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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Switching to SCIP2.0
3. Changing the Default Settings
4. Interface and Settings
5. Measurement Direction and Points
6. Data Encoding and Decoding
2-Character Encoding
3-Charater Encoding
4-Character Encoding
7. Communication Format
8. Sensor Commands
MDMS-Command
GDGS-Command
BM-Command
QT-Command
RS-Command
TM-Command
SS-Command
CR-Command
HS-Command
DB-Command
VV-Command
PP-Command
II Command
9. Response to Invalid Commands
Annex A

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1. Introduction
SCIP2.0 standard is developed by sensor interface research group*1 with the aim of providing flexible and
efficient sensor interfacing for robotic applications. This document describes communication system in SCIP2.0
and applicable to all sensors*2 compatible with this standard.
*1 Intelligent Robot Laboratory, University of Tsukuba (http://www.roboken.esys.tsukuba.ac.jp)
*2 For details see, H. Kawata, W. Santosh, T. Mori, A. Ohya and S. Yuta, "Development of ultra-small

lightweight optical range sensor system", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots
and Systems (IROS2005), pp.3277-3282 2005-8 Edmonton

2. Switching to SCIP2.0 (For URG-04LX)

If the sensor is compatible to SCIP2.0 but currently running on SCIP1.1 it is necessary to switch the sensor
mode to use SCIP2.0 system. Such cases are, when the dispatched sensor is set to run in SCIP1.1 by default or
after updating sensor with SCIP2.0 compatible firmware. Switching is not necessary in sensor models that run in
SCIP2.0 mode by default.
Use the following SCIP2.0 Switching Command to change the sensor mode. Sensor will accept SCIP2.0
commands only after successfully switching the mode. Sensor will return to SCIP1.1 on restart thus it is
necessary to transmit this command whenever user wants to use SCIP2.0 system.

[SCIP2.0 Switching Command]

(HOST SENSOR)
S

LF

LF

(SENSOR HOST)
S

Status

LF

LF

Status: 0 --- Changed to SCIP2.0 successfully.

LF : Line Feed
NOTE:
Communication system in SCIP1.1 and SCIP2.0 are not inter-compatible. User should exclusively use single
system to avoid errors.

3. Changing the Default Settings

Sensor parameter will return to default setting values whenever the sensor is restarted. Some of these
parameters can be changed from the initially set values to newly defined values so that the sensor will retain
them during restart. To change the settings download and use URG_Configurer.exe application from the
companys website (http://www.hokuyo-aut.jp/login/index.html). Table 1 shows the sensor compatibility
for setting change.
Table 1: Compatibility to Change the Default Parameters
Change from SCIP1.1 to SCIP2.0 (Non Reversible)
RS232C Default Communication Speed Change
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4. Interface and Setting

Sensor is equipped with RS232C and/or USB for interfacing with an external device, the Host.
Communication can be done via any one of these interfacing channels. In sensors having both interfaces if host
and sensor is connected with both channels, USB connection will have the priority. It is also possible to switch
between USB and RS232C connection by plugging and unplugging the USB cable on the sensor side even when
the sensor is operating.
USB has Communication Device Class (CDC) standard with its settings similar to RS232C. Programs written
for RS232C can also be used for USB.
When using USB as an interfacing device it is necessary to install USB driver on the host. Driver for
Windows operating system can be downloaded from the company website.
http://www.hokuyo-aut.jp/login/index.html
For Macintosh operating system standard built in driver can be used (Mac OS X Leopard or later versions
only). See URG programming guide for details.
For Linux systems CDC-ACM can be used. For details contact your Linux distributor.
See URG-Programming guide*3 for details.
*3 Scheduled to be released around April 2008.
Settings details for RS232C and USB are given below.
RS232C
Bit Rate

:19.2, 38.4*4 , 57.6, 115.2, 250, 500, 750 Kbps

Parity

:None

Data Bit

:8

Stop Bit

:1

Flow Control :None

USB
Version

:2.0

Speed

:Full Speed (9Mbps*5)

Class

:Communication Device Class

*4 Not compatible with URG-04LX

*5 Compatible with CDC-ACM Ver0.25 or later versions in Linux operating system.

