Crystal nVision Lab Reference - Manual (Page 5)

Chassis Queries and Commands  3
nVision Programming Instructions
Chassis Queries and Commands  3
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chaSSIS QuerIeS and commandS
Queries
X automatic Shutoff timer
AO? . . . . . . . . . . Returns the auto off time in seconds. For example, 1200 is 20 minutes.
X Firmware Version
VER? . . . . . . . . . Returns the nVision firmware version in a R08XXXX.XX format.
X message Store
MSG? . . . . . . . . . Returns the data from the chassis message store.
X model
MOD? . . . . . . . . . Returns the model name of the chassis. NV is the nVision reference recorder, and NL is the nVision Lab Reference.
X modules available
MODSA? . . . . . . The available modules are returned as a sum of the following descriptors:
Lower Module = 1
Upper Module = 2
BARO Module = 4
Therefore, a number of 3 returned means that both the lower and upper modules are populated.
X recording
REC:STA! . . . (Run Tag) Starts a recording on the nVision, bypassing the screen lock if enabled (without unlocking the nVision)
examples . . . REC:STA!
Starts a recording with a tag of “Run # N”, N being the number of recordings on the nVision.
REC:STA!Location1
Starts a recording with a tag of “Location1.” (Allows up to 22 characters.)
If you want to have spaces in the run tag, use: REC:STA! HEX [Run Tag
*
]
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Run Tag * is the run tag string converted to a hexadecimal represented string
example . . . REC:STA! HEX 4c6f636174696f6e31
Starts a recording with a tag of “Location1.” (Allows up to 22 characters.)
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If a blank run tag is desired use: REC:STA! HEX 20
REC:STO! . . . Stops the current recording run, bypassing the screen lock if enabled (without unlocking the nVision)