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3 communication command set – LumaSense Technologies M340 User Manual

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M340 Manual

Communications Port 18

RS485 wiring

The blackbody was shipped with the controller set at the following com port parameters:

Baud: 1200

Data Bits: 7

Stop bits: 1

Parity: odd

To alter these parameters, see Section 4.4.

5.3 Communication Command Set

The complete command set is extensive. For the purpose of brevity, only a few important ones
are shown here. For more information, the controller instruction manual may be requested from
LumaSense.
Command line to read current blackbody temperature:
#01R00
Controller response:
#01R00=20.0C
Command line to read current blackbody setpoint:
#01R01
Controller response:
#01R01=20.0C
Command line to change blackbody setpoint:
#01M01 0200C
In the Appendices, there is a typical QBASIC program that reads current temperature and
increments setpoint at 10 °C intervals: