B-4 Computer Control
If sent to a printer, this output might appear as:
<RETURN>
,+1234,+1432,+0012,+0138,+0387,+1324,+0021,+0000,09924,-0006,+1234,+0982 [CR-LF]
,-0532,-0021,+1238,*****,+0987,+0765 ...
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,+1321,-0123,-0029,+0089,+0642,+0963,+3470,+2381,+0002, 0876,+1200,+1119[CR-LF]
FILENAME [CR-LF]
REPORT TITLE [CR-LF]
MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS.XX AM[CR-LF]^Z
The baud rate used for transmission is stored in memory and can be
changed by the user. Other serial port parameters, No Parity, 8 Data Bits,
and 2 Stop bits are fixed and cannot be changed.
Refer to Table B-1 for the ASCII control characters used in the computer
control protocol and to Table B-2 for the ASCII characters used for
PowerWave’s buttons and keys.
USING THE STOP KEY TO HALT SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pressing the STOP key on the reader during serial communications will:
cause the following to occur:
1. Halt the motors that move the micro plate and the filter wheel;
2. Move the microplate carrier to its full-out position;
3. The reader will display the Main Menu.
4. The reader will transmit an ASCII DLE (10h) character to the
computer.