Fairbanks FB2255 Series Instrument PC2255 PC Software Utility Program - Manual (Page 73)

Appendix 1: Data Output Formats
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J. P Ship
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Serial Data Output Format for P Ship, used to interface to FedEx Shipping
Programs.
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All computer commands and scale responses are ASCII Character Strings,
where:
is an ASCII carriage return (hexadecimal 0D)
is an ASCII line feed (hexadecimal 0A)
is an ASCII End-Of-Text (hexadecimal 03)
(STATUS) is a two ASCII number representation of the scale status (in the form of
hexadecimal 3x3x, where the bit pattern of the low nibbles, indicated by an "x",
determine the actual status conditions)
COMPUTER
RESPONSE SCALE RESPONSE COMMAND
RESULT
W
XXX.XXUU(STATUS)
Returns the weight
and scale status in two
ASCII digits.
S
S(STATUS)
Returns the scale
Status in two ASCII
digits (defined in the
following section)
Z
No response
Zeros the scale
All Else
?
Unrecognizable
command
Notes: In the scale response to "W":
1 . XXX.XX = A five digit number with two digits to the right of the decimal point
which is the displayed scale weight.
2 . SP = An ASCII space (hexadecimal 20). In the event of a negative
weight, an ASCII, "-" (hexadecimal 2D) is returned in this
location.