Formatting commands, Form – Vaisala HMP155 User Manual
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Formatting Commands
FORM
Use the serial line command FORM to change the format or select
certain quantities for the output commands SEND and R.
FORM [x]
where
x = Formatter
string
Formatter string consists of quantities and modifiers. You can only give a
maximum of 73 characters after the command on the command line.
When entering the command, use the abbreviations of the quantities. For
more information on quantities, see Table 3 and Table 4 on page 11.
The modifiers are presented in Table 13 below.
Table 13
FORM Command Modifiers
Modifier Description
quantity
Quantity name (for example RH, T or TDF)
x.y
Length modifier (number of digits and decimal places)
#t Tabulator
#r Carriage-return
#n Line
feed
“" String
constant
#xxx
Special character with decimal code "xxx"
U5
Unit field and length
ADDR
Probe address with two characters [00...99]
CS2
Modulus-256 checksum of message sent so far,
hexadecimal format.
CS4
Modulus-65536 checksum of message sent so far,
hexadecimal format.
ERR
Error flags for P, T, Ta, RH [0000 ... 1111], 0 = no error
STAT
Probe status in 7 character field, for example:
N no
heating
h
probe heating active, power
H
purge heating active, temperature
S
purge cooling active, temperature
X
sensor heating active, temperature
SNUM Probe
serial
number
TIME Time
[hh:mm:ss]
Example:
>form "Temperature=" 5.2 t #r#n