Operating Instructions
Chapter
10
CLX490
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Appendix
10.7
Configuring a CLX with command strings
The CLX can be parameterized and operated with command strings via the auxiliary inter-
face or the host interface. Parameters which are unknown to the CLV-Setup may be used
providing that the command string convention is followed. This allows, among other things,
the setting of special devices as well as the configuration of new CLX parameters (which are
unknown to "CLV-Setup" program) if your version of the CLX is older in comparison. The
"CLV-Setup" user interface is based on the command language.
The command language accesses the CLX’s command interpreter directly. Use this lan-
guage with care. Commands sent to the CLX are carried out immediately.
Parameter values changed by commands are at first only activated in the current parameter
set in the CLX’s RAM. The altered parameter values must be saved to non-volatile memory
in the EEPROM (after the changes are made) using a special command. If the values are not
saved, they will be lost when the voltage supply is cut off.
The "CLV-Setup" Terminal Emulator’s online mode makes it possible to parameterize the
CLX with command strings directly.
shows a view of the Terminal Emulator with
command lines and PC/CLX communication output windows.
1.
Click on
in the symbol bar.
The Terminal Emulator window opens. The CLX is in Reading mode.
2.
Under D
EVICE
M
ODE
, click on the P
ARAMETERIZING
option field.
The CLX aborts reading mode. The "Device Ready" LED extinguishes.
CLV-Setup switches the CLX into the parameterize mode with a command.
All commands in parameterize mode begin with "3".
3.
Enter the desired command in command line
1
, and press the [Return] key.
The command is sent to the CLX.
The CLX answers with an echo if the command was syntactically correct (in most cases).
Example:
The command "3?LT" causes the CLX to display the parameter values of the reading
trigger in coded form in output window
2
.
Fig. 10-13: CLV-Setup: entering commands in the Terminal Emulator
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