Gday Colin
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I note that it is a little different, not sure why though, I don't really understand what its outputting to be honest.
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It again looks like noise on the line.
As i mentioned earlier, there are 2 different versions of rs232 comms code in the firmware. One is in the normal region and one is in the safeload region.
Meade use a std command called "Ack", where you send a Hex 06 to the scope and it replies with a single byte.
You should get back 'D' if you are in download mode and
either 'A' or 'P' ( for AltAz or Polar ) in normal mode.
If it gets no reply, i also try using the :ED# and :EC# commands
as these can detect a parked scope ( which doesnt respond to Ack )
In the following lines from the log
the Write [06] is where my app sends the #x06 Ack at 9600baud
0000.057 user Test Current Baud : 9600
0000.058 Write [06]
0000.072 Read [BF]
but what comes back is [BF] ie hexadecimal xBF
No idea where this comes from, and it may just be junk
in the buffer, or a real ( but corrupted ) response.
Andrew