Write Bytes Function (4401) - GE PACSystems RX7i Reference Manual

6.2.13 Write Bytes Function (4401)

This operation can be used to transmit one or more characters to the remote device through the
specified serial port. The character(s) to be transmitted must be in a word reference memory. They
should not be changed until the operation is complete.
Up to 250 characters can be transmitted with a single invocation of this operation. The status of the
operation is not complete until all the characters have been transmitted or until a timeout occurs (for
example, if hardware flow control is being used and the remote device never enables the transmission).
Example Command Block for the Write Bytes Function
Value
(decimal)
Address 0006
Address +1 0000
Address +2 0008
Address +3 0000
Address +4 0000
Address +5 0000
Address +6 4401
Address +7 0030
Address +8 0005
Address +9 25960
Address +10 27756
Address +11 0111
Although printable ASCII characters are used in this example, there is no restriction on the values of the
characters that can be transmitted.
Operating Notes
Specifying zero as the Transmit time-out sets the time-out value to the amount of time actually needed
to transmit the data, plus 4 seconds.
GFK-2222AD
Value Meaning
(hexadecimal)
0006 Data block length (includes characters to send)
0000 NOWAIT mode
0008 Status word memory type (%R)
0000 Status word address minus 1 (%R0001)
0000 Not used
0000 Not used
1131 Write bytes command
001E Transmit time-out (30 seconds). See note below.
0005 Number of bytes to write
6568 'h' (68h), 'e' (65h)
6C6C 'l' (6Ch), 'l' (6Ch)
006F 'o' (6Fh)
If an Initialize Port (4300) COMMEQ is sent or a Cancel
Operation (4399) COMMREQ is sent in either Cancel All or
Cancel Write mode while this COMMREQ is transmitting a
string from a serial port, transmission is halted. The position
within the string where the transmission is halted is
indeterminate. In addition, the final character received by the
device the CPU is sending to is also indeterminate.
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