Hypertherm Powermax65 SYNC - Read the Part Number of the Installed Cartridge; 0 X3038, 0 X3039, 0 X303 A (Cartridge Part Number, Bytes 0 - 5)

Serial Communication Programmer Reference Guide
Powermax65/85/105 SYNC Reference Guide 810400 23
Response from plasma power supply:
:0104020508EC<CR><LF>
Read the part number of the installed cartridge
To read the part number of the installed cartridge, the CNC reads the values in the following
registers:
 0x3038 (part number, bytes 0 and 1)
 0x3039 (part number, bytes 2 and 3)
 0x303A (part number, bytes 4 and 5)
0x3038, 0x3039, 0x303A (cartridge part number, bytes 0 – 5)
Value Description
: Start of message
01 Plasma power supply node address (confirmed)
04 Read Registers (confirmed)
02 Quantity of bytes in the Data segment (0x02 = 2)
0508 High byte = 05 = 0x05 = machine torch with 35-foot – 50-foot lead
Low byte = 08 = 0x08 = Powermax105 SYNC 200 V – 600 V CSA
EC LRC
<CR><LF> End
Description: Identifies the type of machine torch cartridge that is installed by using the
cartridge part number. Convert the hexadecimal values in the response message
to ASCII characters.
Refer to Table 5.
Encoding or scaling: N/A
Unit: N/A
Function (hex): 04 (Read Registers)