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Xon/xoff, Xon/xoff "=" command example – Watlow Series 942 Data Communications User Manual

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WATLOW Series 942

XON/XOFF "="

XON/XOFF "=" Command Example

The general command syntax is the one you've already seen. Each command
uses a slightly different variation of it, depending on the number of arguments
required for a message.

• You want to change the Alarm 1 Low (A1LO) value to 500°. The "=" Com-
mand will do the job.

The syntax with XON/XOFF Protocol requires an ending Carriage Return
.

"=" Command Syntax with XON/XOFF Protocol:
= Data.1 Data.2

With the "=" Command, Data.1 is the Series 942 parameter, in this case Alarm
1 Low, A1LO. Data.2 is the value you want to set for that parameter, in this
example, 500.

Enter in ASCII:
= A1LO 500
The hex string will be:
3D2041314C4F203530300D

Response from the Series 942:
It sends an "XOFF" when a carriage return is received and then an "XON"
when the unit is done processing the command.

• The complete list of "=" Command data (parameters and value limits) is in
Table 5, Pages 19 - 21.

ASCII
Characters

HEX
Value

1

Space

5

0

0

41

4C

31

20

35

30

30

=

3D 20

A

L

0D

4F

O

Figure 6 -
XON/XOFF "="
Command Example.

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