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DIGITAL TRANSDUCER TESTER & PC-INTERFACE (AVA-03) 

14-FEB-2022 

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8. THIRD PARTY LOGGING/CHARTING SOFTWARE 

 
As  described  above,  all  RS232  commands  and  responses  contain  only  ASCII  characters, 
allowing  full  access  with  standard  terminal  software  like  Hyperterminal.  For  basic  data 
logging the AVA-03 can be put into continuous output mode with the "CM" command. 
 
If more complex data logging or display/charting functions are required, there is a low-cost 
3rd-party  software  available  that  runs  on  Windows  PCs  (see  www.windmill.co.uk). 
Windmill-7 data logging software includes a user configurable parser that can be set up to 
suit the AVA-03 command set. Setup can be a bit tricky, but once configured the software 
is easy to use. Please note however, that this is 3rd-party software and beyond control of 
Avanti Elektronik Ltd. No guarantee can be given regarding its suitability and no support 
will be provided. 
 
Below are some screenshots obtained with Windmill-7 software. 
 

 

 

Figure 3: Windmill Data Display Panels showing 2 Transducers (A and B). 

 
 

 

Figure 4: Windmill Charting Module displaying 2 Pressures (A and B) 

Summary of Contents for AVA-03

Page 1: ...ARE DESCRIPTION The AVA 03 I C Transducer Tester is housed in an aluminium enclosure measuring 168 x 103 x 56mm Transducer Socket Pinout Pin 1 A1 Pin 2 SCL Pin 3 GND Pin 4 SDA Pin 5 5V Pin 6 A2 Pin 7...

Page 2: ...be higher than the battery voltage in order to prevent the battery from inadvertently sourcing current Current consumption is approximately 5mA when the backlight is off and approximately 125mA when...

Page 3: ...0B61 A RAW T 0x01C71C72 3 Raw Values PF 20000 000 Hz A TF 50000 000 Hz 4 Equivalent Frequencies P 11111 222 psi A T 111 222 degC 5 Calculated P T Values A2A1 01 XDUCER B SN 000456 14 02 2022 6 Status...

Page 4: ...ansducers together see paragraph 6 2 12 BAR DEGF DUAL P Absolute pressure is displayed in bar and temperature in F Initial screen shows pressure values of 2 transducers together see paragraph 6 2 Once...

Page 5: ...psi B 10 Dual pressure screen again P1 is allocated to the transducer with the lowest I C address and P2 to the transducer with the second lowest I C address If more than two transducers are connecte...

Page 6: ...er Tester to output a list of all implemented RS232 commands plus the FPGA identifier and status of all connected transducers GET A RAW PRESSURE READING COUNTS PC SENDS TESTER RESPONDS DESCRIPTION BYT...

Page 7: ...Echo 1 A CR 0x0D Carriage return 1 CR 0x20 Space 1 0 000 99999 999 Pressure in psi or bar as a 5 3 floating point number 9 1234 567 CR 0x0D Carriage return 1 CR LF 0x0A Line Feed 1 LF GET A CALCULATED...

Page 8: ...Read EEPROM request 1 R R Echo 1 R A D Transducer address 1 A A D Echo 1 A 0000 1FFF Start address 4 0100 0000 1FFF Echo 4 0100 00 FF Number of bytes to read 00 256 2 0A 00 FF Echo 2 0A CR 0x0D Carria...

Page 9: ...K or NO Result of operation 2 OK 0x20 Space 1 0000 FFFF Checksum over all data bytes 4 0171 CR 0x0D Carriage return 1 CR LF 0x0A Line feed 1 LF SET SERIAL NUMBER AND CALIBRATION DATE PC SENDS TESTER R...

Page 10: ...zdyne in Jan 2010 START CONTINUOUS OUTPUT MODE PC SENDS TESTER RESPONDS DESCRIPTION BYTES EXAMPLE CM Continuous Mode request 2 CM CM Echo 2 CM CR 0x0D Carriage return 1 CR CR 0x0D Echo 1 CR LF 0x0A Li...

Page 11: ...charting functions are required there is a low cost 3rd party software available that runs on Windows PCs see www windmill co uk Windmill 7 data logging software includes a user configurable parser th...

Page 12: ...e at http www quartzdyne com The following documents are of particular interest DigitalTransSpec pdf Digital Quartz Pressure Transducer Specifications DigitalTransProg pdf Digital Transducer Programmi...

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