FT-10 Fill Technical Manual, Rev. 2.21, July 2020
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9. S
ERIAL
D
ATA
O
UTPUTS
FT-10 FILL filling controller family has different kind of serial interfaces like RS232, RS485 and Ethernet etc.
In this section, you will find the data structure of different type of the data outputs via these serial ports
except field bus interfaces. You will find detailed information on field bus interfacing in the related sections.
9.1 Continuous Data Output
Continuous data output of the instrument is transmitted in the following data structure. The serial ports of FT-
10 FILL are suitable for bi-directional communication. If, you transmit ASCII codes of
P
(print),
Z
(zero),
T
(tare)
or
C
(clear) letters to the serial port of FT-10 FILL; the controller will act like the related keys are pressed.
CR (Carriage return) and LF (Line feed) codes can be enabled or disabled from response but they must be
sent to end of ASCII command.
CHK (Checksum) can be enabled or disabled from both command and response and only continuous data
output can be programmed for more than one interface.
The data format of continuous data output is;
Status
Indicated
Tare
STX STA STB STC D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 CR LF CHK
The including of the status bytes STA, STB and STC are;
Definition Table for Status A (STA)
Bits 0, 1 and 2
Bits 3 and 4
Bit 5
Bit 6
Bit 7
0
1
2
Decimal point 3
4
Increment size
A
lw
ay
s
1
A
lw
ay
s
1
X
0
0
0
XXXXOO
1
0
X 1
1
0
0
XXXXXO
0
1
X 2
0
1
0
XXXXXX
1
1
X 5
1
1
0
XXXXX.X
0
0
1
XXXX.XX
1
0
1
XXX.XXX
0
1
1
XX.XXXX
1
1
1
X.XXXXX
Definition Table for Status B (STB)
Bit 0
0 = Gross
1 = Net
Bit 1
0 = Weight positive
1 = Weight negative
Bit 2
0 = No Error
1 = Error
Bit 3
0 = Stable
1 = Unstable
Bit 4
Always = 1
Bit 5
Always = 1
Bit 6
Always = 0
Bit 7
X
Definition Table for Status C (STC)
Bit 0
Always 0
Bit 1
Always 0
Bit 2
Always 0
Bit 3
Always 0
Bit 4
Always 1
Bit 5
Always 1
Bit 6
Always 0
Bit 7
x
