
Instructions Manual
Rev 2.0 of 02/2016
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CHAPTER 7
7.1
INTRODUCTION: TECHNICAL INFORMATION
The electric levels of the signals are the standard RS232C.
The transmission speed is 9600 bits/s, the data format is 8-bit, 1 stop bit and no parity bit.
The DB9 RS232C female connector on the rear panel of VES-MATIC CUBE has the following
pin-out:
PIN
SIGNAL
2
Rx data from host
3
Tx data to host
5
GND
The connection cable described above is the same as that used by the VES-MATIC line with
dedicated test tubes but different from that used by VES-MATIC CUBE 80 and VES-MATIC
CUBE 200.
The type of protocol used sometimes enters codes (e.g. rack and rack position) that are set to default
values for VES-MATIC CUBE 30 but are essential in order to align the protocol for the entire
VES-MATIC CUBE line, hence allowing two instruments with the same protocol to be connected.
7.2
INTRODUCTION: HEX-ASCII REPRESENTATION
In the protocol described below many of the parameters and data are represented in Hexadecimal
ASCII (HEX-ASCII) format, in other words:
a byte with a value of 0x7A is represented by two ASCII characters: ‘7’ (0x37) and ‘A’ (0x41), the first
representing the most significant nibble and the second the least significant.
Examples:
Original byte
HEX-ASCII representation
Hexadecimal value
H character
L character
0x45
‘4’ (0x34)
‘5’ (0x35)
0xC8
‘C’ (0x43)
‘8’ (0x38)
0x6F
‘6’ (0x36)
‘F’ (0x46)
0x10
‘1’ (0x31)
‘0’ (0x30)
As you can see, this type of representation means that two ASCII characters are necessary to
represent the value of one byte.
7.3
GENERAL NOTE: RESPONSE DELAY
In order to give the instrument the time to activate receive mode, you need to enter a response delay of
1 second.
7.4
MESSAGE REQUESTING TEST TUBES TO BE PROCESSED: COMMAND 0X50
This message is sent by VES-MATIC CUBE instrument to the host computer. The message contains
the barcode of the test tube. The host computer should reply to this message with a similar message
containing the barcode (among those received from VES-MATIC CUBE 30) of the test tubes with ESR
Содержание VES-MATIC CUBE 30
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