STP-iS2207 Series Turbomolecular Pump 
 
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SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL 
Table 20 shows ASCII characters being used in the transmission control, error control and handshake 
in the application layer. 
 
ASCII 
character
HEX 
code 
Function 
Transmission layer  Stx  02  Transmission block start character 
Etx  03  Transmission frame end character 
Etb  17  Transmission block end character 
Ack  06  Acknowledgment response 
Nak  15  Non-acknowledgment response 
@  40  Network frame ID character 
Application layer  #  23  Acknowledgment response 
!  21  Non-acknowledgment response 
Table 20 - Transmission control characters 
 
5.3.2  Standard transmission frame (in the RS232/RS485 single point connection) 
The  transmission frame has a single  block  or  multiple transmission blocks. The transmission block 
consists of a start control character, data block No. (3 digits), a message (up to 255 characters), an 
end  control  character,  and  a  checksum  (LRC).  The  following  table  shows  the  transmission  frame 
where the message transmission character string is C
n
. 
Transmission frame when a message is below 255 characters (n<=255): 
    1  2  3  4  5    5+n  5+n+1
5+n+2
  ASCII
Stx
0  0  1  C
1
  C
n
  Etx  LRC
 
"Stx" and "Etx" are used as a start and an end character of the transmission frame, respectively.