Command Specification; Transmission Interface; Command Format; Camera Response To Commands - Hamamatsu Photonics C8484-16C Instruction Manual

C8484-16C Instruction manual Ver.1.5

10. COMMAND SPECIFICATION

10-1 TRANSMISSION INTERFACE

The camera is controlled from the host computer through the serial interface.
Specifications for the serial interface are shown below.
Baud rate
Bit length
Parity check
Stop bit

10-2 COMMAND FORMAT

(1) Basic system
External control commands for the camera are output by the computer in the following
format.
Command_Parameter
<CR> appended to a command being output indicates the end of the data.
Spaces (_) are used to separate commands from parameters in commands requiring
the inclusion of parameters.

10-3 CAMERA RESPONSE TO COMMANDS

The camera responds to commands transmitted from the host computer.
The camera can be set so that a response is either sent or withheld when the RESponse
command is received.
However, responses to status commands from the camera cannot be refused.
RES
(RESponse)
Function
Parameter
The following describes cases in which the camera responds to the RES command.
Responses indicate the completion of actions the camera performs when the corresponding
commands are received; responses differ according to the type of command received by the
camera.
30
9600
8
None
1
CR
Setting allows or prevents responses when commands are sent from the
host computer.
Response is transmitted for each separate command (default).
RES Y
Response is not transmitted for each separate command.
RES N
CR: Carriage Return