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Advanced Operation
Model 372 AC Resistance Bridge and Temperature Controller
Interface command: (No interface command directly corresponds to the copy curve
operation. You can use the CRVHDR and CRVPT commands to read curve information
from one curve location and write that information to another curve location.)
5.8 Emulation
Mode
To provide compatibility with pre-existing software that was written to work with a
Model 370, the Model 372 can be configured to emulate the remote interface of the
Model 370. The emulation mode allows a Model 372 to replace a Model 370 in a soft-
ware controlled system with very little effort, and very little downtime.
5.8.1 Unsupported
Commands
Some commands are not supported in the Model 372, regardless of the emulation
mode, as the associated functions are no longer included. Although these commands
are unsupported, a properly formatted reply will be sent when these queries are
received to prevent locking up or crashing software that was written to query this
information. These unsupported commands are:
D
LDAT
D
LINEAR
D
MNMX
Except for the unsupported commands above, when the Model 372 is in emulation
mode, it will interpret all Model 370 commands. Each command will either be inter-
preted directly, or it will be translated to the most appropriate Model 372 setting, for
full compatibility with the Model 370.
5.8.2 Command
Interpretation
As a reference, the following commands are interpreted differently if Emulation mode
is on:
D
ANALOG
D
DISPLAY
D
ZONE
D
CRVPT
D
CRVHDR
D
CRVDEL
D
BAUD
D
INSET
D
INCRV
The Model 372 must be in Emulation mode in order for the commands to be inter-
preted as a Model 370.
5.8.3 Curve Location
Numbering
As with the Model 370, the Model 372 has the ability to load and use temperature
curves in order to read and control in units kelvin. One significant difference is that
the Model 372 curve location structure is modeled after newer Lake Shore tempera-
ture controllers, and it consists of read-only standard curves and modifiable user
curves.
TABLE 5-6 shows the differences in how curve numbers are assigned as a function of
emulation mode.
In order for existing Model 370 control software to read and write curves from loca-
tions 1 to 20, the Model 372 must be placed into Emulation mode. When in Emula-
tion mode, the firmware will translate the Model 370 curve locations received over
the remote interface to the new curve location numbering scheme.
Normal mode
370 emulation mode
Standard curve locations
1-20
None
User curves locations
21-59
1-20
TABLE 5-6
Assignment of curve numbers