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UART Get Bytes Available

Get the number of bytes available in the specified UART channel receive buffer.

LabVIEW

Command Packet

UART Get Bytes Available
Description Get the number of bytes available in the specified UART channel receive buffer.
Size 8 Bytes
Format 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
SoF : 0xFF PACKET SIZE : 0x08 PACKET NUM CMD : 0x00C2 CHANNEL CHECKSUM
SoF Start of Frame. Always 0xFF.
PACKET SIZE Packet Size In Bytes
PACKET NUM The Current Packet Number. This value increments with each new packet.
CMD UART Get Bytes Available
CHANNEL UART Channel Number
CHECKSUM Checksum. Computed by adding all of the bytes in the packet in U8 form ignoring rollover.

LINX Target

Developer Note

Open the specified I2C channel and join as master.

Response Packet

UART Get Bytes Available Response
Description LINX device's response to UART Get Bytes Available command
Size 7 Bytes
Format 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
SoF : 0xFF PACKET SIZE : 0x07 PACKET NUM STATUS NUM BYTES CHECKSUM
SoF Start of Frame. Always 0xFF.
PACKET SIZE Total packet size in bytes.
PACKET NUM The packet number of the packet that generated the response.
STATUS See Return Status section below.
NUM BYTES The number of bytes available in the specified UART channel receive buffer.
CHECKSUM Checksum. Computed by adding all of the bytes in the packet in U8 form ignoring rollover.

Return Status

No function specific statuses. See Return Status for universal return statuses.

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