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3.1 General definition
3.1.1 Characters
All characters of the ASCII- code smaller than 255 are permitted (see “Character set“ in the ap-
pendix) A command is ended with ASCII-code 13 <cr> (Carriage Return),any following
command like <lf> (Line Feed)is ignored. ASCII- code 10 is ignored (end code resp. termi-
nator).
DISTO
TM
pro
4
/ DISTO
TM
pro
4
a, also send a terminator at the end of a response. It is the
<cr><lf>
code.
3.1.2 Input
Every command consists of one or more characters and a terminator.
Examples:
a<cr><lf>
DSP 12345/F<cr><lf>
Numerical input (parameters of a command, %) are always entered as integers (whole num-
bers). The following format is permitted:
Sign (optional) and numbers without leading zero: -8007.
3.1.3 Response
There are one or more responses to every command. The following responses are possible:
?<cr><lf>
-
OK-prompt:.
DISTO
TM
pro
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/ DISTO
TM
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a are ready to receive
new commands.
@E123<cr><lf>
-
Error message: a three character code is displayed in accordance
with the table in the appendix.
12..10+12345678 <cr><lf>
- One or more data words with terminator
Plain text
-
Plain text information
Each command puts out either an OK-prompt or an error massage.
3.1.4 WI-data format
A data word as a response consists of 16 character. The following combinations are possible:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
W
W
w
w
A
U
+
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
or:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
W
W
w
w
A
U
+
1
2
3
4
+
6
7
8
or:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
W
W
.
.
.
.
+
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
or: