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Command table (12 of 13) – Hypertherm HPR260 Manual Gas Preventive Maintenance Program Rev.5 User Manual

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APPENDIX B – CNC INTERFACE PROTOCOL

HPR260 Auto Gas

Instruction Manual

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ID

Command

System

Description

122

READ_GAS_SWITCH

Manual gas system

This command will return data that shows the actual position of
the rotary switches used to set the inlet gas type.

The difference between this command and 098 is that this
command returns the values set by the position of the switch. The
098 command returns values that the software decides are
acceptable gas combinations. For example, H35 plasma and O2
shield is not acceptable and is overridden by the software to be
H35 plasma and N2 shield regardless of the position of the shield
gas knob. In this case, the 098 command would return H35 N2.
This command will return H35 O2.

Data:
None

Return value:
Plasma gas type code (See table VI),
Shield gas type code (See table VI),
Space delimited

Sample:
>12295<
>1220001 00063C<

124

INDEX_MOTORVALVES

Auto gas system

Move the motor valve by a fixed number of ADC counts

Data:
Motor Valve number (1 or 2)
Open/Clos (0 = Close, 1 = Open)
Multiplier (move by x10 counts, 3 = move 30 counts)

Return value:
1 = accepted

Sample:
Open Motor valve 1 by 30 counts
>1241 1 36C<
>1241C8<

125

GET_TIMER_COUNTER

Manual gas system
Auto gas system

Read Timer/Counter data from the power supply

Data:
None

Return value:
Arc-on time (seconds)
System on time (minutes)
Total starts (# of arc transfers)
Total starting errors (failed to transfer)
Total ramp-down errors (failed to ramp-down current)
Write counter (# of writes to the present memory block – for
diagnostics only)
Memory block (current memory location for timer counter data –
for diagnostics only)

All fields are a fixed width of 7 numbers followed by a space.

Sample:
>12598<
>1250000000 0000000 0000000 0000000 0000000
0000000 0000000 58<

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Command table (12 of 13)