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Command quick reference
RS-232C Protocol for MDS-E12/11/52
1
Transmission format
Transmission forma
9600bps
Character length
8 bit
Parity check
no parity
Stop bit number
1 bit
Variable length byte communication data
(1 byte: header to last byte: terminator (
FFH
))
Contents of data
00H to FFH
(00 to 255)
2.1
Header
1st byte
header (communication direction)
7EH
from PC to MDS
6FH
from MDS to PC
2.3
Data length
2nd byte
data length
05H to 20H
the number of data bytes from header to terminator
2.4
Format type
3rd byte
format type:
05H
2.5
Category
4th byte
category MD:
47H
2.6
Terminator
Data from header is completed at the terminator (
FFH
).
In case of decode, be sure to check data length against the terminator.