Comm-Tec EIB - Data Types

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3.3.4 Channels and levels
All addresses are available as channels. The current value is displayed on the corresponding channels of the
virtual device. For value report “0” the channel is OFF, for all other values ON.
Channel Description
1 … 3000 Display of values (irrespective of EIB type)
3001 Gateway was detected, module ready for ADD = commands
3002 Gateway and module function correct
The first 200 addresses (actuators in EIB table) are available as levels. For every value change the current
value is transmitted as level to the program, for instance to control a bar graph.
Level Description
lay of values of first 200 group addresses (irrespective of EIB type)
4 Data Types
‘Switch‘ - Value ‘0‘ or ‘1‘ (e.g. OFF – ON)
‘4 Bit‘ - Value ‘0‘ to ‘15‘ (e.g. relative dimming – direction, interval)
‘1 Byte‘ - Value ‘0‘ to ‘255‘ (e.g. value absolute)
‘2 Byte‘ - Value ‘0‘ to ‘65535‘ (e.g. floating point value in EIS5 Notation)
‘3 Byte‘ - 3 Byte (e.g. Date or Time)
‘4 Byte‘ - 4 Byte
‘Text‘ - 1 to 14 ASCII Characters, String automatically filled with spaces
‘HEXText‘ - 1 to 14 Byte Hexvalue in ASCII-Notation