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A.5.3 command examples, A.5.3.1 proving communications is working, A.5.3.2 taking a measurement – Campbell Scientific CS700 Tipping Bucket Rain Gage and CS700H Heated Rain Gage User Manual

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Appendix A. CS700H Operation

A.5.3 Command Examples

For the following examples, the SDI-12 address is set to “0”.

= Carriage Return and = Line Feed

NOTE

A.5.3.1 Proving Communications is working

Type *0! and you should get a “0 ” reply, indicating that
communications is operating correctly.

A.5.3.2 Taking a Measurement

Type *0M! and you will get “00009 “ reply indicating there are
nine measurements ready in 0 secs

Type *0D0! and you will get “0+03.5+14.2+0+1+1+1+0+0+00
reply with the parameters “addr AmbientT BlockT Units Snow SnowEn Heater
ExtCtrl CycEn TimeLeft”

Refer to Table A-4 for details on these parameters.

A.5.3.3 Example of Manual Mode Operation

Type *0X20+1! to enter manual mode and you will get a “00001
reply indicating there is 1 data value ready in 0 secs.

Type *0X29+1! to start a heating cycle and you will get a “00001
reply indicating there is 1 data value ready in 0 secs. The heaters will start
cycling on and off to keep inside the funnel at the Setpoint temperature X26.
The status LED will flash medium (2 flashes/sec) when the heater elements are
off and flash fast (8 flashes/sec) when the heater elements are on.

Type *0X29+0! To stop a heating cycle and you will get a “00001
reply indicating there is 1 data value ready in 0 secs. The heaters will turn off
and the status LED will slow flash (1 flash every 1.5 secs).

Refer to Table A-4 for details of other commands.

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