AR1000 User’s Manual
Rev 1/10
iii
5.
SERIAL INTERFACE OPERATION.............................................................................................................15
5.1.
S
ERIAL
H
ARDWARE
I
NTERFACE
................................................................................................................15
5.1.1.
Communications Protocol ...................................................................................................................15
5.1.2.
Baud Rate (BR) ....................................................................................................................................16
5.2.
S
ERIAL
D
ATA
O
UTPUT
(SD,
SF)................................................................................................................16
5.2.1.
ASCII Output Format (SDd , SDh or SDs) ..........................................................................................16
5.2.2.
Serial Data Units or Scale Factor (SFx.x)...........................................................................................17
5.3.
E
RROR
C
ODES
...........................................................................................................................................17
5.4.
L
ASER
ON
AND
L
ASER
OFF
(LO,
LF).......................................................................................................18
5.4.1.
Laser ON (LO).....................................................................................................................................18
5.4.2.
Laser OFF (LF) ...................................................................................................................................18
5.5.
D
ISPLAYING
,
C
ONFIGURING AND
R
ESETTING
P
ARAMETERS
(PA,
PR,
AS,
TP) .........................................18
5.5.1.
Displaying current settings (PA) .........................................................................................................18
5.5.2.
Resetting sensor settings (PR) .............................................................................................................19
5.5.3.
Autostart configuration (ASxx) ............................................................................................................19
5.5.4.
Temperature Display (TP) ...................................................................................................................19
5.5.5.
Command Display (ID)........................................................................................................................19
6.
ANALOG OUTPUT OPERATION (RB, RE, SE)..........................................................................................21
6.1.
S
ETTING THE ANALOG RANGE BEGINNING POINT
(RB) ..............................................................................21
6.2.
S
ETTING THE ANALOG RANGE END POINT
(RE) .........................................................................................21
6.3.
S
ETTING THE
E
RROR
M
ODE
(SE0,
SE1
OR
SE2) .......................................................................................21
7.
ALARM OUTPUT OPERATION (AC, AH, AW, SE)...................................................................................22
7.1.
S
ET THE ALARM START
(
COMMENCE
)
POINT
(AC
X
)...................................................................................22
7.2.
S
ET THE ALARM HYSTERESIS
(AH
X
) .........................................................................................................22
7.2.1.
Positive alarm hysteresis .....................................................................................................................22
7.2.2.
Negative alarm hysteresis ....................................................................................................................22
7.3.
S
ET THE ALARM WINDOW
(AW)................................................................................................................23
7.4.
E
XAMPLE OF ALARM OUTPUT CONFIGURATION
.........................................................................................23
7.5.
E
RROR
M
ODE BEHAVIOR FOR THE ALARM OUTPUT
(SE0,
SE1
OR
SE2) ...................................................24
8.
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION ..............................................................................................................25
8.1.
M
EASUREMENT
M
ODES
............................................................................................................................25
8.1.1.
Distance Tracking Mode (DT) .............................................................................................................25
8.1.2.
Close-range Distance Tracking (DS)...................................................................................................25
8.1.3.
10 Hz Distance Tracking (DW)............................................................................................................25
8.1.4.
50 Hz Distance Tracking (DX) ............................................................................................................25
8.1.5.
Hardware Trigger Mode (DF).............................................................................................................26
8.1.6.
Take Single Sample (DM) ....................................................................................................................26
8.2.
A
VERAGING
F
UNCTION
(SA
X
) ..................................................................................................................26
8.3.
S
ET
M
EASUREMENT
T
IME
(ST
X
)...............................................................................................................26
8.4.
S
ET
Z
ERO
P
OINT
(OF
X
).............................................................................................................................27
8.4.1.
Set current distance to Zero (SO) ........................................................................................................27
8.5.
F
ILTER
M
EASUREMENTS
(RM
X Y
.
Y Z
) ......................................................................................................27
8.6.
S
ET
H
EATER
ON
T
EMPERATURE
(HO
X
)....................................................................................................28
8.7.
S
ET
H
EATER
OFF
T
EMPERATURE
(HF
X
)...................................................................................................28
9.
TRIGGER MODE OPTIMIZATION .............................................................................................................29
9.1.
D
ESIGNATING
T
RIGGER
M
ODE
(DF) .........................................................................................................29
9.2.
S
ETTING A
T
RIGGER
D
ELAY AND EDGE
(TD
X Y
) .......................................................................................29
9.3.
T
RIGGERING
A
UTOSTART
(TM
X Y
) ...........................................................................................................29
9.3.1.
Example 1: Triggering Autostart .........................................................................................................30
9.3.2.
Example 2: Triggering Autostart)........................................................................................................30
10.
SERIAL COMMAND QUICK REFERENCE .........................................................................................31
