FT-13 Technical Manual, Rev. 1.40 March 2013
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A
PPENDIX
2:
C
ONTINUES
O
UTPUT
M
ODE
D
ATA
S
TRUCTURE
The format and the definition of the continuous data output is given below.
Status
Indicated
Tare
STX STA STB STC D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
CR
CSUM
The definition of the status bytes STA, STB and STC is given below.
Definition Table for Status Byte A
Bits 0, 1 and 2
Bits 3 and 4
Bit 5
Bit 6
Bit 7
0
1
2
Decimal point
3
4
Increment size
Always 1
Always 1
X
0
0
0
XXXXOO
1
0
X 1
1
0
0
XXXXXO
0
1
X 2
0
1
0
XXXXXX
1
1
X 5
1
1
0
XXXXX.X
0
0
1
XXXX.XX
1
0
1
XXX.XXX
0
1
1
XX.XXXX
1
1
1
X.XXXXX
Definition Table for Status Byte B
Bit 0
Gross = 0
Net=1
Bit 1
Weight positive = 0
Weight negative=1
Bit 2
Overload = 1
Bit 3
Stable = 0
Unstable =1
Bit 4
Always = 1
Bit 5
Always = 1
Bit 6
Always = 0
Bit 7
x
Definition Table for Status Byte C
Bit 0
Always 0
Bit 1
Always 0
Bit 2
Always 0
Bit 3
Always 0
Bit 4
Always 1
Bit 5
Always 1
Bit 6
Always 0
Bit 7
x
STX
= 0x02
CR
= 0x0D
CSUM
= 0
– (STX + STATUS A + … + CR)
