Hi, Also, since it's a p rather than any other character, my guess is that it probably was deliberate - although whether it was meant to be shipped like that is another question.
Angus. On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:56:24 -0400, you wrote: >Well ASCII * is 2a in Hex, p is 70 so that seems an unlikely substitution >for a failing EPROM. > >But 0 is 30 Hex, only one bit different from p. > >On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've just been using an Agilent 53181A, but the serial output is not >> quite what I had expected. On the 53131A's that I've used the >> placeholder character on the RS232 output is an asterisk, but with >> this unit it is a lower case 'p'. Where the 53131A sends '2,*** u', >> this 53181A send '2,ppp u'. The only references to a placeholder that >> I saw in the manuals referred to an asterisk. >> >> The firmware version is 4613. >> >> Anyway, just wondering if anyone knows if this is correct, or maybe >> it's just the EPROM starting to fail. >> >> Thanks, >> Angus. >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
