
End Character

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