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R E M O T E O P E R A T I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
4.1
OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................ 81
4.2
INTERFACING ....................................................................................................................................... 81
4.2.1
RS232 INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................... 81
4.2.1.1
COM1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 81
4.2.1.2
IEEE-488 .................................................................................................................................................. 82
4.2.1.3
COM2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 82
4.3
PROGRAMMING FORMATS ................................................................................................................. 82
4.3.1
CLASSIC PROGRAM MESSAGE FORMAT ............................................................................................... 83
4.3.2
ENHANCED PROGRAM MESSAGE FORMAT .......................................................................................... 83
4.3.2.1
USING COMMAND TYPE COMMANDS ................................................................................................. 83
4.3.2.2
USING QUERY TYPE COMMANDS ................................................................................................... 84
4.4
COMMANDS .......................................................................................................................................... 85
4.4.1
PROGRAMMING MESSAGES .................................................................................................................... 85
4.4.2
ERROR MESSAGESS ................................................................................................................................. 86
4.4.3
PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW .................................................................................. 87
4.4.4
PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................................... 88
4.5
STATUS REPORTING SYSTEM ......................................................................................................... 108
4.5.1
ERROR QUEUE ......................................................................................................................................... 108
4.5.2
STATUS BYTE REGISTER ....................................................................................................................... 108
4.5.3
STANDARD EVENT REGISTER ............................................................................................................... 110
4.5.4
READY STATUS REGISTER .................................................................................................................... 110
4.6
IEEE STD. 488.2 COMMON AND STATUS PROGRAM MESSAGES ................................................ 111
4.6.1
PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................................. 112
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MAINTENANCE, ADJUSTMENTS A N D C A L I B R A T I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 5
5.1
OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................... 115
5.2
CALIBRATION OF QUARTZ REFERENCE PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS (Q-RPTS) ...................... 115
5.2.1
PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................................................................ 115
5.2.1.1
PA AND PM COEFFICIENTS ................................................................................................................ 116
5.2.1.2
AS RECEIVED AND AS LEFT DATA .................................................................................................... 116
5.2.2
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED .......................................................................................................................... 117
5.2.2.1
GAS OPERATED Q-RPTS, A10M AND LOWER .................................................................................. 117
5.2.2.2
OIL OR GAS OPERATED Q-RPTS A14M AND HIGHER ..................................................................... 117
5.2.3
SET-UP AND PREPARATION ................................................................................................................... 118
5.2.4
RECOMMENDED CALIBRATION POINT SEQUENCE ............................................................................ 119
5.2.4.1
STANDARD CLASS Q-RPTS ................................................................................................................ 119
5.2.4.2
PREMIUM CLASS Q-RPTS ................................................................................................................... 120
5.2.5
TURNING OFF ABSOLUTE AND NEGATIVE GAUGE MEASUREMENT MODES FOR AXXX
(ABSOLUTE) Q-RPTS ......................................................................................................................... 122
5.2.6
Q-RPT CALIBRATION USING CALTOOL FOR RPTS SOFTWARE ........................................................ 122
5.2.7
EDITING AND VIEWING Q-RPT CALIBRATION INFORMATION ............................................................ 122
5.2.8
Q-RPT CALIBRATION/ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT CALTOOL FOR RPTS SOFTWARE ......................... 124
5.3
ADJUSTMENT OF ON-BOARD BAROMETER ................................................................................... 125
5.4
RELOADING EMBEDDED SOFTWARE INTO FLASH MEMORY ...................................................... 126
5.5
SUBASSEMBLY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ............................................................................ 127
5.5.1
MINI MICRO BOARD ................................................................................................................................. 127
5.5.2
POWER SUPPLY MODULE ...................................................................................................................... 127
5.5.3
DRIVER BOARD ........................................................................................................................................ 128
5.5.4
ON-BOARD BAROMETER ........................................................................................................................ 128
5.5.5
Q-RPT MODULE ........................................................................................................................................ 128
5.5.5.1
HI Q-RPT MODULE ............................................................................................................................... 128
5.5.5.2
LO Q-RPT MODULE .............................................................................................................................. 128
5.5.6
DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................................... 128
5.6
Q-RPT MODULE PNEUMATIC SCHEMATICS ................................................................................... 129
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