Hypertherm HyPerformance Plasma HPR400, Instruction Manual

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Appendix B – CnC interfACe protoCol
HPR400XD Auto Gas – 806160 b-17
ID command System Description
122 READ_GAS_SWITCH Manual gas system This command will return data that shows the actual position of
the rotary switches used to set the inlet gas type.
The difference between this command and 098 is that this
command returns the values set by the position of the switch.
The 098 command returns values that the software decides are
acceptable gas combinations. For example, H35 plasma and O
2
shield is not acceptable and is overridden by the software to be
H35 plasma and N
2
shield regardless of the position of the shield
gas knob. In this case, the 098 command would return H35 N
2
.
This command will return H35 O
2
.
Data:
None
Return value:
Plasma gas type code (See table VI),
Shield gas type code (See table VI),
space-delimited
Sample:
>12295<
>1220001 00063C<
124 INDEX_MOTORVALVES Auto gas system Move the motor valve by a fixed number of ADC counts
Data:
Motor Valve number (1 or 2)
Open/Clos (0 = Close, 1 = Open)
Multiplier (move by x10 counts, 3 = move 30 counts)
Return value:
1 = accepted
Sample:
Open Motor valve 1 by 30 counts
>1241 1 36C<
>1241C8<
125 GET_TIMER_COUNTER Manual gas system
Auto gas system
Read Timer/Counter data from the power supply
Data:
None
Return value:
Arc-on time (seconds)
System on time (minutes)
Total starts (# of arc transfers)
Total starting errors (failed to transfer)
Total ramp-down errors (failed to ramp-down current)
Write counter (# of writes to the present memory block – for
diagnostics only)
Memory block (current memory location for timer counter data –
for diagnostics only)
All fields are a fixed width of 7 numbers followed by a space.
Sample:
>12598<
>1250000000 0000000 0000000 0000000 0000000 0000000
0000000 58<
command table (12 of 14)