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Formatting Data
Returned numeric values may be formatted in decimal or hexadecimal* with a specified number of digits
to the right and left of the decimal point using the PF command.
The Position Format (PF) command formats motion values such as those returned by the Tell Position
(TP), Speed? (SP?) and Tell Error (TE) commands.
Position Format is specified by:
PF m.n
where m is the number of digits to the left of the decimal point (0 through 10) and n is the number of digits
to the right of the decimal point (0 through 4) A negative sign for m specifies hexadecimal format.
Hex values are returned preceded by a $ and in 2's complement. Hex values should be input as signed 2's
complement, where negative numbers have a negative sign. The default format is PF 10.0.
Examples:
The following interrogation commands are affected by the PF command:
If the number of decimal places specified by PF is less than the actual value, a nine appears in all the
decimal places.
:DP21 Define position
:TPX Tell position
0000000021 Default format
:PF4 Change format to 4 places
:TPX Tell position
0021 New format
:PF-4 Change to hexadecimal format
:TPX Tell Position
$0015 Hexadecimal value
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