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USER'S GUIDE____________________________________________________________________
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Using Serial Line
Use the serial line command FORM to change the format, and the
command UNIT to select metric or non-metric output units.
FORM
Use the serial line command FORM to change the format or select a
certain quantities for the output commands SEND and R .
FORM [ x ]<cr>
where
x = Formatter string
The formatter string consists of quantities and modifiers. If no formatter
string is entered, the command will display the currently active formatter
string. Note that the hash symbol "#" is shown as a backslash "\" when
viewing the current formatter string.
When entering the command, use the abbreviations of the quantities. For
more information on quantities, see Table 2 on page 17 and Table 3 on
page 18. The modifiers are presented in Table 25 below.
Table 25 FORM Command Modifiers
Modifier Description
x.y Length modifier (number of digits and decimal places)
#t Tabulator
#r Carriage-return
#n Line
feed
“" String constant
#xxx Special character, code "xxx" (decimal), for example #027
for ESC
U5 Unit field and length (length optional)
ADDR Transmitter address [00...255]
ERR Error flags for P, T, Ta, RH [0000 ... 1111], 0 = no error
STAT Transmitter status in 7 character field, for example:
N 0
no heating
h 115 probe heating active, power 115/255
H 159.0 purge heating active, temperature 159ºC
S 115.0 purge cooling active, temperature 115ºC
X 95.0 sensor heating active, temperature 95ºC
SN Transmitter serial number
TIME Time [hh:mm:ss]
DATE Date [yyyy-mm-dd]
CS2 Modulus-256 checksum of message sent so far, ascii
encoded hexadecimal notation
CS4 Modulus-65536 checksum of message sent so far, ascii
encoded hexadecimal notation
CSX NMEA xor-checksum of message sent so far, ascii
encoded hexadecimal notation