Advantech 5000 Series - Manual (Page 178)

Chapter 6
$aaSiM
Name Read Channel Masking Status
Description Ask the specified module to return the masking status
of digital output channels
Syntax $aaSiM(cr)
$ is a delimiter character.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadecimal
address of the ADAM-5000 system.
Si identifies the I/O slot of the system you want to read.
M is Channel Masking Status command.
(cr) is the terminating character, carriage return (0Dh)
Response !aa(data)(cr) if the command is valid.
?aa(cr) if an invalid operation was entered.
There is no response if the module detects a syntax error
or communication error or if the specified address does
not exist.
! delimiter character indicating a valid command was
received.
? delimiter character indicating the command was
invalid.
aa (range 00-FF) represents the 2-character hexadecimal
address of an ADAM-5000 system that is responding.
(data) is the hexadecimal value representing the status of
all digital output channels. A value of 1 means the
channel is masked, while a value of 0 means the channel
is valid.
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