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List of Serial Commands
All commands can be issued either in uppercase or lowercase. In the
command examples, the keyboard input by the user is in
bold
type.
The notation <cr> refers to pressing the carriage return (
Enter
) key
on your computer keyboard. Enter a <cr> to clear the command
buffer before starting to enter commands.
Table 5
List of Serial Commands
Command Description
? Show
device
information
??
Show device information (overrides poll mode)
ADDR [0 … 255]
Show or set transmitter address
CLOSE
Close the temporary connection and return the
device to POLL mode
ERRS
Display the currently active errors
FORM [modifier string]
Set output format
FRESTORE
Restore factory settings
HELP
Show list of currently available serial commands
INTV [0 ... 255 S/MIN/H] Set the continuous output interval (for RUN mode
and R command)
OPEN [0 … 255]
Open a line to transmitter at defined address
R
Start the continuous outputting
RESET
Reset the transmitter
S
Stop the continuous outputting
SDELAY [0 … 255]
Set response sending delay
SEND [0 … 255]
Output readings once (specify address for
transmitters in POLL mode)
SERI [baud p d s]
Show or set the serial interface settings
SMODE [mode]
Show or set startup serial mode:
RUN, STOP, or POLL
SNUM
Display transmitter serial number
TIME
Show transmitter uptime
UNIT [m/n]
Select metric or non-metric units
VERS
Show transmitter firmware version
PNORMT [-100 ... 100] Show or set the temperature for pressure
normalization
MIXRATIO [0 ... 100]
Show or set ratio (%) of SF
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in the measured
environment
N2MOLW [weight]
Show or set molecular weight of other gas