User's Manual

ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DALI Functionality
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The following example shows that (so far) 10 new slots have been used, 31 existing slots have
been updated (therefore 41 lines of data have been received) and there are still 138 free slots
available:
Recv. from PC will end if the escape button is pressed or the designated end of file character “.”
is received at the beginning of a line.
Any lines starting with the comment character “#” will be ignored.
If an error is detected with the received data, the current line of data will be ignored and the
ADDICT
®
will ignore any data that is further received. The ADDICT
®
will then display the line of
data (counting since receiving was started) that the error occurred in and a brief description of
the error.
The following example shows that line 21 did not contain enough data values:
Following is a list of possible error messages:
• Bad char @ SOL – the first character of a line (ignoring whitespace) was invalid (must be
the start of a 2-digit hexadecimal value, the comment character “#” or the end of data
character “.”)
• Not 2-digit hex – one of the data values was not a valid 2-digit hexadecimal number
• Too many values – there were too many data values in the line
• Missing space – whitespace is missing between data values
• Checksum diff. – the received XOR checksum did not match the checksum of the data
values
• Missing LF char – a LF (line-feed) character was missing at the end of the line (end of line
should be CRLF)
• Missing CR char – a CR (carriage-return) character was missing at the end of the line
• Internal timeout – the ADDICT
®
did not completely store the previous line of data before
this line was received
• RS232 frame Err. – there was an error with the underlying RS-232 serial data
• Not enough data – the line did not contain enough data values
Selectable values: none