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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 |
In general all commands to or returns from the USC-3 card end with a <CR> character. However, some commands or returns may have more than one text line so it is necessary to use <CR> within a command or get one as a return. In this case <ESC> must be used to distinguish between the end of a line and 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 by Quotation Marks. |
" |
Quotation Mark |
34 |
22 |
Strings containing Spaces must be enclosed by Quotation Marks. A Quotation Mark in a strings must be escaped by an other Quotation Mark. Example: TX "Entity Name" "She said, ""Yes""!"<CR> |
. |
Full Stop |
46 |
2E |
Full Stop is used as decimal separator. Example: RT 44.9<CR> |
Table 2: Special ASCII character referenced to within this manual