Bindicator SonoTracker Ultrasonic Liquid Level, Installation & Operation Manual

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Examples
For each command below, the general format of the command is shown above the example.
‘#’ COMMAND — BINDICATOR PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
This command is sent by the master to request the controller to send its Bindicator product identification code
(code is 95 for the controller). For this example, the master requests the code from a SonoTracker Series controller
channel at address 01, which returns a code of 95 and a checksum of 6E.
Request from Master Response from Controller
>aa#ssr Addssr Format
>01#84r A956Er Example
‘A’ COMMAND — REQUEST APPLICATION TYPE
This command is sent by the master to request the controller to send the application type for the channel: 00=level,
01=flow, and 99=math. For this example, the master requests the code from a SonoTracker Series controller level
channel at address 01, which returns a code of 00 and a checksum of 60.
Request from Master Response from Controller
>aaassr Addssr Format
>01aC2r A0060r Example
‘2’ COMMAND — REQUEST ENGINEERING UNITS (LEVEL/HEAD)
This command is sent by the master to request the controller to send the engineering units (level/head). For this
example, the master requests the level from a SonoTracker Series controller channel at address 01, which is set up
with a standard display format of 0.01 ft. The controller returns an indication that there is no echo-loss, a level of
2500 (25.00 feet), and a checksum of 57.
Request from Master Response from Controller
>aa2ssr Adddddddssr Format
>01293r A000250057r Example
*Note 1. Echo-loss character: 0=no echo-loss, 1=echo-loss condition, 2=momentary echo-loss condition.
‘F0’ COMMAND — REQUEST FLOW RATE (FLOW APPLICATIONS ONLY)
This command is sent by the master to request the controller to send the flow rate. For this example, the master
requests the flow from a controller channel at address 01, which is set up with standard flow format of XXX.XX and
standard flow units of cubic feet per second (CFS). The controller returns a flow rate of 989 (9.89 cubic feet per
second) and a checksum of 6A.
Request from Master Response from Controller
>aaF0ssr Adddddddssr Format
>01F0D7r A00009896Ar Example
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