Watson Industries, Inc.
ADS-C232-3AD Rev A 10/25/2017
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Appendix A
The following outputs are available via the RS-232 serial link. Their full-scale ranges are listed for both decimal and
binary format.
Inertial Output
Label
Full Scale Decimal
Full Scale Binary
Time Since Reset
TM
65535
16383
Bank
BK
±179.9º
±180º
Elevation
EL
±89.9º
±180º
X Acceleration
XA
±9.99 g
±10 g
Y Acceleration
YA
±9.99 g
±10 g
Z Acceleration
ZA
±9.99 g
±10 g
X Angular Rate
XR
±99.9 º/s
±200 º/s
Y Angular Rate
YR
±99.9 º/s
±200 º/s
Bank Pendulum (simulated)
XI
±179.9º
±180º
Elevation Pendulum (simulated)
YI
±89.9º
±180º
Temperature
TP
-40º to 88ºC
-40º to 88ºC (7 bit)
Flag Bits
FL
3 ASCII chars representing Octal
digits
1 byte
Status Bits
ST
3 ASCII chars representing Octal
digits
1 byte
Built In Test (BIT) Status Bits
BT
3 ASCII chars representing Octal
digits
1 byte
The Flag Bits contain the following information:
Bit
Description (If Set)
0
Bank Error Flag
1
Elevation Error Flag
2
Unit Temp Out of Range Flag
3
BIT Test Flag
4
X Rate Out of Range Flag
5
Y Rate Out of Range Flag
6
Checksum Error Flag
7
Unused
Example: The Flag channel output in ASCII Decimal is “042”
Octal Digit
0
4
2
Binary Equivalent
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Flag Bit #
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
This translates into the information below:
Bit 7
Reset
Bit 6
Reset
No Checksum Error
Bit 5
Set
X Rate Out Range (>140 º/s)
Bit 4
Reset
Y Rate in Range
Bit 3
Reset
No BIT Error
Bit 2
Reset
Unit Temp in Range (-40º to +85º C)
Bit 1
Set
Elevation Error
Bit 0
Reset
No Bank Error
