INFICON Maxtek PM-700 Plating Monitor - Manual (Page 63)

PM-700 SERIES PLATING MONITOR
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Header
(2 bytes)
Instruction Code
(1 byte)
Message
Length
(1 byte)
Command Code
or Message Checksum
(1 byte)
FFh FEh 30h 1h 40h 8Eh
4.8.4.4 Remote Monitoring
4.8.4.4.1 Upload Machine Status (Instruction 40h)
This operation outputs all relevant machine variables, flag registers, and I/O
registers to the host computer. The variables are output in the following order:
Table 10 Upload Machine Status Codes
Number Position Description Length
(Bytes)
1 1 Rate scale factor x 256 3
2 4 Thickness scale factor x 256
2
3
3 7 Current scale factor x 256
2
3
4 10 Rate decimal position 1
5 11 Thickness decimal position 1
6 12 Current decimal position 1
7 13 Monitor status register 1
8 14 Failure register 1
9 15 Flag register 1
10 16 Mode register 1
11 17 RS-232 error register 1
12 18 Output #1 status register 1
13 19 Output #2 status register 1
Total 19
The following table presents bit map for all registers.
Table 11 Monitor Status Register
Bit Number Description