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RS232 Interface
Dental workstation →
An extended Mouse System Protocol is used to transmit defined conditions or commands from the dental workstation to a connected PC.
For the camera and foot switch conditions in byte 1, the bits 0-2 are used to control the video application, to transmit additional commands, the bits
3-6 are used. The bytes 2-5 are 0 and are not used.
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
User command
Video function
Byte 1 of the Mouse System
In each case only one user command or information to the video function can be transmitted in one data package. The bits of the other block are set
to 0.
The following events and interface commands are defined:
The commands are generated in each case when the event is triggered.
Switching condition rhomb active
Switching condition rhomb inactive
Bell button active
Key F4
Key F3 active (plane 3/left)
Key F5 active (plane 4/left)
Key F6 active
Key F7 active (plane 5/left)
Key F8 active (plane 5/right)
Key F9 active (plane 6/left)
Key F10 active (plane 6/right)
Key F11 active (plane 7/left) film viewer key active
Key F12 active (plane 7/right)
Key F1 active (PC dialog plane 1/left)
Key F2 active (PC dialog plane 1/right)
Camera deposited
Foot switch active with camera removed, key 15 in instrument dialog and static PC
mode/PC dialog
Foot switch inactive with camera removed and while removing camera
PC → Dental workstation
The RS232 configuration and service information can be output via PC with an 1-byte command.
Command
0DH
59 06 651
PC
1
0
Event
Action
Output of configuration and
service information
Blatt
10A
Sheet
Feuille
Hoja
Data transmission rate:9,600 Baud
only if switching mode
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
Only PC dialog
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
PC dialog and dialogs with film
viewer key
PC dialog
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
No key assignments
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
PC und instr. dialog in PC mode
Remark
RS232 command 32
Remark
(1st byte of the 5-
byte protocol)
88H
90H
98H
A0H
A8H
B0H
B8H
C0H
C8H
D0H
D8H
E0H
E8H
F0H
F8H
83H
85H
81H