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Command ID = 3 "Specific Layer"

= <2 Bytes>Desired Layer

Response:

1-32, film number of given layer

5.2.2.4 Standard UPDATE Commands
5.2.2.4.1 Update Block

Command:

UB< Command ID>

Response:

None (Just header and trailer)

List of parameters for Command ID 1 =

Parameters>…Name>… …Name>…

Number of Bytes in Response (2 bytes)

All General parameters (4 bytes per parameter)

All parameters for each film (4 bytes per parameter) (9 or 32 films based on
XTC/3S or XTC/3M)

All input definitions (9) (1 byte per input) (XTC/3M only)

All output definitions (20) (1 byte per output) (XTC/3M only)

All output types (20) (1 byte per output) (XTC/3M only)

All Film Names (null terminated) (32 films based on XTC/3M only)

Every process layer list for each process (99) (2 byte length (for the number of
layers programmed) followed by 1 byte for each programmed layer)
(XTC/3M only)

All process Names (null terminated) (99) (XTC/3M only)

Note: maximum allowed bytes are 57,800. If there are more bytes in the
command then the data should be broken into the following commands.

List of parameters for Command ID 2 =

Parameters>…Name>…

Number of Bytes in Response (2 bytes)