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Aanderaa Data Instruments AS – TD302
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The
MainCmd
and the
SubCmd/Property
must be separated with the space ‘ ’ character.
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When entering new settings the
Property
is followed by a parenthesis containing comma-separated values.
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The command string must be terminated by Carriage Return and Line Feed (ASCII code 13 & 10).
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The command string is not case sensitive (UPPER/lower-case).
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The ENUM property settings are case sensitive. E.g. “
Set Mode(AiCaP)
” Here AICAP will result in argument error.
Refer Table 1-2
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A valid command string is acknowledged with the character ‘#’ while character ‘*’ indicates an error. Both are
followed by Carriage Return/ Line Feed (CRLF).
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For most errors a short error message is also given subsequent to the error indicator.
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There are also special commands with short names and dedicated tasks, as
save
,
reset
, and
help
.
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All names and numbers are separated by tabulator spacing (ASCII code 9).
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The string is terminated by Carriage Return and Line Feed (ASCII code 13 & 10).
Note! Losing power during the flashing process can cause corruption of vital settings, such as coefficients, serial
number, model number etc. If losing settings, contact AADI Service department for new setting file for the specific
sensor with further instructions.
7.2.4
Passkey for write protection
To avoid accidental change, most of the properties are write-protected. There are four levels of access protection,
refer Table 7-1.
A special property called
Passkey
must be set according to the protection level before changing the value of
properties that are write-protected, refer Table 1-2. After a period of inactivity at the serial input, the access level
will revert to default. This period corresponds to the
Comm TimeOut
setting, or 1 minutes it the
Comm TimeOut
is
set to
Always On.
Table 7-1 Access protection levels
Output Passkey
Description
No
No Passkey needed for changing property
Low
1
The Passkey must be set to 1 prior to changing property
High
1000
The Passkey must be set to 1000 prior to changing property
This Passkey value also give read access to factory properties that usually are hidden
Read
Only
The user have only read access