INFICON IC/5 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 152)

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Serial With Checksum Format
Host to Instrument Message
(count)(command)(checksum)
Instrument to Host Message
(count)(response)(checksum) or
(count)(nrc)(checksum)
IEEE488 Message Format
Host to Instrument Message
(command)
Instrument to Host Message
(response) or
(nrc)
(See section 7.7.7 on page 7-41 for a list of error codes.)
7.7 INFICON Standard
Communication Commands
The standard command set is structured into six categories- ECHO, HELLO,
QUERY, UPDATE, STATUS and REMOTE. Most commands require arguments. A
space is used between commands and arguments and between multiple
arguments.
The instrument uses a set of negative response codes (nrc) for commands
resulting in an error.
7.7.1 ECHO Command
The format is:
E string
The Echo command returns the ASCII string argument back to the sender. This
command is useful for set-up or troubleshooting.
7.7.2 HELLO Command
The format is:
H
The Hello command returns the model and version number in the ASCII format
“
IC/5 VERSION x.xx ”.