
DN120 DeviceNet Gateway User’s Manual
Microscan Systems, Inc.
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format, with 1
st
byte = string length. Set the length byte to 0 if you don’t want to transmit an Idle
String. The Idle String can be from 0 to 16 bytes long, not counting Short_String length byte.
Example Idle String is [ 0x01 0x41 ], where string length is 1 and data byte is 0x41 (‘A’). You
must use the RSNetworx
Class Instance Editor (Set Attribute Single command) to write a
Short_String attribute value.
Fault String
– Defines the byte string that is transmitted when the gateway’s connection to the
DeviceNet master times out. Enter the byte string in Short_String data format, with 1
st
byte =
string length. Set the length byte to 0 if you don’t want to transmit a Fault String. The Fault
String can be from 0 to 16 bytes long, not counting Short_String length byte.
Example Fault String is [ 0x02 0x42 0x43 ], where string length is 2 and data bytes are 0x42
(‘B’) and 0x43 (‘C’). You must use the RSNetworx
Class Instance Editor (Set Attribute
Single command) to write a Short_String attribute value.
Status Enable
– Write any nonzero value to include the
Status
byte in
Receive Data
input bytes.
Status Clear Enable
– Write any nonzero value to include the
Status Clear
byte in
Transmit
Data
output bytes.