Measurement Computing TempScan/1100 User Manual
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API
Command Reference A-7
Command
Syntax
Description
C#
Select Card
C#card
Select the card from which subsequent
QC?
and
U12
interrogation will retrieve information. Valid options for
card
are:
0
- Selects the chassis,
1
- Selects the card in
the master unit,
2
- Selects the 1st slave card,
3
- Selects
the 2nd slave card,
4
- Selects the 3rd slave card, etc,
30
-
Selects the 29th slave card, and
31
- Selects the 30th slave
card.
D#
Set Relay Make Time
(MultiScan/1200 only)
D#make
Specify how long to wait after closing a channel relay before
reading valid data, where
make
is the number of 520.833-
microsecond intervals.
E
End Calibration Mode
E
Terminate Calibration Mode
E?
Query Error Status
E?
Returns present error condition of the unit with one of the
following error codes:
E128
- Command Conflict Error.
E032
- Open Thermocouple or Range Error.
E016
- Trigger Overrun.
E008
- Calibration Error.
E004
- Channel Configuration Error.
E002
- Invalid Device Dependent Command Option (IDDCO).
E001
- Invalid Device Dependent Command (IDDC).
E000
- No error has occurred.
Fengr,
format
Configure the input and output formats.
engr
converts the raw data to the engineering units that you
prefer to work with. Valid options are:
0
- degrees Celsius
(default),
1
- degrees Fahrenheit,
2
- degrees Rankine,
3
-
degrees Kelvin, and
4
- Volts.
format
places the readings in a format that you prefer to
work with. Valid options are:
0
- Engineering Units (default),
1
- Binary (Low Byte/High Byte),
2
- Binary (High Byte/Low
Byte), and
3
- Counts (ASCII).
F
Set Data Format
F?
Query the data format.
F#
Set Burst Mode
Frequency
(MultiScan/1200 only)
F#freq
Select burst mode sampling frequency where
freq
is a real
number and where
38.5
<
freq
<
20000.0
Hertz
(default).
G
Calibrate Channel Gain
Gchan,
type
Calibrate the correction gain constants for given option card
where
chan
is the channel number such that
1
<
chan
<
max
, where
max
=
992
for the TempScan/1100 and
max
=
744
for the MultiScan/1200. The chassis is
chan = 0
.
type
is the channel type.
H
Calibrate Channel
Offset
Hchan
Calibrate the correction offset constants for given option card
where
chan
is the channel number such that
1
<
chan
<
max
, where
max
=
992
for the TempScan/1100 and
max
=
744
for the MultiScan/1200. The chassis is
chan = 0
.
Inorm,
acq
Set the two configurable scan intervals of the unit where
norm
and
acq
are the normal and acquisition scan intervals which
have the form:
hh:mm:ss.t
where
hh
is hours,
mm
is
minutes,
ss
is seconds, and t is tenths of a second.
I
Set Scan Interval
I?
Query scan interval selection.
I#
Set Digital Input
Stamping
I#state
Specify whether or not digital input stamping will be enabled.
Valid options for
state
are:
0
- Disable digital input
stamping (default), and
1
- Enable digital input stamping.