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Command: MINI-CUBE sends the following frame:
STX
(0x3E)
H-
BLK
(0x30)
L-BLK
(0x30)
H-
LEN
L-
LEN
H-
ADD
(0x30)
L-ADD
(0x31)
H-
COM
(0x35)
L-
COM
(0x32)
Data-
1
...
Data-
n
ETX
(0x0D)
H-
CHK
L-
CHK
The hexadecimal values indicated in brackets are constant values for this
message. The fields in bold print are the variable ones and are described below:
H-LEN / L-LEN:
Length of the data field, from Data-1 to Data-n inclusive, represented in HEX-
ASCII. Maximum Value ‘F’ (0x46) / ‘F’ (0x46). This is the effective number of bytes
contained in the data field. In fact, the maximum number of bytes contained in the
DATA field is 255.
Data-1 .. Data-n:
Data field. The Data field for the message code 0x52 consists of the following:
QC data
QC Record Sample
QC data
Batch No.
(ASCII string 6
characters)
EXPIRY
DATE
ASCII string
6 characters
H-VALMIN
L-
VALMIN
H-
VALMAX
L-
VALMAX
BATCH No.: ASCII string of 6 characters. Identifies the production
batch of the control blood
EXPIRY DATE: string of 6 characters without terminator,
“DDMMYY” where:
“DD” = day of the month, from “01” to “31”
ASCII.
“MM” = Month of the year, from “01” to “12”
ASCII.
“YY” = Year of the century, from “00” to “99”
ASCII.