SCU-1601 Control Unit for Turbomolecular Pump
SERIAL COMMUNICATI
ON PROTOCOL
“@” is used as a network frame ID character.
“Stx” and “Etx” are used as a start and an end character of the transmission frame, respectively.
Transmission frame when a message exceeds 255 characters (n = 255, m<=255, k = the number of
transmission blocks)
“@” is used as a network frame ID character.
“Stx” is a start character of each transmission block, and “Etb” is an end character of the transmission
block of a message of 255 characters.
“Etx” is used as an end character of the final transmission block (end character of the transmission
frame).
5.3.9 Control command in the RS485 multi-point connection
The control command to be used when a pump operation instruction or a setting change instruction is
transmitted to the SIM and is arranged in the order specified below. The top is “Sp” (space character,
HEX code “20”) and ASCII characters corresponding to the respective function code and parameter
follow.
CHR: Function code character, C
1
to C
n
: Parameter
Parameter (from C
1
to C
n
) serves as 16 bits signed hexadecimal value coded ASCII text. When a
message (a space character, a function code, and parameter) exceeds 255 characters, input “Sp” and
CHR to the top transmission block only (the first transmission block of the transmission frame). It is
not necessary to input them to the second and succeeding transmission blocks.
The SIM returns the acknowledgment response character “#” when the control command is processed
normally. If not, the SIM returns the non-acknowledgment response character “!” and 3 characters of
the non-acknowledgment code are added to “!”.
Transmission frame when data is transmitted to one block (a message is less than 256 characters):