Note on USB Connection:

When using USB connection, port should be opened only after the OS assigns the number to the device
(enumeration). Access to the device from the application should be done only when the host-device
configuration is complete and host recognizes the device.

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5.

Measurement Direction and Data Points

This section gives some basic information on sensors measurement parameters. These parameters are

important when reading the measurement data from sensor.

Figure 1 shows sensors measurement details. The scanner rotates in an anti-clockwise direction when
viewed from top. Detection Range (E) is maximum angle the sensor scans for measurement. Angular Resolution
is defined as the 360degree divided by the Slit Division (F).
Measurement points are called Steps. Step 0 is the first measurement point. Step A is the initial measurement
point in the detection range. Step B is the sensor front step. Step C is the end point of the detection range. Step D
is the last measurement point. Table 1 shows the measurement parameters of some sensor models.
Front

Detection Range (E Degree)

Angle Resolution (360/F)

Step B

Direction of Rotation

Step C
Step D

Step A
Dead Zone

Step 0

Figure 1: Measurement Parameters

Table 2: Measurement Parameters of Sensor Models

Step 0
Step A
Step B
Step C
Step D
E
F

First Measurement Point

Initial measurement Step of Detection Range
Sensor Front Step
End point of Detection Range
Last Measurement Point
Detection Range
Slit Division

URG-04LX

UBG-05LX-F01

UHG-08LX

UTM-30LX

0
44
384
725
768
239.77
1024

0
44
384
725
768
239.77
1024

0
0
384
768
768
270.35
1024

0
0
540
1080
1080
270.25
1440

UTM-30LX
(Sample)
0
0
562*6
1100
1120
282.00
1440

*6 PP-Command shows 560 as a center step in sample version instead of 562.

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6. Data Encoding and Decoding

Sensors data are encoded to reduce the transmission time between host and sensor. These data should be
decoded at the host side before processing them. There are three types of encoding technique applied in the
sensor depending upon the data size.
5.1 Two-Character Encoding
5.2 Three-Character Encoding
5.3 Four-Character Encoding

6.1 Two-Character Encoding

This encoding technique is applied to express data having maximum length of 12 bits. Encoding is
done by separating data into upper and lower 6 bits and then 30H is added to convert them into ASCII
characters. Figure 2 and 3 shows the Two-Character encoding and decoding example.

1,234 mm

0100110100102
Separation
0100112
0100102
Hexadecimal Equivalent
13H
12H
Add 30H
43H
42H
ASCII Equivalent
C
B

Figure 2: 2-Character Encoding Example

CB

B
Hexadecimal Equivalent
43H
42H
Subtract 30H
13H
12H
Binary Equivalent
0100112
0100102
Merge
0100110100102
Decimal Equivalent
1,234
Figure 3: 2-Character Decoding Example

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6.2. Three-Character Encoding

This encoding technique is applied to express data having maximum length of 18 bits. Encoding is done
by separating data into upper, middle and lower 6 bits and then 30H is added to convert them into ASCII
characters. Figure 4 and 5 shows the Three-Character encoding and decoding example.

5,432 mm

10101001110002
Separation
0000012 0101002 1110002
Hexadecimal Equivalent
1H
14H
38H
Add 30H
31H
44H
68H
ASCII Equivalent
1
D
h

Figure 4: 3-Character Encoding Example

1Dh

D
h
Hexadecimal Equivalent
31H
44H
68H
Subtract 30H
1H
14H
38H
Binary Equivalent
0000012
0101002 1110002
Merge
0000010101001110002
Decimal Equivalent
5,432

Figure 5: 3-Character Decoding Example

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6.3. Four-Character Encoding

This encoding technique is applied to express data having maximum length of 24 bits. Encoding is done
by separating data into four parts of 6 bits each and then 30H is added to convert them into ASCII characters.
Figure 6 and 7 shows the Four-Character encoding and decoding example.

