Advantech ADAM-5000/TCP Series Manual page 216

Chapter 6
Planning Your Application Program
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh)
Example command: $01S1M(cr)
response: !011322(cr) The command asks the
digital output module in slot 1 of the ADAM-
5000/TCP system at address 01h to return the
masking status of all of its channels. The first 2-
character portion of the response indicates the
address of the ADAM-5000/TCP system.
The second 2-characters portion of the
response, value
13h (00010011), indicates that digital output channels
8, 9 and 12 are masked, while channels 10, 11, 13, 14
and 15 are valid. The third 2-character portion of the
response, value
22h (00100010), indicates that digital output channels
1 and 5 are masked, while channels 0, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
are valid.