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Section 2
About General Information of Communication Commands
ZS Series
CompoWay/F Communication Command Reference
Section 2
Det
ails of Commands
About General Information of Communication Commands
Communication commands are categorized into the groups and meanings as in the following
table:
Groups
Meanings
Pages for
Reference
System-
related
Read setting values related to the target CH
system.
Page 2-3
Reading parameter
areas
Measurement-
related
Read measurement-related setting values and
results of measurements. Obtain data by
specifying Unit No. and Data No.
(Refer to Section 3
for Unit No. and
Data No.)
System-
related
Write setting values related to the target CH
system.
-
Writing parameter
areas
Measurement-
related
Write measurement-related setting values and
results of measurements. Write data by
specifying Unit No. and Data No.
(Refer to Section 3
for Unit No. and
Data No.)
Reading variable areas
Read particular kinds of data in the target CH
system.
Page 2-9
Reading controller information
Read information on the models connected
with a cable.
Page 2-11
Operation instructions
Operate data of each bank or all banks.
Page 2-12
[Notes on the exchange of communication data]
・
Number of elements indicates the size of data to be exchanged. ASCII character length per
element is determined depending on parameter type codes. Specifically,
8000h to BFFFh : 4 characters per element
From C000h: 8 characters per element
Number of elements = 1 for all commands in this manual. Please enter "8001h" to specify
number of elements.
・
Machine No. indicates channel No. of the destination controller.
・
All data is exchanged in hexadecimal numbers. Therefore, "15" of the decimal number should
be expressed as "0000000Eh." (*1)
・
Distance values should be expressed in the unit of [nm]. Therefore, note that "100
(
=00000064h
)
" indicates "100nm
(
0.1um
)
" and not 100mm. (*1)
・
Negative values are expressed as the complements of 2. For example, "-100" should be
expressed as "FFFFFF9Ch." (*1)
・
In the case that the measured values such as distance are abnormal values, data parts are
expressed as "7FFFFFFXh" ("X" varies depending on the case.) (*1)
*1: This is an example for 8 characters per element.