communication error with smartline timer

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jayres
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communication error with smartline timer

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I was trying to connect to our Smartline timer and keep getting the following error code:
v
od4
of24
ow15

Can anyone help with this?
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Re: communication error with smartline timer

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These are not error codes. These are commands sent to the timer to put it into different modes or to elicit a response from it. These are not something that the timer should be sending to the computer.

v - Report code version
od4 - Set timing to 4 decimal places
of24 - Set/Read photo finish trigger delay to 24 millisecs (for use with the optional photo finish device)
ow15 - Set/Read photo finish trigger length to 15 millisecs (for use with the optional photo finish device)

The only thing that you would expect to see back from the timer is a response to the "v" command. The other commands do elicit a timer response, but it is an "invisible" character (carriage return).
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