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INFICON VGC401 Single-Channel Controller User Manual

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The following abbreviations and symbols are used:

Symbol Meaning
HOST

Computer or terminal

[...] Optional

elements

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information
Interchange

Dec Hex

END OF TEXT (CTRL C)

Reset the interface

3 03

CARRIAGE

RETURN

Go to beginning of the line

13 0D

LINE

FEED

Advance by one line

10 0A

ENQUIRY

Request for data transmission

5 05

ACKNOWLEDGE

Positive report signal

6 06

NEGATIVE

ACKNOWLEDGE

Negative report signal

21 15

"Transmit":

Data transfer from HOST to VGC401

"Receive":

Data transfer from VGC401 to HOST


For pressure values, the following format is used:

sx.xxxxEsxx

│ │

│└─── Exponent

│ │

└──── Sign exponent

│ └───────-── Mantissa
└────-────-── Sign mantissa

After each ASCII string, the HOST must wait for a report
signal ( or ).
The input buffer of the HOST must have a capacity of at
least 25 bytes.

Definitions

Format of
pressure values

Flow Control