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Appendix | ASCII Communication with Sensor
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A 4.1
Commands Overview
Group
Chapter
Command
Brief information
System
HELP
Help on commands
GETINFO
Request sensor information
STATUS
Output of information via individual or all measuring channels
Output of all sensor settings
PRINT ALL
Output of measurement settings and sensor information
GETCHANNELCNT
Indicates number of available channels
BASICSETTINGS
Load/save device settings
MEASSETTINGS
Load/save measurement settings
RESET
Reboot sensor
RESETCNT
Reset counter
SETDEFAULT
Factory settings
Communication
BAUDRATE
Set transmission rate of serial interface
OUTPUT
Activate or deactivate
measured value output stream
DATARATE
Set the data rate for synchronous data output
OUT
Selection of output values for serial interface
GETOUTINFO
Listing of output values of serial interface
Adjustment / Reference
DARKCORR
Sets the dark correction based on the current measurement.
DARKCORR_OFFSET Manual setting or querying of current dark correction
WHITECORR
Sets a white correction based on the current measured value.
WHITECORR_FAC-
TOR
Adapts the dynamic range (receiving sensitivity) to the required
measuring situation
Measurement
AUTOGAIN
Automatic determination of a sensible combination of integration
time and amplification in order to obtain the best possible range
of values
GAIN
Setting the gain level
INTEGRATIONTIME
Set exposure time
AVERAGING
Set moving average of measured values
COLORSPACE
Setting a color space for output
GETMEASURE
Output of a measurement result for selected channels