Connections and Interfaces
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10.4.3.5
Error Messages
If one of the described operations failed for some reason LIMAX2 gives an error message with a respective error-
code.
Answer from LIMAX2
Table 8: Error-codes of an addressable LIMAX2
Code
Meaning
04h
Wrong sequence of bytes sent to LIMAX2, for example if 4. Byte after STX is no ETX or the Byte after
STX is not 0x04, 0x05 or 0x06.
05h
Receiving Error / Interface Error (for example if a message with a wrong baud rate was sent etc.)
06h
Invalid LIMAX2 address: appears after trying to assign an address smaller 0Bh or bigger 7Fh to
LI-
MAX2.
07h
LIMAX2 has lost its address: internal check of X redundantly stored address of LIMAX2 has failed. This
message is sent at power up immediately if an error in reading EEPROM is detected or if the internal
address error cannot be fixed.
08h
Internal EEPROM storage error.
09h
Error in transmission of position (no tape, tape damaged or distance between tape and sensor head
too big).
0Ah
Check-Sum-Error: Check-sum of a message sent to LIMAX2 is wrong.
ERR
= Error-Code (04h – 0Ah) error – codes are listed at the next page.
STX
02h
FFh
ETX
03h
ERR
xxh
FFh
