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H-3531 – Xylem H-3531 FlashLite User Manual

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H-3531

SDI-12 Command and Response Protocol 5-9

5.8 Send Identification Command
The Send Identification Command responds with sensor vendor, model, and version data. Any
measurement data in the sensor's buffer is not disturbed.

Command

Response

"aI!"

"allccccccccmmmmmmvvvxx...xx"

Where:
a

is the sensor address ("0-9", "A-Z", "a-z", "*", "?").

I

is an upper-case ASCII character.

ll

is the SDI-12 version compatibility level, e.g. version 1.2 is represented as
"12".

cccccccc

is an 8 character vendor identification to be specified by the vendor and
usually in the form of a company name or its abbreviation.

mmmmmm

is a 6 character field specifying the sensor model number.

vvv

is a 3 character field specifying the sensor version number.

xx...xx

is an optional field of up to a maximum of 13 characters to be used for
serial number or other specific sensor information not relevant to operation
of the data recorder.

Example of a "aI!" command:

"a13 DAA H3531vvvS#nnnnnnVkkk

"

H-3531 FlashLite™ implementation of the optional 13 character field:

S#nnnnnnVkkk

(12 bytes total)

Where:

"nnnnnn"

is a six character sensor serial number

"kkk" is a three digit sensor firmware revision level