PR 5211 Instrument Manual SMA Protocol
Sartorius EN-53
5.4.5 About ‘A’ and ‘B’ Command Response
Response Format for ‘About’ commands A, B (variable length):
<LF><xxx>:<yyyyyy><CR>
where:
<LF> Start of About response
<xxx> About field descriptor is fixed at 3 characters, is left justified, filled with blanks on the
right side.
Following fields are send:
“SMA” compliance level/revision
(response of ‘A’ command)
“MFG” manufacturer
(response of 1st ‘B’ command)
“MOD” product model identification
(response of 2nd ‘B’ command)
“REV” software revision
(response of 3rd ‘B’ command)
“SN_“ serial number
(response of 4th ‘B’ command)
“END” this is always the last About field
(response of the last ‘B’ command)
‘:’ Separator between field name and field contents.
<yyyyyy> Data field contain 25 characters maximum.
SMA field contents <level/revision>
where: level= (1, 2, etc.); revision= (1.0, 1.1, etc.)
<CR> End of About response
Examples:
Command Response
<LF> A <CR> <LF>SMA:1/1.0 <CR>
<LF> B <CR> <LF>MFG:Sartorius <CR>
<LF> B <CR> <LF>MOD:PR 5211 <CR>
<LF> B <CR> <LF>REV:02.09.9 <CR>
<LF> B <CR> <LF>SN_:148388723 <CR>
<LF> B <CR> <LF>END: <CR>
Note: if the host should ask for additional ‘B’ status then.
<LF> B <CR> <LF> ? <CR>