
The LINK™ Family Manual
Version 1.6 ©iButtonLink, LLC 2016
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Active Channel Mask
Command “ \C ” (bac uppercase C)
Command Compatible With:
LinkHub-S | LinkHub-E
This command sets the active channel mask for certain LINK
TM
devices. The channel mask will
“mask” any number of the ports on the master so that they do not communicate with the
connected slaves, allowing for communication with specific slaves. This command is followed
by a two-digit hexadecimal value representing a bit mask for channels that should be active.
There are five 1-Wire® busses. The bit patterns are listed in the table below.
A “ 1 ” makes the channel active, meaning that the master will report the slaves connected to the
ports. A “ 0 ” makes the channel inactive, meaning that the ports will be “masked,” and those
ports will not be read.
Bit Pattern
Command Input
(Syntax)
Channel Activated
0x37
/C37
All busses enabled
0x01
/C01
External bus 1
0x02
/C02
External bus 2
0x04
/C04
External bus 3
0x10
/C10
External bus 4
0x20
/C20
Internal bus
S
IMILAR
C
OMMANDS
:
•
“ \$ ” – Channel Reporting On/Off
•
“ \c ” – Report Active Channel Mask
Table 3: Table showing the bit patterns used to activate the different channels