Data Type
Section 5-9
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5-9 Data
Type
Specify using the commands whether read/write data is to be handled as ASCII (or JIS8 code) char-
acter data, or as hexadecimal numerical data.
Name
Code
Description
ASCII Code
A
A character of data occupies 1 byte (1 address) on a Tag as an
ASCII code or a JIS 8 code.
Control codes 02 (STX) and 03 (ETX) cannot be used.
HEX code
H
A character is handled as hexadecimal data. Therefore, only charac-
ters from 0 to F are accepted. Two characters of data occupy 1 byte
(1 address) on a Tag.
Example of ASCII Representation
When writing "V720" to four bytes of memory of page 00 using ASCII data, the data will occupy the
Tag's memory as follows:
Byte 0
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Page
00h
5 6 3 7 3 2 3 0
Content V
7
2
0
Example of Hexadecimal Representation
When writing "12345678" to four bytes of memory of page 01h using hexadecimal data, the data will
occupy the Tag's memory as follows:
Byte 0
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Page
01h
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
