SPOOL communication protocol

Supported device types and versions
Communication line configuration
Communication station configuration
I/O tag configuration
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Supported device types and versions

This protocol allows to read the weighted values of spools in the scales produced by ALYA Poprad. It can be used when several scales are connected to a line, since it contains the scale addressing.
For communication with one scale, you may use a simpler protocol ALYA Gina.
ALYA Spool enables to send a request to several scales (they may be selected by the station parameter Scales). Each scale can send a response in the format <STX><váha><tara><materiál><stanovište><návin><ETX><CRC>, where:

Example of response: 

 <STX>  23.00  0.000000 3311<ETX>2

The address of I/O tag is number of stand, on which the weight was measured.

 

Communication line configuration

Communication station configuration

Configuration dialog window - tab "Protocol parameters".
They influence some optional parameters of protocol.

Table 1

Parameter Meaning Unit Default value
Wait Timeout Timeout between the reading response until it is completed. ss.mss 00.050
Wait First Timeout First timeout for reading response after sending a message. ss.mss 00.100
Max Wait Retry Number of retry reading the response until it is completed. - 4
Retry Count Number of retry requests in case of error in communication. - 2
Scales Scale addresses separated by comma that will be requested. The scale address is a capital letter. In periodic data reading, KOM process tries to communicate with all configured scales and reads the values from them.
Example: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P		 -  

I/O tag configuration

I/O tags: AI

I/O tag address - number of stand.

I/O tag value is a weight of spools measured on the entered stands.


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