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API Commands Appendix A
A-6 ChartScan User’s Manual
Command Summary
Command
Syntax
Description
@
Trigger On Command
@
Trigger on receipt of an
@
.
*B
Flush Acquisition
Buffer
*B
Flush any data currently in the acquisition buffer.
*C
Clear Channel
Configuration
*C
Clear out the channel configuration so that no channels are
configured.
*F
Restore Factory
Settings
*F
Restore unit to factory configuration.
*K
Change Calibration
Keyword
*Kkey
Change the calibration keyword, where
key
is the keyword in the
form of a 5-digit number
nnnnn
. Therefore the password can
be no longer than 5 characters.
*P
Adjust Calibration Card
Pots
*Pchan
Select voltage level to be enabled for adjustment. Valid options
for
chan
are:
01
- Enable -4.4 Volt Source on calibration card,
02
- Enable +4.4. Volt Source on calibration card, and
03
-
Select 0 Volts GND.
*R
Power-On Reset
*R
Power-on reset. Equivalent to hardware reset.
*S
Power-Up Settings
*Smode
Specify power-up configuration mode. Valid options for
mode
are:
0
- Power-up under last known configuration (default), and
1
-
Power-up under factory default configuration.
*T
Time Stamping
*Tstate
Specify whether or not time stamping will be enabled. Valid
options for
state
are:
0
- Disable time stamping (default),
1
-
Enable absolute time stamping, and
2
- Enable relative time
stamping
A
Assign Alarm Output
Achans,
output
Set alarm condition where
chans
is the channel(s) to assign to
the digital output.
chans
may be in two forms:
chan
(for a single channel where
1
<
chan
<
max
) or
first-last
(for a range of channels
where
1
<
first
<
last
<
max
),
where
max
= 128 for ChartScan/1400.
output
is the digital output number to associate the channel(s)
with, where
0
<
output
<
32
.
A?
Query channels assigned to digital output.
A#
Alarm Stamping
A#state
Specify whether or not alarm stamping will be enabled. Valid
options for
state
are:
0
- Disable alarm stamping (default),
and
1
- Enable alarm stamping.
C
Configure Channels
Cchans,
type [,
[lowsp],
[highsp],
[hyst] ]
Configure the channels for the master unit and its slave units.
chans
and
type
are required arguments, while
lowsp
,
highsp
and
hyst
are optional.
chans
may be in two forms:
chan
(for a single channel where
1
<
chan
<
max
) or
first-last
(for a range of channels
where
1
<
first
<
last
<
max
),
where max = 128 for ChartScan/1400.
The chassis is
chan = 0
.
type
is the type to assign to those channels.
C?
Query current channel configuration.
C#
Select Card
C#card
Select the card from which subsequent
QC?
and
U12
interrogation will retrieve information.
Without optional Relay Card
Valid options for
card
are:
0
- Selects the chassis; 1, 2, 3, or 4 -
Selects the card in corresponding slot of the main unit (with 1
being the bottom slot); and 5, 6, 7, or 8 - Selects the
corresponding slot on the expansion chassis (with slot 5 being
the bottom slot of the expansion chassis.
With optional Relay Card (installs in slot 1)
Valid options for
card
are:
0
- Selects the chassis; 1 selects
card in slot 2, 2 selects card in slot 3; and so on, with 7
selecting the card in slot 8; and no card 8 available.