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Remote Operations
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Programming Guide (Legacy)
Data Message Input Format
The programming data string for the driver consists of a string of
ASCII coded characters composed of one or both of the following
fields:
[Adm] [Bdn]
where: A or a = general ON command; B or b = general OFF
command
dm = any digits 0 through 9 (excluding dn)
dn = any digits 0 through 9 (excluding dm)
The driver responds to an alphanumeric data string such as
“A12B34” when the driver is in the remote state and addressed to
listen.
The data string is further defiined as follows:
• Ax Bx = data string for ATTEN X (x can be none, one or more of
digits 1, 2, 3 or 4)
• Ay By = data string for ATTEN Y (y can be none, one or more of
digits 5, 6, 7 or 8)
• A/B 9 = legacy command for switch S9
• A/B 0 = legacy command for swtich S0
N O T E
Legacy commands cannot be utilize to control Bank 2 of 11713C.
N O T E
The alpha characters in the data string can be either upper or lower case.
N O T E
The maximum number of character in a data string is 12.
N O T E
If Ax (Ay) uses a digit, then that digit may not be used in Bx (By).