Format Of Cascade Global Notification Data; Notification Code - Canon VC-C50i/VC-C50iR Programmer's Manual

Note 4 : The details of the communication timing are referring to 3.3 Communication Timing
Diagram.

7.2 Format of Cascade Global Notification Data

Before the time to terminate the execution, the data format from VC-C50i to the computer is
configured as shown below.
Header Device Num
Header
Device Num

Notification Code

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7.3 Notification Code
The error information of VC-C50i connected in cascade indicates in hexadecimal, returns its
ASCII code. If the error does not exists, all bits of notification flags will be cleared and become
zero.
• Bit Assignment of Error Flags.
b15(MSB)
System Resv.(0) System Resv.(0)
b7 b6
th
Cascade 8 Cascade 7
Example: 6 units are connected in cascade, and the errors occur in 1
b15 = 0, b14 = 0, b13 = 0, b12 = 0
b7 = 0, b6 = 0, b5 = 0, b4 = 1
Example of Notification data
d0
Header
F8h
Notification Code
: 1 byte F8h
: 2 byte 3031h~3039h (Last device number connected in cascade.)
: 4 byte Present information of VC-C50i connected.
: 1 byte EFh
b14 b13
System Resv.(0) System Resv.(0)
b5
th th
Cascade 6 Cascade 5
1st byte
0h → 30h
(Hexadecimal indication → ASCII code conversion)
rd
3 byte
1h → 31h
(Hexadecimal indication → ASCII code conversion)
d1 d2
Device Num
30h 36h
End mark
b12 b11
System Resv.(0) System Resv.(0)
b4 b3
th th
Cascade 4
b11 = 0, b10 = 0, b9 = 0, b8 = 0
b3 = 0, b2 = 0, b1 = 0, b0 = 1
d3 d4 d5
Notification Code
30h 30h 31h
15
b10 b9
System Resv.(0)
b2 b1
rd nd
Cascade 3 Cascade 2
st th
unit and 5 unit.
2nd byte
0h → 30h
th
4 byte
1h → 31h
d6 d7
End mark
31h EFh
b8
th
Cascade 9
b0(LSB)
st
Cascade 1