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User's Manual (MUT)
Mod. N568B/LC 16 Ch Spectroscopy Amplifiers
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4.5.2 Module Identifier Packet (response to code %0)
The response contains in the low byte the ASCII code of the string of characters identified by the
name of the Module plus the version of the software running on the Main Controller.
Table 4.11: Module Identifier Data Packet Structure
Word Contents
bits 15..8
bits 7..0
2 0 "N"
3 0 "5"
4 0 "6"
5 0 "8"
6 0 "
"
7 0 "V"
8 0 "e"
9 0 "r"
10 0 "s"
11 0 "i"
12 0 "o"
13 0 "n"
14 0 "
"
15 0 "x"
16 0 "."
17 0 "x"
4.6 USING THE H. S. CAENET PC CONTROLLERS
The Mod. N568B/LC can be controlled remotely via a standard PC through the Mod. A303, A303A
and A1303 H. S. CAENET PC Controllers.
The Mod. A303 is an 8-bit interface board that can be directly inserted into a std. I/O PC 8-bit slot and
it is mapped in the MS-DOS I/O or memory address space. Therefore it is controllable by all the
languages (high level or assembly), independently from the processor type.
Dip switches located on the printed circuit board allow the User to set the unit according to the
computer to be used (for more information see the Mod. A303 Technical Information Manual).
The board interfaces directly the 8-bit bus with the two FIFO buffers (TX and RX FIFO), and with 6
internal registers that are used for various functions such as the FIFO clearing, the start transmission
and the readout of the Node status.
The Host processor can control the Node operation in polling mode or using the interrupt facility.