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Field DCS

Namespace
Microlithix.Text.Ansi
Assembly
AnsiParser.dll

Device control string

public const char DCS = '\u0090'

Returns

char
Device control string

Remarks

DCS is used as the opening delimiter of a control string for device control use. The command string following may consist of bit combinations in the range 0x08 to 0x0e and 0x20 to 0x7e. The control string is closed by the terminating delimiter STRING TERMINATOR (ST).

The command string represents either one or more commands for the receiving device, or one or more status reports from the sending device. The purpose and the format of the command string are specified by the most recent occurrence of IDENTIFY DEVICE CONTROL STRING (IDCS), if any, or depend on the sending and/or the receiving device.