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5.5.2
Available commands
Available commands and properties for the sensors are given in Table 5-1 and Table 1-5 to Table 1-8 respectively.
Table 5-1: Available RS-232/RS-422 commands
Command Description
Start Start a measurement sequence according to current configuration
Stop Stop a measurement sequence
Do Sample Calculates and presents a new single set of measurement data. (used
in polled mode).
Do Output Presents the last set of calculated measurement data (normally only
used in polled mode).
Do Refresh Necessary when the sensor is used in Smart Sensor Terminal mode. If
the number of ping or one of the column settings is changed, a Do
Refresh is necessary to recalculate the Interval and Polled Pingrate
limits.
Do Calc Mintime The sensor calculates the total time it needs for execution of the
number of selected pings with the current configuration (number of
columns, number of cells etc.) The communication time is also
included, i.e. this time is dependent on the number of enabled output
parameters and baud rate.
Get ConfigXML Outputs information about the configuration properties in XML format
Get DataXML
Outputs information about available(enabled) parameters in XML
format
Get Property Output Property value
Get All Output information about the configuration properties (same as shown
on Get ConfigXML but without all the metadata)
Set Property(Value,…,
Value)
Set Property to Value,…, Value
Set Passkey(Value) Set passkey to change access level
Save Store current settings
Load Reloads previous stored settings
Reset Resets the sensor with last saved new configuration
Help Print help information
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