16,000,000 msec

1111010000100100000000002
Separation
1111012 0000102 0100002 0000002
Hexadecimal Equivalent
3DH
2H
10H
0H
Add 30H
6DH
32H
40H
30H
ASCII Equivalent
m
2
@
0

Figure 6: 3-Character Encoding Example

m2@0

2
@
0
Hexadecimal Equivalent
6DH
32H
40H
30H
Subtract 30H
3DH
2H
10H
0H
Binary Equivalent
1111012
0000102 0100002
0000002
Merge
1111010000100100000000002
Decimal Equivalent
16,000,000

Figure 7: 3-Character Decoding Example

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7. Communication Format
Sensor and host exchange data using set of predefined commands. These commands have specific format
known as communication format. Figure 8 and 9 shows the basic communication format between host and
sensor in SCIP2.0. Communication is initiated form host by sending a Command that consists of
Command-Symbol, Parameter, String Characters followed by line feed or carriage return or both. When sensor
receive commands it sends Reply with the Command Echo, status, sum, line feed, data related to the command,
sum and two continuous line feed as a termination code.
(HOST SENSOR)
Command Symbol

Parameter

String Characters
(Max. 16 letters)

Line Feed(LF) or Carriage Return(CR) or Both

Command

(SENSOR HOST)
Command Symbol

Parameter

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

Data

Sum

LF

LF

Command Echo
Reply

Command Symbol is 2 bytes code at the beginning of every command. Each command has specific
symbols for verification.

Parameter is information that is required to change sensor settings or to request the additional data.

String Characters are optional information in the command. They are used to verify the reply when same
command is repeated more than once, such as by sending different String Characters in each command and
checking the command echo. Maximum length of the String Characters is 16-letters made with
combination of any English letters, numbers, blank space and symbols ., _, +, @. They must be
separated by semicolon- ; -at the beginning to separate from parameter.

Line Feed (LF) or Carriage Return (CR) is terminating code. Command can have LF or CR or both as
termination code but reply will always have two continuous LF as its termination code.

Status is 2 bytes data in the reply that informs normal processing if command is authenticated or errors if
undefined, invalid or incomplete command is received by sensor. Status other than 00 and 99 are error
codes

Sum is 1 byte data used in authentication. It is calculated by adding data between two linefeeds, taking the
lower 6 byte of this sum and finally adding 30H to this sum.
Example:
[LF] Hokuyo [LF] = 48H+6fH+6bH+75H+79H+6fH = 27fH = 1001 1111112
Sum = 1111112 = 3fH+30H = 6fH = o

Data is main information related to the command. It is separated by LF and sum after every 64 bytes if
exceeds 64 bytes.

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8. Sensor Commands
Sensor commands are predefined codes in communication format (see section 6). Host and sensor
exchange data using these commands. There are 13-types of predefined sensor commands in SCIP2.0.

NOTE:

Host can send multiple commands at one time to sensor and sensor replies to each command progressively.
However sensor will not accept multiple commands of same type sent at once. In such case sensor will reply
only once and sends error code thereafter.

Comparing the command echo and sum can identify errors in communication.

All the characters in the Command and Reply are ASCII code.

8.1 [MDMS-Command]
This is a sensor data acquisition command. Whenever sensor receives this command it transmits the eco with
status 00 followed by the reply having measurement data that was taken after the command was received.
Laser switches on automatically before the measurement and switched off after completing the number of scans
defined in the command.
(HOST SENSOR)
M (4dH)

D (44H) or S (53H)

Number of Scans
(2 bytes)

Starting Step
(4bytes)

String Characters
(max 16-letters)

End Step
(4 bytes)

Cluster Count
(2bytes)

Scan Interval
(1 byte)

LF
(1 byte)

Command symbol can be either MD or MS. MD is for three character encoded data and MS is for two
character encoded data (see section 5).

Starting Step and End Step:
Starting step and End Step can be any points between 0 and maximum step (see section 4). End Step
should be always greater than Starting step.
Example:
To obtain data from step 10 to 750.
Starting point : 0010 (30H,30H, 31H, 30H)
End Point
: 0750 (30H, 37H, 35H, 30H)

Cluster Count:
Cluster Count is the number of adjacent steps that can be merged into single data and has a range 0 to
99. When cluster count is more than 1, step having minimum measurement value (excluding error) in the
cluster will be the output data.
Example: If Cluster Count is 3 and measurement values of 3 adjacent steps in this cluster are 3059,
3055 and 3062, the received data from the sensor will be 3055.

