Manual

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FLEXnet DC Status Page
The status page the MATE emits for the FLEXnet DC is 49 bytes long. Referring to the Figure 13 the
byte definitions are as follows:
Start of status page
FNDC Address
separator
Shunt A Amps
separator
Shunt B Amps
separator
Shunt C Amps
separator
Extra data identifier
separator
Extra data
separator
Battery voltage
separator
State of charge
separator
Shunt 1 enable Shunt 2 enable Shunt 3 enable
separator
Status flags
separator
Battery Temperature
separator
Chksum
end of status page
ASCII code 10 X 44 X X X X 44 X X X X 44 X X X X 44 X X 44 X X X X X 44 X X X 44 X X X 44 X X X 44 X X 44 X X 44 X X X 13
Byte
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
Figure 13
BYTE
1. ASCII (10) New Line character denoting the start of the status page.
2. FLEXnet DC address.
3. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
4. Hundreds digit of shunt ‘A’ current.
5. Tens digit of shunt ‘A’ current.
6. Ones digit of shunt ‘A’ current.
7. Tenths digit of shunt ‘A’ current.
8. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
9. Hundreds digit of shunt ‘B’ current.
10. Tens digit of shunt ‘B’ current.
11. Ones digit of shunt ‘B’ current.
12. Tenths digit of shunt ‘B’ current.
13. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
14. Hundreds digit of shunt ‘C’ current.
15. Tens digit of shunt ‘C’ current.
16. Ones digit of shunt ‘C’ current.
17. Tenths digit of shunt ‘C’ current.
18. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
19. Tens digit of extra data identifier.
20. Ones digit of extra data identifier.
21. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
22. Ten thousands digit of extra data.
23. Thousands digit of extra data.
24. Hundreds digit of extra data.
25. Tens digit of extra data.
26. Ones digit of extra data.
27. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
28. Tens digit of FLEXnet DC battery voltage.
29. Ones digit of FLEXnet DC battery voltage.
30. Tenths digit of FLEXnet DC battery voltage.
31. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.