Manual – Starflow Ultrasonic Doppler Instrument
Model 6526
Unidata Manual - 6526 Starflow User Manual Issue 17 01 2020.docx
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Next, click
Search
to send identification requests to the first ten sensors. The window will list any
sensors found:
The above screenshot shows that there is a Unidata 6509C Water Level instrument, connected on
address 0, and no other instruments on any other channel if using a Starflow it would appear with
6526.
To send commands to a sensor, select it from the list, then select the command to send from the
drop-down list (the “Measure (aM!)” in the above screenshot). When you select a command, the
actually command that will be sent on the SDI-12 bus is shown next to it (the “0M!” in the above
screenshot). Click
Send
to send the command on to the SDI-12 bus.
If there is a response, it will appear in the communication log area, and the software will also
provide an interpretation of the response. The above shows the response to a Measure command,
the following is the response to a subsequent Read:
