Standard V6 Series Communication Protocol
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118109-001 REV B
4.0
GETTING STARTED – SOFTWARE
The following sections detail how to create software to interface to the V6 Series
communications interfaces.
4.1 RS-232
The RS-232 interface makes use of a standard ‘command/response’
communications protocol. See section 6.0 for the syntax of the serial
interface protocol.
All software that addresses the RS-232 interface must adhere to the
following parameters:
115K.2 bits per second
No
Parity
8 Data Bits
1 Stop Bit
No
handshaking
5.0-
SERIAL INTERFACE PROTOCOL
Serial communications will use the following protocol:
<STX><CMD><,>ARG><,><CSUM><ETX>
Where:
<STX>
= 1 ASCII 0x02 Start of Text character
<CMD>
= 2 ASCII characters representing the command ID
<,>
= 1 ASCII 0x2C character
PC to SIC Board Cable Details
PC Connector (DB-9 Female)
J1 Connector (DB-15
Female)
Pin 2: RX In
Pin 2: RX Out
Pin 3: TX Out
Pin 3: TX In
Pin 5: Ground
Pin 5: Ground