Communication protocol in the ARES-pulse data logging system

The communication protocol in the ARES system for pulse data acquisition and processing is described. The system represents a distributed microcomputer network, hierarchically organized around several basic elements, which are exchanging messages on the address principle by asynchronous serial data transmission. The protocol concept, unified around all system elements, permits a relatively easy structural configuration for the ARES system for a given technical system, from which the pulse data are acquired.