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Communicating with a transmitter in poll mode, Open, Close – Vaisala PTU300 User Manual

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Chapter 4 _________________________________________________________________ Operation

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Communicating with a Transmitter in POLL
Mode

OPEN

When all transmitters on the RS-485 bus are in POLL mode the OPEN
command sets one transmitter temporarily to STOP mode so that other
commands can be entered.

OPEN [aa]

where

aa =

Address of the transmitter (0 ... 255)

CLOSE

The CLOSE command switches the transmitter back to the POLL mode.

Example:

>open 2

(opens the line to transmitter 2, other

transmitters stay in POLL mode)

>crh

(for example, calibration performed)

...
>close

(line closed)