Welch Allyn SureTemp PlusModule - User Manual - Manual (Page 81)

SureTemp Plus Module OEM Implementation Developer’s Kit
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The Temperature Profile Graph can be printed by clicking on the graph's Print button. The
printout includes the predict log entry for the measurement.
Predict Log
The predict log lists any temperature measurement events taken using the predict method. The
log lists the Time of Event, Ambient, Initial, Ready, and Final Temperatures, Predict Time (how
long it took to predict), and the algorithm used. The predict log can be printed using the Print
button on the Predict Log window.
Communications Log
The communications log window displays the serial communication data between the PC and the
SureTemp module. The SureTemp Plus module transmits and receives binary data. This log
displays individual binary bytes.
Received packets are displayed in yellow text, and transmit packets are in blue. Different
intensities of these colors are used within each packet to help break up and identify the fields
within the packet. For example, the Command Code bytes are in bold. The two data-count bytes
are also highlighted.
The communications log window can be paused to catch and view fast communications packets.
Once paused, the log can be printed.
A DCOM feature is also available. DCOM is a Direct Communications feature enabling the user
to manually send commands to the SureTemp Plus Module. To activate DCOM, click on the
DCOM button on the Communications Log window. Two text entry fields pop up allowing the
user to enter command codes and data. To send a command, enter the command code (and
data if necessary) into the respective text boxes and press Enter or click on the Send button. The
command (framed up with preamble, data count, checksum, etc.) is displayed in the
Communications Log window followed by the response from the module.
When DCOM is active, the SureTemp Plus PC software suspends its own transmissions, and the
Handheld's display is disabled. The graph is not updated while DCOM is active.
The Communications Log data is not stored upon exiting the program.
note The Predict Time starts after the probe has been warmed and detects tissue (Predict
Display) and ends when Final Temp is reported.
note The DCOM feature works only with commands that require only a single byte of data or
no data. See the Serial Communications Specification (beginning on page 30) for the list
of commands that can be sent.
If the module is configured to automatically send TEMP packets when the probe is out of
the well, you will see this unsolicited data unless you send a command to disable
asynchronous communications.