
ZENO
®
-3200 USER MANUAL
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Three types of information can be used in the Format Specifier:
Type of Information in
Format Specifier
Description
Regular Text
Any literal, printable ASCII characters excluding the
three characters
", % and \.
Special Characters
Non-printable, literal characters that are designated with
at least two characters, the first one always being
\.
Data Fields
Indicate that the characters will be translated numerically
or as a string. Starting character is always a
%.
The following table contains the Special Characters supported in the Format Specifier. Special characters
are case sensitive--lowercase characters must be used.
Special
Character Description
\r
Carriage return.
\n
Linefeed.
\\
For a single \ character.
\t
Tab.
\xnn
ASCII character whose 2-digit hexadecimal representation is stored in nn. (Refer
to Appendix A for a complete ASCII table.) Valid values for nn range from 00 to
ff. For example, if you need to receive or transmit a quotation mark ("), use
Special Character \x22.
\B
Serial break lasting for 15 milliseconds.
\VBnnnn
Time-definable serial break lasting for nnnn milliseconds. Valid values for
nnnn range from 0000 to 9999.
\CS
Indicates where to start a checksum or where to end a checksum. This must
appear either not at all, or precisely twice, within a Format Specifier. If a
checksum sCS is sent or received, the checksum bracket must appear twice. (If
the bracket characters appear, but sCS is not sent or received, then the bracket
characters are ignored). The SET_CHECKSUM command must be defined within
the Script Record in order for the \CS field to be used; otherwise, a syntax error
will be declared by the ZENO
®
-3200.
Since there are three supported data value types (floating-point, long integer and string), there are three
basic corresponding Data Field types. These are listed in the following table.
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