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Table 67: Definition of the device version
Byte Description
0 to 15 ASCII characters of the firmware version
16 to 19 ASCII characters of the hardware version
Table 68: Reading the device version
Transaction Register
PC_BUFFER0 PC_BUFFER1 PC_BUFFER2 PC_BUFFER3 PC_BUFFER4 PC_BUFFER5 PC_BUFFER6 PC_BUFFER7 PC_ADD_H PC_ADD_L PC_OFF_H PC_OFF_L PC_CTRL
Write 7C 85 00 00 01
Wait for FREL = 1
Read Characters 1 to 8 of the firmware version
Write 7C 85 00 08 01
Wait for FREL = 1
Read Characters 9 to 16 of the firmware version
Write 78 85 00 10 01
Wait for FREL = 1
Read Characters 1 to 4 of the
hardware version
8.4.7 Firmware date
This resource indicates the firmware date of the encoder. The firmware date is stored in
ASCII format with a maximum length of 8 characters.
Direct read access to firmware date returns the defining values:
Table 69: Firmware date defining values
Defining value Offset Value
RID 086h
Resource name 0 "FWDATE"
Data size 1 8
Read access level 2 0
Write access level 3 15
Time overrun 4 70
Data type 5 0Bh - string
Mandatory yes
The firmware date is given in the following format:
Table 70: Firmware date definition
Byte Value Description
7/6 '00' to '99' Firmware date year, i.e 20yy
5 '.' Decimal point as separator
4/3 '01' to '12' Firmware date month
2 '.' Decimal point as separator
1/0 '01' to '31' Firmware date day
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