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Sending CompoWay/F Commands to the Digital Indicator Section 5-2
Explicit Message
Communications
5-2-1 CompoWay/F Binary Commands
CompoWay/F binary commands use hexadecimal values for the CompoWay/
F frames, and not ASCII. Therefore, the data volume is about half of Compo-
Way/F ASCII commands. The following restrictions apply.
• Read Controller Attribute (05 03), which includes ASCII in the Compo-
Way/F frame, cannot be used.
The following command and response formats are used when executing
CompoWay/F binary commands from an OMRON Master.
Command Block
Note Specify the same value as the destination node address. Broadcasting cannot
be specified.
Response Block Normal Response
5-2-2 CompoWay/F ASCII Commands
When CompoWay/F ASCII commands are used, the CompoWay/F frames
are expressed in ASCII (each digit in a specified numerical value is also con-
verted to ASCII, so 52 is specified as ASCII 3532).
The following command and response formats are used when the commands
are executed from an OMRON Master Unit.
2 bytes1 byte
Class ID Instance ID Data (CompoWay/F command frame data)
SID FINS-mini command text
Destina-
tion node
address
Service
Code
Unit No.
(See
note.)
Sub-
address
00 hex
fixed
00 hex
fixed
36 hex
fixed
0086 hex fixed 0001 hex fixed
Specified in binary2 bytes1 byte
Data (CompoWay/F response frame data)
2 bytes 1 byte 1 byte Responds in binary (hexadecimal)
FINS-mini response text
No. of
received bytes
Source
node
address
Service
Code
B6 hex
fixed
Unit
No.
Sub-
address
End
code
00 hex
fixed
00 hex
fixed