User Manual for
AML Oceanographic’s
Plus
X
19
Communications
PC Settings
Plus
•X
will communicate with both RS-232 and RS-485 serial connections. The computer to which
the instrument is connected must be set up as follows:
•
8 bits
•
1 stop bit
•
No parity
•
No hardware flow control
•
Baud rate of 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19,200, or 38,400 baud
After power up, Plus
•X
will wait for an ASCII carriage return. The instrument will automatically detect
whether communications are RS-232 or RS-485 as well as the baud rate.
Output Formats
Output formats can be modified. If the required modifications are not supported by the commonly
used command list in the next section, please contact the factory for support with custom output
formats.
Formatting can be changed in the following ways:
•
The number of decimal places for each channel
•
Turn on or off
o
date and time
o
calculated parameters (Salinity and Density)
o
battery voltage
o
power up information (header)
o
automatic monitoring on power up
Default Output Format
The output from Plus
•X
is space delimited values.
The following table shows the output units for each Xchange™ sensor:
Sensor
Units
Default Format
SV•Xchange™
m/s
1234.567
Conductivity•Xchange™
mS/cm
12.346
C•Xchange™
Conductivity
mS/cm
12.345
C•Xchange™
Temperature
C
12.345
Pressure•Xchange™
dBar
1234.56
Temperature•Xchange™
C
12.345
Turbidity
•Xchange™
NTU
1234.56
