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5.2 Output Data
Pressing the OUTPUT button (on triple angle Glossmeters), or 2nd/OUTPUT (on dual or single angle
Glossmeters) will send all the data in memory for the current measurement angle
only
to the RS 232C
output port, to which either a PC running NOVO-SOFT or a serial printer may be connected.
Each data point is briefly displayed as it is output, even if no interface hardware is connected. This is useful
if you wish to quickly scan through all the data currently in memory. The display will revert to normal mode
on completion.
5.3 Disable Statistics
Sometimes you may wish to make readings without adding to those already stored in memory. Disabling
statistics can do this. With the gauge switched off, press and hold down the OUTPUT button, then press
and hold down the ON button to switch on. After about 1 second the gauge displays a message which
flashes between ‘
PRESS YELLOW BUTTON
’ and ‘
ARE YOU SURE?
’. Pressing the yellow button will send
the gauge into non-stats mode, pressing any other button will send it into the normal operating mode.
In non-stats mode, readings are not stored, and so no statistical functions are available.
To escape from non-stats mode and return to normal operating mode, carry out the same procedure when
switching on, but instead of pressing the yellow button to confirm, press one of the other buttons. Any
statistics previously stored will still be held in memory, and will once again be available.
5.4 Single Reading Output
In non-stats mode the last measurement can be transmitted down the serial port by pressing the output
button.
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