Last Alarm Date (mmdd)
Holds the month and day when the
instrument had the last alarm.
High byte = $01 to $0C
Low byte = $01 to $1F
Examples:
Dec 25 is represented as $0C19
June 31 is represented as $061F
Last Alarm Date (00yy)
Holds the last two digits of the year when
the instrument was last in alarm. The first
two digits are assumed to be “20”.
High byte = $00, Low byte = $02 to
$63
Examples:
2002 is represented by $02
2099 is represented by $63
MSB=$01 to
$0C,
LSB=$01 to $1F
RTC Month and Day
Holds the month and day to which the real
time clock (RTC) calendar should be set.
The most significant byte (MSB)
represents the month from $01 to $0C (1-
12). The least significant byte (LSB)
represents the day of the month from $01
to $1F (1-31).
Examples:
December 25 = $0C19
June 30 = $061E
RTC Year (00yy)
Holds the year to which the real time clock
(RTC) should be set. The most significant
byte (MSB) is always $00. The least
significant byte (LSB) represents the two-
digit year (within the 21
st
century), from
$02 (which represents 2002) to $063
(which represents 2099).
Examples:
2002 = 02 (+ base year of 2000) =
$0002
2010 = 10 (+ base year of 2000) =
$000A
2099 = 99 (+ base year of 2000) =