Valco Cincinnati VC3500, User Manual

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Appendix B VC3700 User’s Manual
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To redraw the front screen, follow these steps:
1. Send 254.
2. Wait for ACK.
3. Send 0,0,0,0,100 (to redraw the front screen).
To set channel 1 turn-on compensation to 5.5ms, follow these steps:
1. Send 254.
2. Wait for ACK.
3. Send 0,0,5,5,21.
To set ratio compensation to 98.5 pulses, follow these steps:
1. Send 254.
2. Wait for ACK.
3. Send 0,9,8,5,30.
Receiving Information from VC3700
Receive information is required to update a secondary machine user interface, such as that found on a parent
machine control.
The data is requested by the host computer, using the following format:
1. Send receive-request byte (from host).
Receive-request byte = 253dec.
2. Receive ACK byte (from VC3700).
3. Send location code (from host).
4. Receive Byte 4, Byte 3, Byte 2, Byte 1 (from VC3700).
Example of Receiving Data
To display the first glue pattern length, follow these steps:
1. Send 253.
2. Wait for ACK.
3. Send 2.
4. Receive b4,b3,b2,b1.
Note! The measurement mode of the VC3700 control needs to be determined by the host in order for the
host to display the information in inch or metric mode.
Note! When switching between the inch and metric modes via the RS232 link, the data is not converted
accurately.