Scan Interval and
Skipping the number of scans when obtaining multiple scan data can be set in Scan Interval. The value
should be in decimal.

Number of Scans:
User can request number of scan data by supplying the count in Number of Scan. If Number of Scan is
set to 00 the data is supplied indefinitely unless canceled using [QT-Command] or [RS-Command].
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(SENSOR HOST)
When Status is not 99 or 00
M

D or S

Starting Step

Number of Scans
Status

LF

Sum

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters

LF

Scan Interval

LF

LF

(SENSOR HOST)
M

D or S

Starting Step

Number of Scans
0

LF

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters

LF

Scan Interval

LF

LF

Transmitted only once even for

commands
with
multiple
numbers of scan after receiving
MDMS-Command
during
normal operation.

When Data is less than 64 bytes

M

D or S

Starting Step

Remaining Scans
9

Data

LF
LF

Sum

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters
Time Stamp (4byte)
LF

Scan Interval

LF
Sum

LF

LF

When data is more than 64 bytes and terminates without remaining bytes
M

D or S

Starting Step

Remaining Scans
9

LF
LF

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters

Scan Interval

LF

Time Stamp (4byte)

Sum

Data Block 1 (64 byte)

Sum

LF

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Sum

LF

Data Block N (64 byte)

Sum

LF

LF

LF

When data is more than 64 bytes and terminates with remaining bytes
M

D or S

Starting Step

Remaining Scans
9

LF
LF

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters

Scan Interval

LF

Time Stamp (4byte)

Data Block 1 (64 byte)

Sum

LF

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Sum

LF

Data Block N-1 (64 byte)

Sum

LF

Data Block N (n byte)

Sum

LF

Sum

LF

LF

When the host requests multiple measurement data, reply from the sensor will be the number of
remaining scan (Remaining Scans) in the echo instead of Number of Scan.

Status:
00 --- Command received without any Error
01 --- Starting Step has non-numeric value.
02 --- End Step has non-numeric value.
03 --- Cluster Count has non-numeric value.
04 --- End Step is out of range.
05 --- End Step is smaller than Starting Step.
06 --- Scan Interval has non-numeric value.
07 --- Number of Scan has non-numeric value.
21~49 --- Processing stopped to verify the error.
50~97 --- Hardware trouble (such as laser, motor malfunctions etc.)
98 --- Resumption of process after confirming normal laser operation.

Data: If measurement data exceeds the maximum range the output will be the maximum value (ex. 5600)
Note:
During continuous measurement if diagnostics suspects some malfunction, data processing will be
temporarily stopped to confirm the error. Confirmation may take up to 10 sec, during this period the status
will be 21~49. If no malfunction is detected sensor resumes the measurement after transmitting the status
98. Otherwise it will transmit the corresponding error status (see Annex A for details).

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Time Stamp:
Sensor has 24bit internal timer with 1msec resolution. Time stamp is a timer value at 0th step of every
scan (Figure 1). Received Time Stamp is Four-Character encoded data (see section 5).
Note: Measurement data may contain error codes under certain circumstances. Table 3 and 4 shows the list
of error codes and error details.
Table 3: ERROR CODES (URG-04LX, UBG-04LX-F01, UHG-08LX)
Error Code

Error Details

Detected object is possibly at 22m

Reflected light has low intensity

Reflected light has low intensity

Others

Distance data on the preceding and succeeding steps have errors

Intensity difference of two waves

The same step had error in the last two scan

10~17

Others

18

Error reading due to strong reflective object

19

Non-Measurable Step

Table 4: ERROR CODES (UTM-30LX)

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No object in the range

Object is too near (Internal Error)

Measurement Error (May be due to Interference)

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8.2 [GDGS-Command]
Whenever sensor receives this command it supplies the latest measurement data to the host. If the laser is
switched off, it should be switched on by sending BM-Command (see section 7.2) before the measurement.
Laser should be switched off if necessary by sending QT-Command (see section 7.3) after measurement is
complete.
(HOST SENSOR)
G (47H)

Starting Step
(4bytes)

D (44H) or S (53H)

End Step
(4 bytes)

Cluster Count
(2bytes)

String Characters

LF

Parameters are same as explained in MDMS-Command (see section 7.1).

