Health O Meter PROPLUS User Instructions page 23

PC COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
The following is a complete list of ESC characters that will be used:
Name
character
Reading
ID
Weight
Height
TARE
BMI
End Of Packet (EOP)
Units
Power Status
On
Off
DateTime
Update
Request
Response
Diagnostics(1)
Diagnostics(2)
Control (set a value)
Get subject record
data and readings
Set subject record data
Clear readings
Clear subject record
data
We used descriptive characters to show the type of the parameters. These are: c=Character, n=Numeric. The number of parameters indicates the set
number of placeholders for these characters and numbers (i.e. Zccc indicates that a value containing 3 characters will be given.)
ESC value
ESC
with
parameters
This will tell the PC that the scale is sending a reading. Immediately following
R R
<ESC>R<ESC>I1234567890<ESC>W200.00<ESC>Nm<ESC>...<ESC>E
I Icccccccccc
W Wnnn.nn
H Hnnn.nn
T Tnnn.nn
B Bnnn.n
E E This indicates that the end of the command/datapacket has been reached
N Nc
Requests the power status of the scale. The response to this will be either a
J J
O O
When prompted for a power status, this will indicate that the scale is turned on
When prompted for a power status, this will indicate that the scale is turned off
F F
(or is in low power/sleep mode) When in Low Power mode, the scale will return
Dnnnnnnnnnnn
D
n
This command has a parameter c, which will help doing the update of the firm-
ware. First of all the PC will initiate the update by sending an Ur (Request for
U Uc
update). The scale will reply with Uc (Clear to send) or Ue (error, don't send).
Then the scale will send U127K or U127B (the length of the data that is follow-
This is a request to receive scale global values such as brightness of LCD,
Q Qccc auto hold time, keypad beep volume, etc. (See Table A) (i.e. <ESC>QAHT will
return the Auto Hold Time of 10 seconds like this: <ESC>PAHT=10<ESC>E )
P Pccc=ccccccc
This is the request for a diagnostic test on certain parts of the scale (such as
A Accc
This will be the response of the diagnostics done on the scale. Values will in-
Z Zccc clude error codes to indicate what is wrong with the scale, or all zeros to indi-
This is to set the value of the scale's global settings such as backlight, auto
C Cccc=cccccc
This will return all the information from both the subject record data as well as
G G
This will set the subject record data for a specific patient. Immediately following
S S
<ESC>S<ESC>I1234<ESC>T200<ESC>Um<ESC>E will set the TARE for
This will clear all the values stored in the readings table on the scale. Only the
X X
This will clear the subject record data for a specific patient. The patient ID will
Y Y
follow the Y immediately (<ESC>Iccccccccccc). If no ID is given, ALL the data
this will be the value that is sent (i.e.
This is the patient ID. (10 chars)
This is the patient weight (i.e. W200.05 means 200.5 )
This is the patient height
This is the TARE weight that the scale is taring out
This is the patient's BMI
This indicates in which unit the values have been taken (m=metric,
c=constitutional)
<ESC>O<ESC>E or <ESC>F<ESC>E or <ESC>L<ESC>E
This is a time and date string (MMDDYYYYhhmmss)
ing in Kbytes or Bytes) and send the data.
This will be the scales response to the request mentioned above
battery life, loadcells, keypad, LCD etc.). (See Table B)
cate that all is well.
hold time, keypad beep volume etc. (See Table A) (i.e.
<ESC>CAHT=20<ESC>E will set the Auto Hold Time to 20 seconds)
the readings stored in the readings table.
this will be the value that is set. (i.e.
patient ID1234 to 200kg)
subject record data will not be deleted.
will be cleared.
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