Solid State Cooling Systems TCS-110, Product Manual

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The TCS-110 is operated via ASCII commands sent by Ethernet as shown below.
TEMP? : Get the TCS-110 plate temperature.
SETTEMP : Send a set point temperature to the TCS-110
SETTEMP? Get the TCS-110 set point temperature
WIDTH : Send the temperature high/low warning range. The TCS-110 issues a warning
in the Fault and Status words when its temperature is outside of its set point temperature
+/- WIDTH.
WIDTH? : Get the temperature warning range. The TCS-110 issues a warning in the
Fault and Status words when its temperature is outside of its set point tempe/-
WIDTH.
RTDOFFSET : Send a temperature offset to the TCS-110. Typically, there is a
temperature gradient between the microtiter plate wells and the TCS-110 temperature.
The RTDOFFSET command compensates for this offset. Set RTDOFFSET to the Well
Temperature
– the TCS-110 temperature when at equilibrium.
RTDOFFSET ?: Get the RTDOFFSET temperature.
PWM? : Get the % Heating or Cooling as a percentage of full power. A minus(-) sign
precedes the value when cooling.
STAT1A? : Get TCS-110 operational status (see figure 6)
FLTS1A? : Check TCS-110 for warnings or faults (see figure 7)
RUN : Command the TCS-110 to begin controlling at set point. The TCS-110 will not
run until it receives this command.
STOP : Command the TCS-110 to stop controlling and go into standby.
RUNNING? : Check if the TCS-110 is running or stopped (standby).
Table 2: TCS-110 Communications Information
PARAMETER
GET Data
Command
Response Range
PUT Data
Command
Response
Show chiller identification
information IDN Product Name, Model#,
Software# &Rev, Serial
Number
TCS-110 RUN/STOP RUN? RUNNING or
STOPPED
RUN, STOP
Microtiter Plate Temperature TEMP? (-)XXX.X 0-110°C
Set-point Temperature SETTEMP? (-)XXX.X 0-110°C SETTEMP (-)XX.X
Temperature Alarm width (+/-) WIDTH? XX.X 1-10°C WIDTH XX.X
Temperature Sensor Offset RTDOFFSET? (-)XX.X
1
0-15°C RTDOFFSET (-)XX.X
Actual TE PWM % PWM? (-)XX.X
1
0-100%
Status word 1 (5 ASCII bytes) STAT1A? 0 - 65535
Faults word 1 (5 ASCII bytes) FLTS1A? 0 - 65535
Clear Alarms CLEARALARMS
Re-Boot TCS-110 Controller RESTART
Data Format: ASCII Insert a carriage return (0x0D
hex
) at the end of each command
string . A carriage return (0x0D
hex
) is sent at the end of each response
IDN Command Example: A TCS-110, model number 10-14596-1, software PN 60-12945-1 Rev M1,
with serial number 9800001 returns the following:
DANGER
HOT or COLD
Surfaces! Do
not touch the
TCS-110 top
surface during
operation as
burns may
result!