14. COMMUNICATION FUNCTION 
14 -  6 
 
14.3.2 Character codes 
(1) Control codes 
 
Code 
name 
Hexadecimal 
(ASCII code) 
Description 
Personal computer terminal 
key operation 
(general) 
SOH 
STX 
ETX 
EOT 
01H 
02H 
03H 
04H 
start of head 
start of text 
end of text 
end of transmission 
ctrl + A 
ctrl + B 
ctrl + C 
ctrl + D 
 
(2)  Codes for data 
ASCII unit codes are used. 
b8
b7
b6
b5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
NUL
SOH
STX
ETX
DLE
DC
1
DC2
DC3
!
“
#
$
%
‘
(
)
+
,
-
.
/
Space
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
:
;
<
=
>
?
@
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
[
¥
]
^
_
`
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
{
|
}
¯
DEL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
b8 to b5
R
C
0123b4 b3 b2 b1 4 5 6 7
 
(3) Station numbers 
You may set 32 station Nos. from station 0 to station 31 and the ASCII unit codes are used to specify the 
stations. 
 
Station No.  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
ASCII code  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 
 
Station No.  16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 
ASCII code  G H  I  J K L M N O P Q R S T U V 
 
For example, "30H" is transmitted in hexadecimal for the station No. "0" (axis 1).