Bronkhorst IQ+FLOW (till 01-07-2013) - Manual (Page 15)

9.17.045 page 15
Software
Examples of free Bronkhorst® DDE client applications: FlowDDE, FlowPlot and FlowView. Other software programs
supporting DDE are for example MS-Office, LabView, Intouch and Wizcon.
Bronkhorst® software programs “FlowView” (left) and “FlowPlot” (right)
FlowDDE and other Bronkhorst applications are available on the support CD or can be downloaded
from the Bronkhorst internet site: http://www.bronkhorst.com/en/downloads
FlowDDE parameter numbers
Reading/changing parameter values via FlowDDE offers the user a different and user-friendly interface to the
instrument. A DDE-parameter number is a unique number in a special FlowDDE instruments/parameter database and
not the same as the parameter number from the process on an instrument. Node-address and process number will be
translated by FlowDDE to a channel number.
An instrument parameter can be changed by using the application name: ‘FlowDDE’ with only:
• topic, used for channel number: ‘C(X)’
• item, used for parameter number: ‘P(Y)’
Baud rate setup
Make sure that the instrument’s baud rate corresponds with the baud rate of the application the instrument is
communicating with. For single-channel instruments the selectable baud rates are 9K6, 19k2, 38k4, 57k6 and 115k2
Baud; for multi-channel instruments the selectable baud rates are 38k4 and 115k2 Baud.
For more information regarding communication through an RS232 interface, see document nr.
9.17.027: RS232 interface with FLOW-BUS for digital instruments.