Measurement Computing TempScan/1100 - Manual (Page 254)

A-58 API Command Reference 889897 TempScan / MultiScan User’s Manual
V
- Set User Terminator
TYPE System
EXECUTION Deferred
SYNTAX Vval Set the User Terminator value to any character whose numeric value (ASCII
value) val is in the range 0 to 255 .
V? Query the present User Terminator value.
DESCRIPTION
The Set User Terminator (
V ) command is used to set the user-defined User Terminator value to any character
whose numeric value (ASCII value) is in the range 0 to 255 . The User Terminator may be used by the Set Query
Terminator ( Q ) command to specify a user-defined terminator for any of the defined terminator types or as a
reading separator for the Read Buffered Data ( R ) command.
For more information on data output (or query) terminators, see command Set Query Terminator ( Q ), or see
section Data Format Configuration in the chapter System Configuration. For more information on ASCII
characters, see section Appendix B.
EXAMPLE
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;Q1,0,1,1,1X” ‘ Set the reading separator (fifth parameter) flag on
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;F0,0X” ‘ Data format is Engineering Units, degrees Celsius
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;V44X” ‘ Set the User Terminator to be a comma ( , )
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure Channels 1 - 4 as Type J thermocouples
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;I00:00:01.0,
00:00:00.1”
‘ Configure scan interval
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;Y0,1000,0X" ‘ Configure Post-Trigger Counts
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;T1,8,0,0X" ‘ Set Trigger as Trigger On ( @ ) command, and set Stop as
Counts
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;@X" ‘ Trigger the acquisition
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;R1X” ‘ Read oldest scan
PRINT#1,"ENTER07" ‘ Retrieve the oldest scan
INPUT A$
0020.30,0023.80,0034.90,0013.50
‘ Screen shows the scan data readings separated by
commas
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;V58X” ‘ Set the User Terminator to be a colon ( : )
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;R1X ‘ Read the next scan
PRINT#1,"ENTER07" ‘ Retrieve the next scan
INPUT A$
0020.30:0023.80:0034.90:0013.50
‘ Screen shows scan data readings separated by colons