Measurement Computing TempScan/1100 - Manual (Page 85)

TempScan / MultiScan User's Manual 879596 System Configuration 4-27
Data Output Formats
During or after the acquisition, issuing the Set Data Format ( F ) command determines the format of output
data coming from the TempScan/1100 or MultiScan/1200 unit. However, data output formats differ
slightly from data input formats in that Binary formats may be used, and used only for the output of
channel data. Channel data, defined as data originating from the High/Low/Last (HLL) Registers or the
Acquisition Buffer, may also be output in the Engineering Units or ASCII Count format as well as the
Binary format.
The commands which can initiate channel data output (in Engineering Units, Binary, or ASCII Counts
format) are the Read Buffered Data (
R ), Read Last Readings ( R# ), and following User Status ( U ) command
queries: Query current HLL Registers ( U4 ), Query and clear current HLL Registers ( U5 ) and Query last
scan read ( U13 ). Meanwhile, the three commands queries which can initiate output in ASCII Count format
are the following: Query current channel configuration ( C? ), Query the current trigger level settings ( L? ),
and Query configured channels ( U8 ).
Note: (1) Channel data is the only output data which may use the Binary format. If the Binary
format is selected, then the Engineering Units engr parameter will be ignored. (2) For all
other types of output data, if an Engineering Units or Binary format is selected as the data
output format, then these output data values will be interpreted as Engineering Units. (3) If
the ASCII Count format is selected as the data output format, then the output data values will
be interpreted as Count, and the Engineering Units
engr parameter will be ignored.
Example 12l. Data Output Format Cases
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07; F0,0X"
• Case 1: This command line interprets the output data as Engineering Units, Degrees C for the next
R ,
R# , U4 , U5 , or U13 command issued, and also for the next C? , L? , or U8 command issued.
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07; F1,1X"
• Case 2: This command line interprets the output data as Binary for the next
R , R# , U4 , U5 , or U13
command issued (only channel data can be in Binary format), but also interprets the output data as
Engineering Units, Degrees F for the next
C? , L? , or U8 command issued.
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07; F3,3X"
• Case 3: This command line interprets the output data as ASCII Counts for the
R , R# , U4 , U5 , or U13
command issued, and also for the next C? , L? , or U8 command issued. In this case, the Engineering
Units engr parameter is ignored.