Data Communications
ASYNCHRONOUS
Group Poll Characters
I \
Er
PAD- A A
II II
~
PAD
SYNCHRONOUS
Ā·Optional, but if present, should be FF (hex).
I
ET PAD
AA""EaPAD
(Group POLL, group
A)
...
t
EOT
I
(Terminals of group A have no data to transmit.)
ET PAD
BB''''Ea
PAD
(Group S terminals have no more data to transmit.)
(Terminal group B device; ETB indicates
more text blocks coming from terminal.)
(Terminal group
B,
device
G)
(ETX indicates last text block from terminal.)
,
EOT
I
,
STX
Text ETX (BCC)
PAD
I
,
STX
S G Text
ETX
(SCC)
PAD
I
,
ACK1
I
,
ACKO
I
,
ACK1
I
(Group POLL, group
B)
,
STX
B A Text ETB (BCC)
PAD
I
Figure
7-12. Group Poll Sequences
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