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PCZ1000A
4.2 Programming Format
This section describes the general programming format.
Program message terminator
The PCZ1000A can receive any of the three types of program message terminators
specified below.
• CR
• LF
• CR + LF
4.2.1 Program Messages
The program messages sent from the RS-232C terminal to the PCZ1000A are as
follows:
Command message
This message activates the PCZ1000A. The message is an ASCII-code character
string consisting of a header, data, and other information. (For the header and data,
see 4.3.1, “Program Header and Program (Response) Data.”
Query message
This message requests information from the PCZ1000A. The message is an ASCII-
code character string consisting of a header with a question mark (?), data, and other
information.
The PCZ1000A does not support use of the compound message delimiter ";."
Multiple messages
The messages contain multiple program messages and query messages.
Response Message
A response message is information returned from the PCZ1000A to the computer in
response to a query message. The message is an ASCII-code character string consisting
of a header, numerical data, and other information. It is composed entirely of upper-case
characters. (To request that a header be included, the HEAD command must be set to 1.)
<SP>
Command
program header
<Program data>
,
<SP>
,
Query program
header
<Program data>
<Program message> ;
<Program message>
<Query message>
<SP>
,
Response
program header
<Response data>