Lake Shore Model 218 Temperature Monitor User’s Manual
Remote Operation
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6.2.7.3 Program
Operation
Once either program is running, try the following commands and observe the response of the
instrument. Input from the user is shown in
bold
and terminators are added by the program. The
word [term] indicates the required terminators included with the response.
ENTER COMMAND?
KRDG? 1
Query Kelvin Reading for Input 1. Monitor will return a
temperature reading in Kelvin.
RESPONSE: +77.350[term]
ENTER COMMAND?
AOUT? 1
Query Analog Output for data output 1. Monitor will
return output reading in percent.
RESPONSE: +10.122[term]
ENTER COMMAND?
DISPFLD 3,1,3
Configures display field 3 to display input 1 in sensor
units.
ENTER COMMAND?
FILTER? 5
Query filter parameters for input 5. Monitor returns filter
settings.
RESPONSE: 1,08,08[term]
ENTER COMMAND?
INCRV 7,2;INCRV? 7
Combination command. Selects curve 2 for input 7
and then requests input 7 curve number.
RESPONSE: 02[term]
The following are additional notes on using either Serial Interface program.
•
If you enter a correctly spelled query without a “
?
,” nothing will be returned. Incorrectly spelled
commands and queries are ignored. Commands and queries and should have a space
separating the command and associated parameters.
•
Leading zeros and zeros following a decimal point are not needed in a command string, but
they will be sent in response to a query. A leading “
+
” is not required but a leading “
–
”
is
required.
