TSI Instruments PORTACOUNT 8020, Addendum

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P
ORTA
C
OUNT
®
Plus Model 8020 Technical Addendum revised 7-27-2001
TSI Incorporated, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA 17
Copyright © 2001 all rights reserved
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
Y<cr>
Turn Power OFF
This command turns the PORTACOUNT Plus OFF. It must be turned ON using the
Keypad. There is no way to turn the PORTACOUNT Plus ON using an external
computer. When first turned ON the PORTACOUNT Plus is always operable using
the Keypad.
Response from PORTACOUNT Plus just before it turns off:
Y<cr><lf>
PTMxxvv<cr>
Set Mask Sample Time
Each exercise has its own independent mask sample time. xx is the exercise number
between
01
and
12
. vv is the mask sample time in seconds between
10
and
99
.
For example, to set the mask sample time for exercise 4 to 40 seconds, send the
command:
PTM0440<cr>
The PORTACOUNT Plus will respond with an echo of the same command:
PTM0440<cr><lf>
PTA00vv<cr>
Set Ambient Sample Time
This command sets the ambient sample time for exercises 1 through 12. vv is the
ambient sample time in seconds and must be in the range from
05
to
99
.
For example, to set the ambient sample time to 10 seconds, send the command:
PTA0010<cr>
The PORTACOUNT Plus will respond with an echo of the same command:
PTA0010<cr><lf>
PTPM0vv<cr>
Set Mask Sample Purge Time
This command sets the mask sample purge time for exercises 1 through 12.
vv
is the
mask sample purge time in seconds and must be in the range from
11
to
25
.
For example, to set the mask sample purge time to 15 seconds, send the command:
PTPM015<cr>
The PORTACOUNT Plus will respond with an echo of the same command:
PTPM015<cr><lf>