(SENSOR HOST)
1. When status is not 00
G

D or S

Status

2.

Starting Step

Sum

LF

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters

LF

End Step

Cluster Count

String Characters

LF

LF

When data is less than 64 bytes

G

D or S

Data

3.

Starting Step

LF

Time Stamp

Sum

LF

LF

Sum

LF

When data is more than 64 bytes and terminates without remaining bytes
G
0

D or S
0

Starting Step
LF

End Step

Time Stamp

Data Block 1 (64 bytes)

Sum

LF

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Sum

LF

Data Block N (64 bytes)

Sum

LF

4.

Cluster Count

Sum

String Characters

LF

LF

LF

When data is more than 64 bytes and terminates with n-remaining bytes
G
0

D or S
0

Starting Step
LF

End Step

Time Stamp

Cluster Count

Sum

Data Block 1 (64 bytes)

Sum

LF

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Sum

LF

Data Block N-1 (64 bytes)

Sum

LF

Data Block N (n bytes)

Sum

LF

String Characters

LF

LF

LF

Status:
01 --- Starting Step has non-numeric value.
02 --- End Step has non-numeric value
03 --- Cluster Count has non-numeric value.
04 --- End Step is out of range
05 --- End Step is smaller than Starting Step.
10 --- Laser is off.
50~98 --- Hardware trouble (such as laser, motor malfunction etc.)

Time Stamp:
Same as in MDMS-Command (see section 7.1)

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8.3 [BM-Command]
This command will illuminate the sensors laser enabling the measurement. When sensor is switched on in
SCIP2.0 mode or switched to SCIP2.0 by command the laser is initially in off state by default. In this state
sensor can not perform the measurement. Laser state can be verified by green LED on the sensor. Laser is off if
the LED blinks rapidly and it is ON when LED glows continuously.
(HOST SENSOR)
B (42H)

M (4dH)

String Characters

LF

(SENSOR HOST)
B

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

LF

Status:
00 --- Command received without any Error
01 --- Unable to control due to laser malfunction.
02 --- Laser is already on.

Note:
Laser is initially switched off and sensors measurement state is disabled by default in SCIP2.0 system.

8.4 [QT-Command]
This command will switch off the laser disabling sensors measurement state.
(HOST SENSOR)
Q (51H)

T (54H)

String Characters

LF

(SENSOR HOST)
Q

String Characters

LF

LF

LF

8.5 [RS-Command]
This command will reset all the settings that were changed after sensor was switched on. This turns Laser off,
sets motor speed and bit rate back to default as well as reset sensors internal timer.
(HOST SENSOR)
R (52H)

S (53H)

String Characters

LF

.
(SENSORHOST)
R

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8.6 [TM-Command]
This command is used to adjust (match) the host and sensor time. Sensor should be switched to adjust mode
before requesting its time and mode should be switched off after the adjustment. When the sensor is in
adjustment mode laser is switched off and it will not accept any other commands unless the mode is terminated.
Sending multiple TM Command with different string lengths and comparing the time can estimate average
data transmission time between sensor and host.
(HOST SENSOR)
T (54H)

M (4dH)

Control Code
(1 byte)

String Characters

LF

Control Code:
0 --- Adjust mode on
1 --- Time request
2 --- Adjust mode off
(SENSOR HOST)
1. When the Control Code is 0 or 2 or status is not 00.
T

Control Code

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

LF

Status:
00 --- Command received without any Error
01 --- Invalid Control Code.
02 --- Adjust mode on command is received when sensors adjust mode is already on
03 --- Adjust mode off command is received when sensors adjust mode is already off
04 --- Adjust mode is off when requested for time.
2. When the Control Code is 1
T

String Characters

LF

LF

Time
(4 byte)

Sum

LF

LF

Time:
Sensors internal timer reading.

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8.7 [SS-Command]
This command will change the communication bit rate of the sensor when connected with RS232C.
(HOST SENSOR)
S (53H)

S (53H)

Bit Rate
(6 byte)

String Characters

LF

Bit Rate:
019200 --- 19.2 Kbps
038400 --- 38.4 Kbps (Some sensor models may not be compatible to this speed)
057600 --- 57.6 Kbps.
115200 --- 115.2 Kbps.
250000 --- 250.0 Kbps
500000 --- 500.0 Kbps
750000 --- 750.0 Kbps.
(SENSOR HOST)
S

Bit Rate

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

LF

Status:
00 --- Command received without any Error
01 --- Bit Rate has non-numeric value.
02 --- Invalid Bit Rate
03 --- Sensor is already running at the defied bit rate.
04 --- Not compatible with the sensor model.

