Panasonic LP-GS Series, Serial Communication Command Manual

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3-6 Functional Character Commands
3-6-1 Counter settings: CNT
Configures the “counter” function used to mark consecutive numbers.
⿎ Setting request data / response data for readout
Start
code
CNT
Sub
command
[Counter No.] [Current value] [Starting value]
[End value] [Step value] [Count timing]
[Reset at date change]
27-byte
(Check
sum)
End code
Sub command is “S” for the setting request data and “A” for the response data for readout.
⿎ Readout request data
Start
code
CNT R
[Counter No.]
1-byte
(Check sum) End code
⿎ Data description
Name
Data length
[byte]
Data contents Remarks
Counter No. 1
“0”–“3”: Counter 0 to 3
“4”–“7”: Global counter 16 to 19
Current value 6
“000000”–“999999”
Minus numbers cannot be specified.
• The current value is the value to be marked
from now.
• The counter current value change is saved
to the laser marker without overwriting
operation.
Starting value 6
If the starting value is larger than the end one,
it works as a subtraction counter.
End value 6
Step value 6
The step value indicates a value to increase
or decrease per one counting-up or counting-
down.
Count timing 1
“0”–“3”: When the counter 0 to 3
has reached to the end value.
“4”–“7”: When the global counter 16
to 19 has reached to the end value.
“8”: When marking trigger is input.
It is the timing to update the current value of
the counter.
Reset at date
change
1
“0”: No auto reset setting
“1”: Resets when the date is
updated
• It is the setting to reset the counter when
the system clock date of the laser marker is
updated.
• The counter reset at date change cannot
be used with on-the-fly marking at regular
intervals or on-the-fly marking with multiple
triggers.
Total data length 27 The data length is fixed.
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