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User Manual : Version 33, Firmware V3.0
1 hexadecimal character (HEX) = 4 binary characters named
“ status bits ”
1 suffix of 2 hexadecimal characters = 8 binary characters = 8 “ status bits ” = 1 byte
HEX
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
Binairy
0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110
1111
Table 23.
HEX and Binary
Examples of hexadecimal suffix converted to binary characters:
3- Interpret each “ status bit ”
A code in binary system is composed of a series of 0s and 1s only. Each status bit is assigned to a
corresponding byte Position Number:
Each position in the byte is associated with a predetermined condition and each bit indicates the
state of this condition:
0= Logic value “ False ” therefore the condition does not apply
1= Logic value “ True ” therefore the condition does apply
