
Optosense LLC
USER MANUAL
Design department
MIPEX-04 ULTRA-LOW POWER INFRARED GAS SENSOR
ESAT.100000.00.02 UM
Revision 02
December 12th, 2016
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APPENDIX C. SENSOR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
Current manual describes firmware release 11.9. Sensor communication protocol is based
on UART interface.
Appendix C.1. General information
Data exchange with MIPEX-04 sensors is performed via UART interface:
Sensor has symbol rate of 57600 bauds.
Data format: 8-bit message, 1 stop bit, no parity checking.
Electrical parameters of UART-transceiver are pointed in section 6.3.
General command format:
any command stated in this UM as <X>, where X stands for a command text consisted
of any number of characters, must be read and/or sent without the symbols “<” and “>”;
ASCII code for commands and responses;
command ends with
carriage return symbol (hexadecimal: “0x0D”);
words and/or values in a response on most commands are separated by space symbol
(hexadecimal: “0x20”) or in some cases by tabulation (hex: “0x09”);
all symbols in command must be sent as one word without delays;
sensor does not respond to incorrectly sent commands;
sensor has two operating modes (access levels)
: “OEM” and “USER”; “OEM” has
extended command set for developers, while “USER” mode is used for field operations.