Touchpoint 4 Serial Communication Protocol Issue 1 09/07
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
OVERVIEW 1
GLOSSARY 2
COMMUNICATION PORT 2
ADDRESS SETTING PROCEDURE 3
PROTOCOL SPECIFICS 3
Packet Length 4
Checksum 4
ACK/NAK Handshake 5
TIME DIAGRAM 6
PROTOCOL PACKET DEFINITION 6
PACKET FORMAT 6
Start Code 6
Slave Address 6
Length 6
Command 6
Data 7
Checksum 7
GENERIC DATA FORMATS 7
Date Format
7
Time Format 7
Date/Time Examples: 7
Concentration Code: 7
Concentration Data Format Code 8
Concentration Example: 8
GENERIC RESPONSES 8
ACK - 0x01 8
NAK - 0x21 9
Bad Packet - 0x66 9
Unknown CMD –0x67 9
PROTOCOL COMMAND DEFINITION 9
HANDSHAKECOMMAND–0X40 9
Command packet to instrument: 9
Example: 9
Response packet from instrument: 9
Example: 9
GETUNITANDPOINTSSTATUS-0X30 10
Command packet to instrument: 10
Example: 10
Response packet from instrument: 10
Example: 11