Fluke Biomedical medTester 5000C - Manual (Page 185)

Biomedical Test System
Remote Operation
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Forcing A Port
An alternative to the above procedure is forcing a port. For example, if you
want COM1 to be the remote port, type or send
remote1 . This will force
COM1 to act as the remote port. To force COM2, type or send remote2 .
If you have made a remote connection, the medTester responds by sending:
REMOTE MODE out the remote serial port. At the same time, the
medTester 5000C display becomes blank.
Command Syntax Rules
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Send commands in uppercase or lowercase letters.
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Spaces are ignored.
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Use the backspace character for editing.
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Terminate commands with a carriage return (CR), or line feed (LF),
or both.
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Commands with an equal sign (=) require that at least one parameter
be included with the command.
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Use commas to separate multiple parameters.
Complete lists of medTester 5000C remote commands and parameters are
shown in the Remote Commands List section later in this chapter.
Responses to Commands
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Every command you issue to the medTester returns a response to
the remote serial port.
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Responses return character strings, numbers, or data files.
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If no other response appears, an asterisk (*) appears to indicate that
the command has been executed.
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Previous commands must execute and return their responses before
the medTester will accept further commands.
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The null command (consisting only of terminating characters)
returns a question mark (?).
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Command responses are in uppercase letters followed by a carriage
return and line feed.
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Measurement reading responses appear as they do on the
medTester 5000C. Numbers may appear with or without a decimal
point and are followed by the unit of measurement abbreviation.
See the table that follows.