DCT Antares SB, User Manual

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3.9. TAIP CONSOLE
may be configured and/or consulted locally over the serial port or
remotely by means of IP communication (GPRS) or SMS interaction
(GSM). The console is also used to show the unit’s report messages
generated by the
Event Machine (i.e
EV
and
ET
TAIP messages).
The TAIP console is based on a question/command and its answer
which can be formed by multiple messages
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. All of the messages ex-
changed on the console are TAIP (Trimble Ascii Interface Protocol
TM
) messages.
3.9.1 TAIP Message Format
All TAIP messages use printable ASCII characters. The unit can be
configured to output TAIP messages in response to queries or on a
scheduled basis.
Each message has the following format:
> ABB
{
C
}
[;ID=DDDD] <
where:
Field Meaning
> Start of a new message
A Message qualifier
BB Message identifier
C data string
DDDD Optional 4 character vehicle ID
< delimiting character
{ x } signifies that x can occur any number
of times
[ x ] signifies that x may optionally occur
once
Start of a New Message
The > character (ASCII code 62 decimal) is used to specify the start
of a new message.
Message Qualifier
A one character message qualifier is used to describe the action to
be taken on the message. See the following table for the list of valid
qualifiers.
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Queries that result on multiple answer messages can only be used over the serial
port
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