General Commands - Prior Scientific ProScan III Manual

ProScan® III Manual

4.2 General Commands

Command Arguments
? None
= None
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Response Description
Reports information about the peripherals currently connected
to the controller. e.g. DRIVE CHIPS 10011 means Z and 4th
axis chips missing, SHUTTERS = 110 means shutter 1 not
connected. The final line of information is always a line saying
END. This allows for the addition of extra fields of information
without effecting application software. Users should always
read lines in until the END is seen.
A typical response is shown below:
PROSCAN INFORMATION
DSP_1 IS 3-AXIS STEPPER VERSION 0.0
DSP_2 IS 3-AXIS STEPPER VERSION 0.0
DRIVE CHIPS 111111
JOYSTICK NOT FITTED
Text string STAGE = H101AENC
FOCUS = FB20X
FOURTH = NONE
FILTER_1 = NONE
FILTER_2 = NONE
SHUTTERS = 001
LED = 0000
TRIGGER = NONE
INTERPOLATOR = NONE
AUTOFOCUS = NONE
VIDEO = NONE
HARDWARE REV F
END
Reports whether any limit switch has been hit since the last
call of the command.
n is a decimal value which when converted to binary is as
follows:-
n
D07
th
-4
eg 05 means +Y and +X have been hit. Reading this status
clears it.
Version 1.12 June 2017
D06 D05 D04 D03
th
+4 -Z +Z -Y
D02 D0 D00
+Y -X +X
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