User’s Guide
Limit switch status
UL = crosshead at upper limit
DL
=
crosshead
at
lower
limit
Commands relating to Mark-10 force gauges are NOT the same as
indicated in the respective user’s guides. A list of supported ASCII
commands is provided below. All commands must be uppercase:
A
Displays
current
unit
F
Toggles between Normal and Data Collect modes
P
Steps through Normal mode, Tension Peak mode,
and Compression Peak mode
R
Zeroes the force gauge (zeroes all modes)
S
Sends currently selected mode (Normal, Tension
Peak, Compression Peak, or Data Collect)
U
Steps through units
X or ? Sends currently displayed reading
Y
Enables RS-232 output and sends continuous data
stream when in Data Collect mode
Z
Zeroes the currently selected mode
The ESM301 is compatible with Nexygen
TM
TCD software, which
also utilizes the above commands. The 09-1143 cable is needed to
communicate between a Mark-10 gauge and the test stand.
The 09-1056 serial cable is needed to communicate between a
computer and the test stand. Baud rate, stop bits and parity must
be programmed in the stand to correspond with the computer pro-
gram’s settings. Details on this are provided in Section 5.
While in PC control, if any parameters are changed on the front
panel, these settings will be ignored, except if Auto Return or Cy-
cling are turned on. If so, PC control will be turned off automatically.
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COMMUNICATING WITH MESURGAUGE
The ESM301 can communicate with MESURgauge data collection
software. The test stand can output either force data only or force
data combined with travel data (if the ESM301-001 integrated travel
indication option is installed). To communicate with MESURgauge,
certain settings in the test stand, force gauge, and software must be
changed as follows:
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