Gocator 2300 & 2880 Series
Protocols • ASCIIProtocol • 354
ASCIIProtocol
This section describes the ASCII protocol. The ASCIIprotocol is available over either serial output or
Ethernet output. Over serial output, communication is asynchronous (measurement results are
automatically sent on the Data channel when the sensor is in the running state and results become
available). Over Ethernet, communication can be asynchronous or use polling. For more information on
polling commands, see
The protocol communicates using ASCII strings. The output result format from the sensor is user-
configurable.
To use the ASCII protocol, it must be enabled and configured in the active job.
The Gocator 4.x firmware uses mm, mm
2
, mm
3
, and degrees as standard units. In all protocols,
values are scaled by 1000, as values in the protocols are represented as integers. This results in
effective units of mm/1000, mm
2
/1000, mm
3
/1000, and deg/1000 in the protocols.
For information on configuring the protocol with the Web interface (when using the protocol over
Ethernet), see Ethernet Output on page 210.
For information on configuring the protocol with the Web interface (when using the protocol over Serial),
see Serial Output on page 218.
Connection Settings
Ethernet Communication
With Ethernet ASCII output, you can set the connection port numbers of the three channels used for
communication (Control, Data, and Health):
Name Description Default Port
Control
To send commands to control the
sensor.
8190
Data
To retrieve measurement output.
8190
Health
To retrieve specific health indicator
values.
8190
Ethernet Ports for ASCII
Channels can share the same port or operate on individual ports. The following port numbers are
reserved for Gocator internal use: 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Each port can accept multiple
connections, up to a total of 16 connections for all ports.
Serial Communication
Over serial, Gocator ASCII communication uses the following connection settings:
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