Description Of The Item "Data Format - A&D BM series Instruction Manual

Description of the Item "Data Format"

10.5.
A&D standard format
This format is used when the peripheral equipment can receive the A&D format.
With an AD-8121B printer, use MODE 1 or 2. With an AD-8127 printer, use the external key
printing mode, manual printing mode, auto printing mode or interval printing mode.
This format consists of fifteen or sixteen characters excluding the terminator.
A header of two characters indicates the balance condition.
The polarity sign is placed before the data with the leading zeros. If the data is zero, the plus sign is applied.
The unit, consisting of three characters, follows the data.
Header
Stable header
Unstable header
Overload header
Header 8-numerical character data
DP (Dump print) format
This format is used when the peripheral equipment cannot receive the A&D format.
With an AD-8121B printer, use MODE 3. With an AD-8126 printer, use this format. With an AD-
8127 printer, use the dump printing mode.
This format consists of sixteen characters excluding the terminator.
A header of two characters indicates the balance condition. No overload header is used.
The polarity sign is placed before the data, with spaces in place of leading zeros, if the data is not
zero or overloaded.
The unit, consisting of three characters, follows the data.
Header
Stable header
Unstable header
KF format
This is the Karl-Fischer moisture meter format and is used when the peripheral equipment can
only communicate using this format.
This format consists of fourteen characters excluding the terminator.
This format has no header characters.
The polarity sign is placed before the data, with spaces in place of leading zeros, if the data is not
zero or overloaded.
This format outputs the unit only for a stable value.
Data
Data Unit
Data
Unit Terminator
Terminator
Stable header of counting mode
Unit Terminator
Unit Terminator
Stable header of counting mode
Stable value
Unstable value
52
5if type 0
5if type 1
5if type 2
BM series