Chapter 8 Dedicated Protocol Communication 
 
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1) Data Size 
It means the number of bytes in Hexadecimal. This number is decided based on the 
memory type (X,B,W,D,L) included in variable name of the computer request format. 
 
2) Number of blocks 
Used to specify the number of blocks composed of ‘[Number of Data][Data]’ in the request 
format up to 16 blocks. Accordingly, the value of [Number of Blocks] shall be h0001 ~ 
h0010. 
 
Bit (X)  %(P,M,L,K,F,T)X 
1 
(Lowest bit only effective) 
[Table 8.2.2] Number of data based on variables 
 
1)  Number of data ‘H04’ means that 4 bytes of Hexadecimal data (Double Word) exists in the data. 
2)  If data type is Bit, the read data will be displayed in one byte (HEX). In other words, if BIT value 
is 0, h00 will be displayed, and if the value is 1, h01 will be displayed. 
 
 
4) Response format (For NAK Response) 
Format 
Code (Ex.)  ...  h0055  h0002  h0000 
hFFFF 
(1) Error code displays the type of error in 1 byte of Hexadecimal. 
Refer to ‘Error Codes Table’ for more details.