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COM Properties and Events
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FTB-500
Properties
WriteBinary
Description With this method you can send a program
message (single command or compound of
commands) as an array of bytes into the device
input buffer.
Syntax object. Write ( BinaryArray )
Parameter(s)
BinaryArray
: Required. An array of bytes
corresponding to the program message to be
sent.
Notes Use this method instead of the Write method if
you need to send commands in binary (COM is
UNICODE).
Possible error(s)
Timeout
: This error will occur if the operation
could not be completed within the allowed
delay. For information on timeout setting, see
Initialize
on page 403.
I
MPORTANT
Before you retrieve data with the Read or ReadBinary methods, you
must specify the format in which the information must be returned.
Details on how to correctly set the format can be found below.