
Table 67: Definition of the device version
Byte
Description
0 to 15
ASCII characters of the firmware version
16 to 19
ASCII characters of the hardware version
Table 68: Reading the device version
Transaction
Register
P
C_BUFFER0
P
C_BUFFER1
P
C_BUFFER2
P
C_BUFFER3
P
C_BUFFER4
P
C_BUFFER5
P
C_BUFFER6
P
C_BUFFER7
P
C_ADD_H
P
C_ADD_L
P
C_OFF_H
P
C_OFF_L
P
C_C
TR
L
Write
7C
85
00
00
01
Wait for FREL = 1
Read
Characters 1 to 8 of the firmware version
Write
7C
85
00
08
01
Wait for FREL = 1
Read
Characters 9 to 16 of the firmware version
Write
78
85
00
10
01
Wait for FREL = 1
Read
Characters 1 to 4 of the
hardware version
8.4.7
Firmware date
This resource indicates the firmware date of the encoder. The firmware date is stored in
ASCII format with a maximum length of 8 characters.
Direct read access to firmware date returns the defining values:
Table 69: Firmware date defining values
Defining value
Offset
Value
RID
086h
Resource name
0
"FWDATE"
Data size
1
8
Read access level
2
0
Write access level
3
15
Time overrun
4
70
Data type
5
0Bh - string
Mandatory
yes
The firmware date is given in the following format:
Table 70: Firmware date definition
Byte
Value
Description
7/6
'00' to '99'
Firmware date year, i.e 20yy
5
'.'
Decimal point as separator
4/3
'01' to '12'
Firmware date month
2
'.'
Decimal point as separator
1/0
'01' to '31'
Firmware date day
8
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