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Using serial line, Form, Table 26 – Vaisala DMT340 User Manual

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To select display units:.

1.

Press any of the arrow buttons to open the Main Menu.

2.

Press the

► arrow button to select Display.

3.

Use the

▲▼arrow buttons to select Units. Confirm the selection

by pressing the right-hand arrow button.

4.

Use the

▲▼ arrow buttons to select display units. Confirm the

selection by pressing CHANGE. The unit changes from metric to
non-metric or the other way round.

5.

Press EXIT to return to the basic display.

NOTE

Changing the units by using the display/keypad has no effect on the
serial output units.

Using Serial Line

Use the serial line command FORM to change the format, and the
command UNIT to select metric or non-metric output units.

FORM

Use the serial line command FORM to change the format or select a
certain quantities for the output commands SEND and R.

FORM [x]

where

x

=

Formatter string

The formatter string consists of quantities and modifiers. If no formatter
string is entered, the command will display the currently active formatter
string. Note that the hash symbol "#" is shown as a backslash "\" when
viewing the current formatter string.

When entering the command, use the abbreviations of the quantities. For
more information on quantities, see Table 2 on page 18 and Table 3 on
page 18. The modifiers are presented in Table 26 below.

Table 26

FORM Command Modifiers

Modifier

Description

x.y

Length modifier (number of digits and decimal places)

#t

Tabulator

#r

Carriage-return

#n

Line feed

“"

String constant

#xxx

Special character, code "xxx" (decimal), for example #027
for ESC

U5

Unit field and length (length optional)