STP-iXA4507 series Turbomolecular Pump
SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
5.3 Protocol specifications
5.3.1 General description
In the STP serial communication protocol, a SIM(s) receives communication commands transmitted
from a PC (Figure 39-1), and sends a response following the communication commands (Figure 39-
2). The communication commands from a PC transmit a text message (ASCII text) assigned to each
function. The communication commands include the control commands (the STP pump operation
commands) and the query commands (read-out of the STP pump operation modes).
Figure 39 - PC to SIM communication
Table 20 shows ASCII characters used in the transmission procedures, error procedures, and
handshake in the application layer.
Transmission block start character
Transmission frame end character
Transmission block end character
Non-acknowledgment response
Network frame ID character
Non-acknowledgment response
Table 20 - Transmission control characters