Note:
1. See sensor specification for default bit rate during shipment.
2. Bit rate change is implemented only after sensor returns the status 00.
3. When sensor is connected with USB, bit rate change will not have any effect on the communication
speed, but the command will be accepted and effective when connection is changed to RS232C.

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8.8 [CR-Command]
This command is used to adjust the sensors motor speed.
When multiple sensors are used in the same environment their motors can be made to run at different speed to
avoid light interference using this command.
Note: UTM-30LX is not compatible to this command.
(HOST SENSOR)
C (43H)

R (52H)

Speed Parameter
(2 byte)

String Characters

LF

Speed Parameter:
00 --- Default Speed.
01 ~ 10 --- Changes speed to 10 different levels.
99 --- Reset to initial speed.
(SENSOR HOST)
C

Speed Ratio

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

LF

Status:
00 --- Command received without any Error
01 --- Invalid Speed Ratio
02 --- Speed Ratio is out of range.
03 --- Motor is already running on the defined speed
04 --- Incompatible with the current sensor model

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8.9 [HS-Command]
This command will switch between high sensitivity and normal sensitivity modes. Sensors detection ability
will increase about 20% in the high sensitivity mode. However there may be chances of measurement errors due
to strong reflective objects near 22m.
Note: This command is not compatible in all versions of UTM-30LX and URG-04LX with firmware
versions earlier than 3.2.00.
(HOST SENSOR)
H (48H)

S (53H)

Parameter
(1 byte)

String Characters

LF

Parameter:
0 --- Normal mode
1 --- High sensitivity mode
(SENSOR HOST)
S

Bit Rate

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

LF

Status:
00 --- Normal Operation
01 --- Parameter Error
02 --- Already running on the set mode
03 --- Incompatible with current sensor model

Figure 8 : Measurement in Normal Mode

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8.10 [DB-Command]
This command will simulate the malfunction of the sensor (see Annex A). Depending upon the sent parameter
sensor responds to the malfunction of MDMS, GDGS, BM and II Commands. If the parameters is 01 or 02
sensor immediately simulates the malfunction. In case the parameters is 03, 04 or 05 sensor will respond
after sending the MDMS-Command having scan count more than 20 with malfunction during continuous mode.
Note: This command is not compatible in URG-04LX with firmware versions earlier than 3.3.00.
Some versions of URG-04LX may not be compatible to this command.
Laser radiation will stop but motor keeps running during simulation.
(HOST SENSOR)
D (44H)

B (42H)

Parameter
(2 byte)

String Characters

LF

Parameter:
01 --- Simulate sensor malfunction in SCIP1.1
02 --- Simulate sensor malfunction in SCIP2.0
03 --- Simulate sensor malfunction during continuous mode [Normal Error Normal]
04 --- Simulate sensor malfunction during continuous mode [Normal Error Malfunction]
05 --- Simulate sensor malfunction during continuous mode [Normal Malfunction]
10 --- End simulation.
(SENSOR HOST)
D

Parameter

String Characters

LF

Status

Sum

LF

LF

Status:
00 --- Normal Operation
01 --- Parameter Error
02 --- Already running on the set mode
03 --- Simulation mode is already ended
04 --- Incompatible with current sensor model
05 --- Sensor is in error state.

