16 Appendix E – Communications Protocol
RS485 Request Protocol (as seen by AcuTrak)
Byte
Description
0, first
Preamble
255
1
255
2
255
3
255
4
255
5
Master-to-Slave
2
6
Address
0 to 32
7
Command
24
8
Data Length
1
9
Data Bytes
0
10, last
Checksum
8-bit Arithmetic Exclusive-Or of bytes 5 to 9
RS485 Reply Protocol (as seen by AcuTrak)
Byte
Description
0, first
Preamble
255
1
255
2
255
3
255
4
255
5
Slave-to-Master
6
6
Return Address
(128 for Address 0) 8-bit Arithmetic OR of
Address with 128
7
Command
24
8
Data Length
6
9
Status
Bits 15 - 8
10
Bits 7 - 0
11
Data
Process Value
12
Single Precision (4-Byte Float)
12
IEEE 754 Format
14
Big-endian (first byte = msb)
15, last
Checksum
8-bit Arithmetic XOr of bytes 5 onwards
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