Character Processing; Response Data Types - Ametek JOFRA DTI050 A Reference Manual

5.4.2

Character processing

The data entered into the indicator is processed as follows:
ASCII characters are discarded if their decimal equivalent is less than 32
(space), except 10 (LF) and 13 (CR):
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Data is taken as 7-bit ASCII.
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The most significant data bit is ignored.
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Upper or lower case is acceptable.
5.4.3

Response data types

The data returned by the indicator can be divided into four types:
Integer
For most computers and controllers they are decimal numbers ranging from
-32768 to 32768. For example:
Refer to the Error codes table for more information on error codes.
Floating
Floating numbers have up to 15 significant figures and exponents. For
example:
Character response data (CRD)
Data returned as keywords. For example:
Indefinite ASCII (IAD)
Any ASCII characters followed by a terminator. For example:
26
FAULT? could return 110
P_CVD_A? returns 3.908300E-03
RTD_TYPE? returns PT385_100
*IDN? returns AMETEK, DTI050, 1234567, 1.00
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