
BIC-II MESSAGES
The following messages may be transmitted from the host to instruct the BIC-II to perform the operation
specified. The ASCII characters have been provided as an example only.
RAM TABLE REQUEST
This message is transmitted from the host to retrieve the message stored in the BIC-II RAM table.
Data ASCII Example
Field Character Description
SOM STX start of message
BIC-II I.D. 1 BIC-II #1 (e.g.) (range = 1 to 8)
MT 20 retrieve data from the RAM table
POINT 001 point #1 (e.g.) (range = 000 to 099, dependent upon product)
EOM CR end of message
The host will receive a product message in response to this request. (Refer to Product Messages).
Retrieve data from the RAM Table until data for all points has
been retrieved. FIFO Buffer Requests may then be used to
retrieve data for updated points only, to reduce message
traffic. If RAM Table Requests are used exclusively, a means
should be established to determine the freshness of the data
retrieved.
FIFO BUFFER REQUEST
This message is transmitted from the Host to retrieve the most recently updated message from the BIC-II
RAM Table, via the BIC-II FIFO Buffer.
Data ASCII Example
Field Character Description
SOM STX start of message
BIC-II I.D. 1 BIC-II #1 (e.g.) (range = 1 to 8)
MT 21 retrieve data via the FIFO buffer
EOM CR end of message
The host will receive a product message in response to this request. (Refer to Product Messages).
If the FIFO Buffer is empty, the FIFO Buffer Request message is returned to the host unchanged.
FIFO Buffer Requests may be used to reduce message traffic
once data has been retrieved for all points using RAM Table
Requests. Monitor the time between the FIFO Buffer
Response messages to verify continued communication
activity between the Milltronics product and the BIC-II. If the
FIFO empty response is not received regularly, RAM Table
Requests must be used exclusively.
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