RS232 Specifications - 400 Series Instruments
The following factory defaults are true of all X-Rite 400 series densitometersWord structure / rate
| 1 start bit | |
| 7 bits of data | |
| 1 parity bit set to SPACE condition | |
| 1 stop bit | |
| 1200 baud |
While the baud rate may be edited (some models), the word structure is fixed. Note: Not all terminal programs can support MARK and SPACE options. Either of the following word structures will receive instrument data correctly.
| 1200, 8, N, 1 | |
| or | |
| 1200, 7, S, 1 |
As shipped from the factory the ASCII data looks like the following.
| nX.XX<spc>nX.XX<spc>nX.XX<spc>nX.XX<spc><cr><lf> | |
| where: | |
| n designates the filter, V, C, M, or Y | |
| X.XX is the value of the measured target | |
| <spc> is the space character | |
| <cr> is the carriage return character | |
| <lf> is the line feed character | |
If only a single field is enabled (default for model 400) then the data takes the form:
| nX.XX<cr><lf> | |
| where: | |
| n designates the filters, V, C, M, or Y (V only; model 400) | |
| X.XX is the value of the measured target | |
| <cr> is the carriage return character | |
| <lf> is the line feed character |
For additional information describing the various output formats refer to the densitometer's operation manual and / or the RS232 supplement; XXX-506,where XXX is the instrument model.
