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The USC-3 RS-232 and Telnet interface can interpret the standard ASCII character set (0x00 .. 0x7F) and extended ASCII character set (0x80 .. 0xFF). The extended character set can be configured in SAMLight → Settings → System → Extras.
Special ASCII characters referenced to within this manual are:
ASCII character |
Name |
Dec |
Hex |
FCI utilization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
<LF> |
Line Feed |
10 |
0A |
All commands sent to and responses received from the USC-3 card end with a <CR> character. Some commands or responses may contain multiple-line strings, requiring a <CR> within the data. In such cases, the escape character <ESC> is used to distinguish a line break from the end of a command. Example: TX "Entity Name" "first<ESC><CR><LF>second"<CR> |
<CR> |
Carriage Return |
13 |
0D |
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<ESC> |
Escape |
27 |
1B |
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Space |
32 |
20 |
Spaces are used as separator between command and parameters. Strings containing spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks when sent to the card. TX "Entity Name" "New Text"<CR> |
" |
Quotation Mark |
34 |
22 |
Strings containing spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks when sent to the card. A quotation mark within a string must be escaped by another quotation mark. Example: TX "Entity Name" "She said, ""Yes""!"<CR> |
. |
Full Stop |
46 |
2E |
A full stop is used as the decimal separator. Example: RT 44.9<CR> |
Table 2: Special ASCII character referenced to within this manual