Calibration Bath
Digital Communication Interface
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In the following list of commands, characters or data within brackets, “[” and “]”,
are optional for the command. A slash, “/”, denotes alternate characters or data.
Numeric data, denoted by “n”, may be entered in decimal or exponential notation.
Characters are shown in lower case although upper case may be used. Spaces
may be added within command strings and will simply be ignored. Backspace
(BS, ASCII 8) may be used to erase the previous character. A terminating CR is
implied with all commands.
Table 4. Interface Command Summary
Command Description
Command Format
Command
Example
Returned
Returned
Example
Acceptable
Values
Display Temperature
Read current set-point
s[etpoint]
s
set: 9999.99 {C or F}
set: 150.00 C
Set current set-point to n
s[etpoint]=n
s=450
Instrument
Range
Read vernier
v[ernier]
v
v: 9.99999
v: 0.00000
Set vernier to n
v[ernier]=n
v=.00001
Depends on
Configuration
Read temperature
t[emperature]
t
t: 9999.99 {C or F}
t: 55.69 C
Read temperature units
u[nits]
u
u: x
u: c
Set temperature units:
u[nits]=c/f
C or F
Set temperature units to Celsius u[nits]=c
u=c
Set temperature units to Fahrenheit u[nits]=f u=f
Secondary Menu
Read proportional band setting
pr[op-band]
pr
pr: 999.9
pr: 15.9
Set proportional band to n
pr[op-band]=n
pr=8.83
Depends on
Configuration
Read cutout setting
c[utout]
c
c: 9999 {x},{xxx}
c: 620 C, in
Set cutout setting:
c[utout]=n/r[eset]
Set cutout to n degrees
c[utout]=n c=500
Temperature
Range
Reset cutout now
c[utout]=r[eset]
c=r
Read heater power (duty cycle)
po[wer]
po
po: 9999
po: 1
Configuration Menu
Probe Menu
Read R0 calibration parameter
r[0]
r
r0: 999.999
r0: 100.578
Set R0 calibration parameter to n
r[0]=n
r=100.324
98.0 to 104.9
Read ALPHA calibration parameter
al[pha]
al
al: 9.9999999
al: 0.0038573
Set ALPHA calibration parameter to n al[pha]=n al=0.0038433
.00370
to
.00399
Operating Parameters Menu