Supported Commands 
The command set supported by the Bavarian protocol is: 
Table 15 – Bavarian protocol commands 
Returns gas concentration 
Returns gas concentration w/o ID 
 
DA 
Return the current instantaneous concentration. 
 
Format: 
 
<STX>{DA}{<kkk>}<ETX>< bcc1><bcc2> 
 
Or 
 
<STX>{DA}<ETX>< bcc1><bcc2> 
 
Where: 
 
kkk = device’s multi-drop ID 
 
bcc1 = first byte of the block check calculation 
 
bcc2 = second byte of the block check calculation 
 
Device response: 
 
(S10, S30 and S50 family) 
 
<STX>{MD}{01}<SP><kkk><SP><+nnnn+ee><SP><ss><SP><ff><{000}><SP>{00000000} 
 
<SP><ETC>< bcc1><bcc2> 
 
Device response (S40 family) 
 
<STX>{MD}{02}<SP><kkk><SP><+nnnn+ee><SP><ss><SP><ff><SP>{00000000} 
 
<SP><mmm><SP><+pppp+ee><SP><ss><SP><ff><SP>{00000000}