ORTEC Easy-MCS, Hardware User Manual

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Easy-MCS
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legal value and a warning message is returned. See also SHOW_ULSCA. The ULSCA voltage
should always be greater than the LLSCA voltage for proper operation of the SCA.
SHOW_ACTIVE
Returns a 1 if acquisition is active, or 0 if it is not active.
Responses:
$C00000087<CR>
Acquisition is not active.
$C00001088<CR> Acquisition is active.
SHOW_ACTIVE_DEVICES
This command is provided for compatibility with existing ORTEC MCBs. In the Easy-MCS,
it is identical to the SHOW_ACTIVE command.
Responses:
$C00000087<CR>
Acquisition is not active.
$C00001088<CR> Acquisition is active.
SHOW_CHANNEL
Returns a response that indicates in which channel data are currently being acquired. The
command is only valid when acquisition is started.
Responses:
$C00001088<CR>
Collecting data in channel 1.
$C01762103<CR> Collecting data in channel 1762.
SHOW_CONFIGURATION
Returns a record that indicates the hardware configuration of the unit. The record contains
information about the memory size, and the number of segments (always 1 for the Easy-
MCS).
$Jaaaaabbbbbddddd00000[65 zeros here for total of 75 zeros]00000ccc
where aaaaa represents the number of channels in the MCS (always 65536 for the Easy-
MCS), bbbbb is the number of segments (always 1 for the Easy-MCS), ddddd is the current
pass length, and ccc represents the record checksum.
SHOW_DEVICE
There is only 1 device in the Easy-MCS, so the command always returns 1.
Responses:
$A001246<CR>
Device 1 selected.
SHOW_DISCRIMINATOR
Returns the input discriminator threshold and the status of the discriminator. If the discrimi-
nator is enabled, the header on the response will be DISC_ENA. If the discriminator is dis-