Chapter 7 Appendix — Technical information
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Pin assignments and signal names
D-Sub 9-pin (female)
Outside view
Pin No. Signal name Details
(1) (5)
(6) (9)
(1)
― NC
(2)
TXD Transmitted data
(3)
RXD Received data
(4)
― NC
(5)
GND Earth
(6)
― NC
(7)
CTS
Connected internally
(8)
RTS
(9)
― NC
Communication conditions (Factory default)
Signal level
RS-232C-compliant
Sync. method
Asynchronous
Baud rate
9 600 bps
Parity
None
Character length
8 bits
Stop bit
1 bit
X parameter
None
S parameter
None
Basic format
Transmission from the computer starts with STX, then the ID, command, parameter, and ETX are sent in this
order. Add parameters according to the details of control.
(2 bytes)
2 ID characters (2 bytes)
Semi-colon (1 byte)
Colon (1 byte)
3 command characters (3 bytes)
Parameter (undefined length)
Start (1 byte)
ZZ, 01 to 64
ID designate
End (1 byte)
Basic format (has subcommands)
Parameter (6 bytes)
*1
Symbol “+” or “–” (1 byte) and setting or adjustment value (5
bytes)
Operation (1 byte)
*1
“=” (Set the value specified using parameter)
Sub command (5 bytes)
Same as the basic format