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Sending CompoWay/F Commands to the Digital Controller Section 5-2
Explicit Message 
Communications
5-2-1 CompoWay/F Binary Commands
CompoWay/F binary commands use hexadecimal values for the CompoWay/
F frames, and not ASCII. Therefore, the data volume is about half of Compo-
Way/F ASCII commands. The following restrictions apply.
• Read Controller Attribute (05 03), which includes ASCII in the Compo-
Way/F frame, cannot be used.
The following command and response formats are used when executing
CompoWay/F binary commands from an OMRON Master.
Command Block
Note Specify the same value as the destination node address. Broadcasting cannot
be specified.
Response Block Normal Response
5-2-2 CompoWay/F ASCII Commands
When CompoWay/F ASCII commands are used, the CompoWay/F frames
are expressed in ASCII (each digit in a specified numerical value is also con-
verted to ASCII, so 52 is specified as ASCII 3532).
The following command and response formats are used when the commands
are executed from an OMRON Master Unit.
0086 hex fixed
0001 hex fixed
2 bytes2 bytes1 byte1 byte
Class ID Instance ID
Data (CompoWay/F command frame data)
SID FINS-mini command text
Desti-
nation 
node 
ad-
dress
Service 
Code
36 hex 
bytes
Specified in binary
Unit 
No. 
(See 
note.)
Sub-
address
00 hex 
fixed
00 hex 
fixed
Data (CompoWay/F response frame data)
2 bytes 1 byte 1 byte Responds in binary (hexadecimal)
FINS-mini response text
No. of received 
bytes
Source 
node 
address
Service 
Code
B6 hex 
fixed
Unit 
No.
Sub-
address
End 
code
00 hex
fixed
00 hex
fixed