Instruction Manual
VLB-67 LED Beacon
© Vega Industries Ltd, July 2014
VLB-67 LED Beacon
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VLB-67 V1.0.17
APPENDIX G
VLB-67 DATA PORT PROTOCOL
Purpose
The VLB-67 Monitoring protocol provides a human and machine-readable format for status
information generated by the VLB-67 beacon. The primary purpose is to provide data compatible
with Vega Industries VegaWeb monitoring devices. The data is also suitable for monitoring beacon
status through third party applications.
Description
The VLB-67 Monitoring protocol transmits status data from the VLB-67 beacon via the RS232 port.
Each data package uses a pseudo XML format consisting of three letter tags surrounded by ‘<’ and
‘>’ integer data and a termination character, ‘/’.
Communication Port Settings
The VLB-67 Monitoring protocol transmits data via RS232 port using the following communication
parameter settings:
Baud Rate: 115200
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Communication data flow
Data Format
