6100 MPS-B Programming Manual

INTRODUCTION TO 6100 MPS-B
Message Formats
RESPONSE (Burroughs protocol):
Text Out field = 2 + message length in bytes
Text field =
|<---- MCW ---->|
_________________
| | |
| 0 | si | ...
| | |_
|<---------------------- message ---------------------->|
________________________________________/ /______________
| | | | | / / | |
... | [SOH] | a1 | a1 | [STX] |<---- text --->| [ETX] |
| | | | | / / | |
/ /
si = station-index from Poll/Select List
a1 = Station character address
RESPONSE (ADM-2 protocol normal response):
Text Out field = 2 + message length in bytes
Text field =
|<---- MCW ---->|
_________________
| | |
| 0 | si | ...
| | |_
|<---------- message ---------->|
________________/ /______________
| | / / | |
... | [STX] |<---- text --->| [ETX] |
| | / / | |
/ /
si = station-index from Poll/Select List
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