Ocean Optics NeoFox Engineering Note - Manual

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Engineering Note
Topic: NeoFox Communication Interfaces
Products Affected: NeoFox
Date Issued:
04/18/2011
Updated: November 2012
Description
NeoFox is a dynamic measurement system that has been designed to work with a variety of optical probes to
measure oxygen in a variety of conditions. To support the various probe technologies and the broad spectrum of
applications that employ the system, the NeoFox measurement system itself has a multitude of configuration
options that must be considered by developers and advanced scientists. This document will discuss the process
by which NeoFox parameters are written to and read from the device. It assumes that the reader already has a
basic understanding of how the NeoFox measures oxygen and a basic understanding of general programming
concepts.
Topics addressed in this Engineering Note include the following:
Topic Page
Description 1
Architecture Overview 2
NeoFox Serial Interface 3
DLL Interface 5
NeoFox DLL Function Reference 7
Driver Interface and Hardware Interface 11
NeoFox Variable Reference Table 11
Additional Firmware Controls in FW Version 2.25 24