PPC2+™ Operation and Maintenance Manual
©2001 DH Instruments, Inc.
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COM2
Purpose
Read or set the RS-232 settings for the COM2 port.
Command
Query
“COM2
baud,parity,data,stop”
“COM2?”
Classic “COM2=
baud,parity,data,stop”
“COM2”
Arguments
baud:
The baud rate. This may be ‘300’, ‘600’,’1200’,’2400’,’4800’, ‘9600’
or ‘19200’
parity:
The data parity. This may be ‘O’ for odd, ‘E’ for even, or ‘N’ for none.
Data:
The number of data bits. This may be ‘7’ or ‘8’
stop:
The number of stop bits. This may be ‘1’ or ‘0’
Defaults “COM2
2400,E,7,1”
Remarks
The COM2 port can be used to allow the host computer to communicate through the
PPC2+ to an additional device connected to COM2. This can be useful if the Host
computer does not have 2 serial ports available.
Example
(enhanced)
Cmd sent:
Query reply:
“COM2 9600,N,8,1”
“9600,N,8,1”
Example
(classic)
Sent:
Reply:
“COM2=9600,N,8,1”
“9600,N,8,1”
Errors
ERR# 7:
Missing or improper program message argument(s).
See Also
Section 3.4.4.3, “PASSTHRU”
CONFIG
This is an obsolete PPC2 Command
Purpose
PPC2+ does not support a remotely activated configuration routine. The CONFIG
command from PPC2 will reply as if CONFIG had occurred.
See Section
3.4.4.1
DATE
Purpose
Read or set the PPC2+ date.
Command
Query
“DATE yymmdd”
“DATE?”
Classic “DATE=yymmdd”
“DATE”
Arguments
yymmdd:
The date in the numerical only format year-month-day with no
spaces.
Remarks
The PPC2+ has an internal real time calendar clock. It is used for date stamping
calibrations.
Example
(enhanced)
Cmd sent:
Query reply:
“DATE 961201”
“961201”
Example
(classic)
Sent:
Reply:
“DATE=961201”
“961201”
Errors
ERR# 7:
Missing or improper program message argument(s).
See
Also Section
3.4.4.4
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