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Serial commands – Hypertherm HPR260 Manual Gas Preventive Maintenance Program Rev.5 User Manual

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APPENDIX B – CNC INTERFACE PROTOCOL

HPR260 Auto Gas

Instruction Manual

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Multi-drop addressing

The power supply control has dipswitches to set the power supply ID.
Dipswitches 2,3,4 are used to set the ID.

2

3

4

ID

Off

Off

Off 0

On

Off

Off

1

Off

On

Off

2

On

On

Off

3

Off

Off

On

Reserved

On

Off

On

Reserved

Off

On

On

Reserved

On

On

On

Reserved

Systems with ID 0 power-up with the serial interface enabled. Systems with any other ID power-up with the serial
interface disabled.

To implement the multi-drop interface, the CNC must send the SLEEP command (086) which will put all systems on the
line into sleep mode. The WAKE command (085) with specific system ID will wake the system that the CNC wants to
communicate with. Any command can now be sent to that power supply, while all other systems will ignore the
communications. When the CNC is finished communicating with that power supply the SLEEP command must be sent,
then the WAKE command is used to communicate with the next system.

Serial commands

Format

ASCII-based protocol
Baud 19200
8 Data bits
1 Stop bit
No parity
No flow control

Framing

> = Start of message
3 byte command ID
Data
2 byte checksum
< = End of message

Sample: >0011C2<

Commands

Responses will echo the ID of the command, unless there is an error in the command.