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Hello all, We need to establish custom labels for the VCA system. From my understanding, we should initiate an upload session with the Host to inform it about the custom labels, and the VCA system must be somehow notified of their existence. Additionally, our request session configuration needs to be updated with these labels. Then, when querying the Host for job parameters in the future, it should include our custom labels among others. So, my first question is: Is this approach correct? And if so, can someone provide insight into how and when data exchange occurs between systems in this scenario? My second question is: How do we execute this scenario? According to the standard documentation, there is a UPL request type that should meet these requirements. However, the standard does not provide the format of the request with examples, unfortunately. Thank for your help!

Thanks a lot, Yaron, for explanation

Hello all, Can someone explain how to read the TRCFMT messages? For example, 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : TRCFMT= 4;512 ;E; R;F<cr><lf><lf><cr> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : R=]<09><00><80><09><80><1F><F1><01><FF>/<01><E1><F1><00><0F><1F><00><F0><F0><0F><00> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <FF><00><E0><E0><F0><0F><FE><0F><00><FF><esc><9E><0F><F1><00><F0><1F><10><F0><F0> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <1F><10><1F><01><10><00><esc><91><esc><9C>0<00><E3><01><F1><F2><0F><01><00><F2><01> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <1F><00><01><00><10><01><00><01><F1><01><00><F1><00><esc><91><F1><01><F1><00><F2> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <01><00><00><02><E1><10><00><esc><91><0F><esc><91><00><01><10><01><F0><esc><91><0F> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <FF><esc><91><FF><C0><FF><FF><EE><0F><EE><00><F0><F0><esc><91><00><01><F1><1F><00> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <10><01><0F><10><01><0F><00><00><F0><1F><0E><F1><10><E2><00><1F><10><F1><F1><0E><10> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <00><01><F1><0F><10><01><F1><00><01><FF><esc><91><0F><10><00><10><F1><00><00> <F2> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <FF><1F><01><E1><00><F1><FF><00><E0><F0><F0><00><EE><E1><esc><91><C1><01>.<F0>!<E0> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <F1><esc><91><0F><F1><02><1F><E0><esc><91><F2><01><E1><1F><1F><esc><91><F1><FF><esc> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <91><01><00><E3><F0><00><02><F0><01><00><0F><1F><02><F1><01><FF><esc><91><E0><10> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <1F><1F><10><F1><F1><F0><00><0F><esc><91><esc><9E><10><F0><0F><esc><91><F0><00><F1> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <F0><10><F1><01><F0><01><F0><00>/<01><0F><10><F0><01><F0><10><01><1F><0F><10><00> 15:54:18:230 : PACKET : <esc><91><0F><00><00><10><10><00><esc><91><E0><esc><91><0F><00><cr><lf><cr><lf><lf> What should this data tell me, except that this is a trace for the right lens? Thanks!

Hello all, Is there any NuGet packages or third party SDK products available that implement DCS protocol/DCS standard? Thanks ahead for answering

Thank you so much for your assistance, Yaron! I'll begin here and initiate a new Q&A thread if necessary. Wishing you a great weekend!

Thank you for your tips and recommendations! Now that I've grasped the basics :), I'm feeling a bit uncertain about the overall process. From what I understand (please correct me if I'm mistaken), the host sits at the center and connects the devices. I represent one of the "devices," and there are others along the manufacturing line. All devices can communicate with each other and exchange data through the host. If this is accurate, in simulation mode, I need to initialize the simulator with the relevant data to access it from my application. So, here the question comes: what is the best practice to do this? Should I prepare a set of initialization parameters and transmit them to the simulator before running the application? For instance, if I need to retrieve the weight of the lens, what would be the proper way to obtain its value from the simulator?

Hi Yaron, Thank you for clarification. At least, now I understand what's going wrong with me and can start to communicate with this simulator Indeed, I'm working for the company developing the device that should become an integrated part of the manufacturing process. So, my software is an applicative layer that should exchange the information between manufacturing process (Host) and our device. That is the reason I would like to understand and test a draft version of the protocol. I use WinHex for the cases I need to edit the binary data. If you have a better recommendation for the tool, I'll be glad to try it. The same is true for the terminal itself. I don't locked on PuTTY, if there is a better alternative to use. For example, I don't see it possible to send a full data block prepared in advance with PuTTY.

Hello all, I have downloaded and installed DCS Simulator and I’m trying to communicate with it through PuTTY terminal. I successfully connected to the simulator and it receives the chars I’m typing but no matter what I’m typing I receive the message “Unexpected character <ascii code> received”. I have tried to change the Translation settings of the terminal with different encoding types but it didn't matter. Can you guide me what should I configure on my terminal to make the simulator understand me?