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2 special instrument features, 1 auto zeroing, 2 changing default control mode – Bronkhorst LIQUI-FLOW mini (from 01-07-2013) User Manual

Page 24: Special instrument features, Auto zeroing, Changing default control mode, Section 2.11

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LIQUI-FLOW™ mini

9.17.065

Bronkhorst High-Tech BV

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4.2

Special instrument features

4.2.1

Auto zeroing

To start the auto zero-procedure by digital operation two parameters should be written:

Control Mode

Type

Access

Range

FlowDDE

FLOW-BUS

Modbus

Unsigned char

RW

0…255

12

1/4

0x0024/37

Calibration Mode

Type

Access

Range

FlowDDE

FLOW-BUS

Modbus

Unsigned char

RW

0…255

58

115/1

0x0E61/3682

Value

Mode

Instrument action

0

Idle

Idle

9

Auto zero

Auto-zeroing

255

Error

Idle

Auto-zero procedure:

Step 1: Set ‘Control Mode’ to ‘Calibration Mode’ (value 9)

Step 2: Set ‘Calibration Mode’ to ‘Auto zero’ (value 9)

Step 3: Check ‘Calibration Mode’,

Idle (value 0)

Auto-zeroing succeeded

Auto zero (value 9)

Auto-zeroing active

Error (value 255)

Auto-zeroing failed

4.2.2

Changing default control mode

Instruments are delivered with either analog or digital signal as default, depending on customer’s requirement. After every

(power-up) reset the instrument will return to its default control mode. The default control mode can be changed with the

following parameter:

IOStatus

Type

Access

Range

FlowDDE

FLOW-BUS

Modbus

Unsigned char

RW

0…255

86

114/11

0xF258…0xF259/62041…62042

Bit 6 [7…0] represents the former analog jumper.

1 = default control mode is analog

0 = default control mode is digital

Procedure for changing default digital operation to default analog operation:

Read ‘IOStatus’
Add 64 to the read value
Write ‘IOStatus’

Procedure for changing default analog operation to default digital operation:

Read ‘IOStatus’
Subtract 64 from the read value
Write ‘IOStatus’