Sutter Instrument MPC-200 - Change Active Device (I) Command; Move to Controller-Defined HOME Position (H) Command; Table 5-8. Get Current Position (C) Command; Table 5-9. Change Active Device (I) Command

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Table 5-8. Get Current Position (‘C’) command.
Command
Tx/-
Delay/-
Rx
Ver.
Total
Bytes
Byte
Offset
(Len.)
Value
Alt-
key-
pad #
Ctrl-
char
ASCII
def./-
char.
Description
Dec.
Hex.
Binary
Get Current
Position (‘C’)
Tx
All
1
0
67
43
0100 0011
0067
C
Command
Rx
14
0
1-4
01
-
04
0000 0000
–
0000 0100
^A
-
^D
<SOH>
-
<EOT>
Drive number (1 – 4) to
which t
he current position
applies
Three 4-byte (32-bit) values (current positions in µsteps of X, Y, & Z) + 1
byte for completion indicator. See Ranges and bounds table
for minimum
and maximum values.
1-4
X microsteps
5-8
Y microsteps
9-12
Z microsteps
13
13
0D
0000 1101
^M
<CR>
Completion indicator
5.8.5 Change Active Device (‘I’) Command
This command is used to change which device (1- 4) is currently active. The command
sequence consists of one byte as shown in the following table, and returns 1 (Ver. below 1.06)
or 2 bytes: 1
st
byte containing specified device number if it exists or ASCII ‘E’ (for “error”) if
not, and the completion indicator (1 byte).
Table 5-9. Change Active Device (‘I’) command.
Command
Tx/-
Delay/-
Rx
Ver.
Total
Bytes
Byte
Offset
(Len.)
Value
Alt-
key-
pad #
Ctrl-
char
ASCII
def./-
char.
Description
Dec.
Hex.
Binary
Change
Active Device
(‘I’)
Tx
All
3
0
73
49
0100 1001
0073
I
Command
1
1-4
01
-
04
0000 0001
-
0000 0100
0001
-
0004
^A
-
^D
<SOH>
-
<EOT>
Device number (by value) to
change (1 throu
gh 4)
Rx
1-
1.05
1
0
13
0D
0000 1101
^M
<CR>
Task-completion indicator
1.06
+
2
0
1-4
or
69
01
-
04
or
45
0000 0001
-
0000 0100
or
0100 0101
^A
-
^D
<1>
-
<4>
or
‘E’
If device specified exists,
then dev
ice number (1-4) is
returned.
Else, ‘E’ (error) is
re
turned.
1
13
0D
0000 1101
^M
<CR>
Completion indicator
5.8.6 Move to Controller-Defined HOME Position (‘H’) Command
This command moves to the position last defined by the HOME key. Movement is equivalent
to pressing the HOME key.