10
Digital Communication Interface
If supplied with the option, the bath is capable of communicating with and be-
ing controlled by other equipment through the digital interface. Two types of
digital interface are available — the RS-232 serial interface and the IEEE-488
GPIB interface.
With a digital interface the bath may be connected to a computer or other
equipment. This allows the user to set the bath temperature, monitor the tem-
perature, and access any of the other controller functions, all using remote com-
munications equipment. In addition the heater power may be switched from
low to high using the interface. To enable the heater to be switched to high us-
ing the interface the “HEATER” switch must be set to the “LOW” position.
10.1
Serial Communications
The bath may be installed with an RS-232 serial interface that allows serial dig-
ital communications over fairly long distances. With the serial interface the user
may access any of the functions, parameters and settings discussed in Section 9
with the exception of the BAUD rate setting. The serial interface uses 8 data
bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.
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Serial Communications
