PR 5220 Instrument Manual SMA Protocol
Sartorius EN-133
Scale Reply with ‘I’ and ‘N’ Commands
Reply format with and 'N' commands (variable length):
<LF><xxx>:<yyyyyy><CR>
Reply format and meaning:
<LF> Start of reply from 'I'/'N' command
<xxx> The field name is three characters long, left-adjusted and filled up with spaces, if necessary.
The following fields are sent:
“SMA” level/revision
(reply from ‘I’ command)
“TYP” Scale type: ‘S’= scale
(reply from the 1st ‘N’ command)
“CAP” Max, unit, scale interval and decimal position, separated by ‘:’
Meaning
:
yyyyyy= uuu:c..c:n:d
uuu= unit
n= scale interval (e.g. 1, 2, 5,10,20…) without decimal point
d= decimal point position
‘0’= without, ‘1’= xxxx.x, ‘2’= xxx.xx, ‘3’= xx.xxx , ... etc.
(reply from the 2nd ‘N’ command)
“CMD” Supported SMA commands
(reply from the 3rd ‘N’ command)
“END” This is always the last inscription field
(reply from the last ‘N’ command)
‘:’ Separator between field name and field content.
<yyyyyy> The data field has up to 25 characters.
The SMA field contains <level/revision>
Meaning: level= (1, 2, etc.); revision= (1.0, 1.1, etc.)
<CR> Start of reply from 'I'/'N' command
Example: 6000kg x 1kg platform scale
Command Reply
<LF> I <CR> <LF>SMA:2/1.0 <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>TYP:S <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>CAP:kg_:6000:1:0 <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>END: <CR>
Example: 5000g x 1g, 10000g x 2, 25000g x 5 multiple range / multi-interval
Command Reply
<LF> I <CR> <LF>SMA:2/1.0 <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>TYP:S <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>CAP:g_:5000:1:0 <CR>
<LF>CAP:g_:10000:2:0 <CR>
<LF>CAP:g_:25000:5:0 <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>CMD:HPTMCRQ <CR>
<LF>N<CR> <LF>END: <CR>