Serial Communication Protocols - Pavone Systems DAT11 Technical Manual

Serial and analog weighing indicator/trasnmitter

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CONTINUOUS, AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL ASCII PROTOCOLS

The continuous transmission is carried out at the refresh rate of the weight, consistent with the serial

transmission baud rate. In case of communication on the ethernet port, the continuous transmission

frequency is limited to 12.5 Hz.

In case of FREE mode, the string is transmitted with Continuous, On Demand and Automatic protocols:

STX

In case of METRIC mode, the string is transmitted with On Demand and Automatic protocols:

STX

<status> <weight> Weighing ID

Where:

STX (start of text) = 0x02h

ETX (end of text) = 0x03h

EOT (end of transmission) = 0x04.

<status> = character encoded as per the following table (bit = 1 if condition TRUE):

Bit 7

Bit 6

<weight> = field consisting of 8 ASCII characters with the weight value justified to the right (without

insignificant zeroes, with decimal points and negative signs).

The weight value transmitted may be the net weight, the gross weight or the peak value, depending on

the transmitted data selected (parameter MODE) in the configuration menu of the serial communication

ports (see related paragraph).

In conditions of overweight the field assumes the value: "^^^^^^^^".

In conditions of underweight greater than 999999, the field assumes the value: "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _".

In conditions of weight reading error the field assumes the value: " O-L ".

<weighing ID> = field consisting of seven ASCII characters with the identifier code of the weight justi-

fied to the right (without insignificant zeros).

<chksum> = checksum of the string data. It is calculated by performing the exclusive OR (XOR) of all

the characters between STX (or from <Addr>) and ETX, with the exclusion of the latter two; the result

of the XOR is broken up into 2 characters considering the upper 4 bits (first character) and the lower

4 bits (second character) separately; the2 characters obtained are then ASCII encoded;

(example: XOR = 5Dh; <csum> = "5Dh" i.e. 35h and 44h).

In the case of automatic and manual communication protocols, between 2 successive transmissions

the weight must have a variation of at least 20 divisions.