Basic Format - FDS MLED-3C User Manual

MLED-CTRL Box
6. Display communication Protocol RS232/RS485
For basic text strings (no color control), the MLED-CTRL box is compatible with FDS and TAG
Heuer display protocol.

6.1. Basic Format

<STX>NLXXXXXXXX<LF>
STX = 0x02
N = line number <1..9, A..K> (total 1 ... 20)
L = brightness <1..3>
X = characters (up to 64)
LF = 0x0A
Format: 8bits / no parity / 1 stop bit
Baud Rate: 9600bds
6.2. Characters Set
All standard ASCII characters <32 .. 126> excepted for the char ^ which is used as delimiter
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
[\]_'`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
Extended Latin ASCII characters (ISO-8859-1) <224 .. 255>
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿ
6.3. FDS extended commands
Inline commands can be add in a display frame between the ^^ delimiters.
Command
^cs c^
^cp s e c^
^tf p c^
^tb p c^
^fi c^
^fs n s^
^fe^
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Description
Color overlay
Color overlay between two characters position
Traffic Light (Filled)
Traffic Light (Border only)
Fill all display
Flash text
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