
9 Remote Operation of the DPR300
9.1 Overview of Remote Operation
DPR300’s can be purchased in three different configurations: front panel control only, remote PC
control only, or with both front panel and remote PC control. This section describes software for
controlling one or more DPR300 instruments that have either remote PC control interface option.
DPR300 units that possess both a front panel control option and a remote PC control interface will
respond to both sets of controls with each instrument function taking the function value last received
from either the front panel or remote PC. When the PC software first connects to a DPR300, the
settings on the front panel controls will be read into the PC software and used without change.
Communication between the control computer and DPR300 is via an RS-232 interface using the
COM1 or other RS-232 serial port on a control computer. Commands are issued by the control
computer and consist of a sequence of bytes transmitted via the RS-232 interface to the DPR300.
A DPR300 can optionally be connected to the control computer with a USB to RS-232 dongle, with
the RS-232 side connected to the DPR300 and the USB side connected to the control computer. The
software on the PC will work with either a hardware COM port or a USB to RS-232 dongle
configured as a virtual COM port. The software will also work with a combination of both hardware
COM port and USB dongle if more than one instrument is connected.
Multiple DPR300 instruments may be connected in a daisy-chain fashion to one serial port on the
control computer. A command sent by the computer will be received by all instruments in the daisy
chain, and acted upon by only the addressed instrument(s). If a DPR300 in the daisy chain is turned
off, it will not impede communication between the computer and other instruments. Up to 255
instruments may be connected to one serial port. All instruments may be controlled independently
through the assignment of individual addresses. DPR500 instruments can be daisy-chained with
DPR300’s.
Alternatively, each DPR300 could be connected to its own COM port on the control computer.
Imaginant provides several levels of software for remote PC control, described below.
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