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Planning Your Application Program
$aaF
Name Read Firmware Version
Chapter 6
Description Returns the firmware version code from a specified
ADAM-5000/TCP system.
Syntax $aaF(cr)
$ is a delimiter character.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadeci-
mal address of the ADAM-5000/TCP system you
want to interrogate.
F is the command for reading
Firmware Version.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh).
Response !aa(version)(cr) if the command is valid.
?aa(cr) if an invalid operation was entered. There is
no response if the module detects a syntax error,
communication error or if the specified address does
not exist.
! delimiter character indicating a valid command was
received.
? delimiter character indicating the command was
invalid.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadeci-
mal Modbus network address of an ADAM-5000/
TCP system.
(version) represents the firmware version of
the
ADAM-5000/TCP system.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh).
Eample command: $01F(cr)
response: !01A1.1(cr) The command requsets the
system at address 01h to send its firmware version.
The system responds with firmware version A1.1.
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