NEC NDA-30115-001 User Manual

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Property Management System - Communication Interface
Architecture
The control codes used for the message texts are:  
Transmission 
Protocol
Before a message can be sent, a start sequence (also called a selecting sequence) 
must be sent to urge the receiver to receive the data. Every transmission sequence 
will begin with the sender sending a start sequence.
The start sequence is a three byte sequence:
Figure 2-1   Start Sequence
Table 2-2  Control Codes
Control Code
Hexadecimal 
Value
Function
STX
02
Indicates the start of a block.
ETX
03
Indicates the end of a block.
EOT
04
Indicates the end of transmission of a block or release of the 
data link by the sender.
ENQ
05
Used to query other party for expected response.
ACK
06
Indicates the positive acknowledgment of an information block 
or start sequence.
NAK
15
Indicates the negative acknowledgment of an information 
block or start sequence.
DLE <
10, 3C
Indicates the receiver interrupting to ask for sending rights.
DLE :
10, 7C
Indicates the receiver interrupting to ask the sender to stop 
transmission and to release the data link.
DLE ?
10, 3F
Used as the negative acknowledgment of block and indicates 
that the receiver temporarily cannot receive data from the 
sender.
05H
‘1’
‘!’
0
1
2
SA
UA
ENQ