Metrohm 840 PC Control 5.0 / Touch Control - Manual (Page 290)

4.11 Communication
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PC Control / Touch Control
4.11 Communication
With the communication commands SCAN and CTRL you can scan
and set remote lines at a connected remote box. The connection of the
remote box is described in the Installation Instructions for the Titrando.
The pin occupancy of the remote connection and the functions of the
individual remote lines are described in Section 6.2.
The commands SCAN RS and CONTROL RS are for the communica-
tion with peripheral devices which are connected via a serial RS-232 in-
terface.
4.11.1 Scanning lines (SCAN)
Definition of input signals which are to be waited for before the next
command is carried out (SCAN).
• Control device: Selects the control device (Titrando, USB Sample
Processor etc.) to which the remote box is connected. This button is
only shown when several control devices have been configured un-
der System/Device manager (see Section 3.10). The device name
is always shown in the selection list.
• Remote box: Remote box at which the lines are to be scanned. All
the remote box connections (MSB) will always be shown.
• Input signal: Selects the signal from the templates which have
been defined under System/Templates/Input lines or enters the
binary pattern directly. Please consult the online help for the input
of the binary pattern.
• Timeout: You can define a time after which an action should be car-
ried out in case the signal pattern has not been recognized.
• Timeout action: The action defined here will be carried out if the
time interval has expired.
Input lines that are of no interest or for which no defined condition can
be predicted should be masked with an asterisk (*).
The templates are described in Section 3.14.4.
4.11.2 Setting lines (CTRL)
Definition of output signals which are to be transmitted (CTRL).
• Control device: Selects the control device (Titrando, USB Sample
Processor etc.) to which the remote box is connected. This button is
only shown when several control devices have been configured un-
der System/Device manager (see Section 3.10). The device name
is always shown in the selection list.
• Remote box: Remote box at which the lines are to be set. All the
remote box connections (MSB) will always be shown.
• Output signal: Selects the signal from the templates which have
been defined under System/Templates/Output lines or enters the
binary pattern directly. Please consult the online help for the input
of the binary pattern. The pulse length for p is fixed at 200 ms. If you