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8.11 [VV-Command]
Sensor transmits version details such as, serial number, firmware version etc on receiving this command.
.
(HOST SENSOR)
V (56H)

String Characters

LF

.
(SENSOR HOST)
V

String Characters

Vendor Information

LF
Sum

LF

LF

Product Information

Sum

LF

Firmware Version

Sum

LF

Protocol Version

Sum

LF

Sensor Serial Number

Sum

LF

LF

Example: V V [LF] 0 0 P [LF]

VEND: Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd;[ [LF]
PROD: SOKUIKI Sensor URG-04LX; [ [LF]
FIRM: 3.0.00, 06/10/05; m [LF]
PROT: SCIP 2.0; N [LF]
SERI: H0508486; T [LF] [LF]

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8.12 [PP-Command]
Sensor transmits its specifications on receiving this command.
.
(HOST SENSOR)
P (56H)

String Characters

LF

.
(SENSOR HOST)
P

String Characters

LF

Sensor Model

Sum

LF
LF

Minimum Measurement [mm]

Sum

LF

Maximum Measurement [mm]

Sum

LF

Total Number of Steps in 360 range

Sum

LF

First Step of the Measurement Range

Sum

LF

Last Step of the Measurement Range

Sum

LF

Step number on the sensors front axis

Sum

LF

Standard motor speed [rpm]

Sum

LF

LF

Example: PP [LF] 0 0 P [LF]

MODL:URG-04LX(Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd.);b [LF]
DMIN: 20; 4 [LF]
DMAX: 5600; _ [LF]
ARES: 1024;/ [LF]
AMIN: 44; 7 [LF]
AMAX: 725; o [LF]
AFRT: 384:6 [LF]
SCAN: 600;e [LF] [LF]

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8.13 [II-Command]
Sensor transmits its running state on receiving this command.
.
(HOST SENSOR)
I (49H)

String Characters

LF

.
(SENSOR HOST)
I

String Characters

LF

Sum

Sensor Model

LF

LF

Laser illumination state

Sum

LF

Motor Speed

Sum

LF

Measurement Mode

Sum

LF

Bit Rate for RS232C

Sum

LF

Time Stamp

Sum

LF

Sensor Diagnostic

Sum

LF

LF

Example: II [LF] 0 0 P [LF]

MODL: URG-04LX (Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd.);b [LF]
LASR: OFF; 7 [LF]
SCSP: default(600[rpm])<-Default setting by user; / [LF]
MESM: IDLE;: [LF]
SBPS: 19200[bps]<-Default setting by user; A [LF]
TIME: 002AA9;f [LF]
STAT: Sensor works well;8 [LF][LF]

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9. Response to Invalid Commands

Whenever sensor receives undefined commands or without valid parameters in it, the error status will have one
of the following values.

Error Status: 0A --- Unable to create transmission data or reply command internally.
0B --- Buffer shortage or command repeated that is already processed
0C --- Command with insufficient parameters 1
0D --- Undefined Command 1
0E --- Undefined Command 2
0F --- Command with insufficient parameters 2.
0G --- String Character in command exceeds 16 letters
0H --- String Character has invalid letters.
0I --- Sensor is now in firmware update mode*.
*Firmware update mode (For URG-04LX):
Sensor will be sent to firmware update mode by special command before updating the new firmware. During
this state motor and laser is stopped. When sensor is in firmware update mode it accepts only [VV-Command],
[II-Command], [RS-Command] and [SCIPVer2.0 Changing Command]. It will send error status 0I to any other
commands. To confirm the state user can send [II-Command] which will have the following reply UDST:F/W
update mode (CPU clock is 6MHz).
If sensor goes to this state unintentionally, send [RS-Command] and restart the sensor. If sensor remains in this
state even after the restart use firmware update tool and follow the instructions in the help.

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Annex A: Example of error status during continuous measurement mode.

Transmit DB-Command (Only for simulation)

Transmit MD-Command

Normal

Remaining Scan Count

Error Status
Diagnostics

Error Detection

Diagnosis time approx. 6 sec

Normal Operation Confirmed

Return to Normal Status

Normal

Normal Diagnostics Normal

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Transmit DB-Command (Only for simulation)

Transmit MD-Command

Normal
Remaining Scan Count Reset to 0

Error Status
Malfunction Status

Diagnostics

Error Detection

Diagnosis time approx. 20 sec

Malfunction Confirmed

Error
II, BM and MD-Command Also Transmit Error Status

Normal Diagnostics Error

Transmit DB-Command (Only for simulation)

Transmit MD-Command

Normal

Remaining Scan Count Reset to 0

Normal Status
Error Status
Malfunction Confirmed

Diagnosis time approx. 0.1 sec

Error
II, BM and MD-Command Also Transmit Error Status

Normal Error

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