© Adam Equipment Company 2000
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7.0 RS – 232 INTERFACE
The ACB Scales have a standard RS-232 interface for weight output. The output format
is not adjustable.
Baud Rate
1200 to 9600 BPS (2400 BPS default)
Date Bits
7 BITS
Parity
EVEN
Stop Bits
1 BIT
Code
ASCII
Connector is a 9 pin D-subminiature socket.
Output Pin 2
Signal Ground Pin 5
Pins 4 and 6 shorted, and pins 7 and 8 shorted
The method used to control printing and the baud rate are set in the function menu, See
8,5 and 8.6. When the parameter “trn” is set to "tb" the scale will output a value when
the ENTER/select key is pressed.
If "stb" has been selected it will print once automatically when the scale becomes stable
and if "ser" has been selected it will print continuously.
The data format is as follows:
20 characters are sent with the following fields:
HEAD1 , HEAD 2 , DATA UNIT <CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
HEAD1 (2 BYTES) HEAD2(2 BYTES)
OL - Overload, underload
NT – NET Mode
ST - Display is stable
US - Display is unstable
DATA (8 BYTE)
Numeric value plus characters as required
2C (HEX) = “,“ (COMMA)
0D (HEX) = <CR>
2D (HEX) = “-“ (MINUS)
0A (HEX) = <LF>
2E (HEX) = “.” (DECIMAL POINT)
20 (HEX) = “ “ (SPACE
UNIT (4 BYTE), text for units selected, may include leading spaces.
EXAMPLES:
EX: +0.876g, when it is stable and net value as:
ST,NT,+ 0.876 g <CR><LF>
EX: -1,568lb, when it is unstable and net value as:
US, NT,- 1.586 lb <CR><LF>
EX: +15.24 tl.T, when it is stable and net value as:
ST,NT,+15.24 tl.T <CR><LF>