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Hanna Instruments HI 98160 User Manual

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PC INTERFACE

PC INTERFACE

PC INTERFACE

PC INTERFACE

PC INTERFACE

Data transmission from the instrument to the PC can be done with the
HI 92000 Windows

®

compatible software (optional). HI 92000 also

offers graphing and an on-line help feature.
Data can be exported to the most popular spreadsheet programs for
further analysis.
To connect your instrument to a PC, use a standard USB cable. Make
sure that your instrument is switched off and plug one connector to the
instrument’s USB socket and the other to the USB port of your PC.
Note: If you are not using Hanna Instruments HI 92000 software,

please see the following instructions.

In order to avoid data errors the serial communication interface is not
available if the battery percentage is less than 30%. The instrument will
answer with “Err9” message.
SENDING COMMANDS FROM PC
It is also possible to remotely control the instrument with any terminal
program. Use a standard USB cable to connect the instrument to a PC,
start the terminal program and set the communication options as follows:
8, N, 1, no flow control, baud rate 9600.
COMMAND TYPES
To send a command to the instrument follow the next scheme:

>

where:

is 16 ASCII character.
is the command code.

Note: Either small or capital letters can be used.
SIMPLE COMMANDS
RNG

Is equivalent to pressing RANGE

MOD

Is equivalent to pressing MODE

CAL

Is equivalent to pressing CAL

CFM

Is equivalent to pressing CFM

UPC

Is equivalent to pressing the UP arrow key

DWC

Is equivalent to pressing the DOWN arrow key

LOG

Is equivalent to pressing LOG

RCL

Is equivalent to pressing RCL

SET

Is equivalent to pressing SETUP

CLR

Is equivalent to pressing CLR

OFF

Is equivalent to pressing OFF

AED

Is equivalent to pressing AutoEnd