Using serial line, Form, Table 25 – Vaisala MMT330 User Manual

Page 102: Form command modifiers

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Using Serial Line

FORM

Use the serial line command FORM to change the format or select a
certain quantities for the output commands SEND and R.

FORM [x]<cr>

where

x

=

Formatter string

If no formatter string is entered, the command will display the currently
active formatter string. Note that the hash symbol "#" is shown as a
backslash "\" when viewing the current formatter string.

Formatter string consists of quantities and modifiers. The MMT330
measures the following quantities:

- Water activity (aw)

- Temperature (T) (metric unit: ºC, non-metric unit:ºF)

- ppm for transformer oil only (H

2

O) (optional quantity)

When selecting the quantity, use the abbreviations of the quantities.

The modifiers are presented in Table 25 on page 100 below.

Table 25

FORM Command Modifiers

Modifier

Description

x.y

Length modifier (number of digits and decimal places)

#t

Tabulator

#r

Carriage-return

#n

Line feed

“”

String constant

#xxx

Special character, code "xxx" (decimal), for example #027
for ESC

U5

Unit field and length (length optional)

ADDR

Transmitter address [00...255]

SN

Transmitter serial number

TIME

Time [hh:mm:ss]

DATE

Date [yyyy-mm-dd]

Example:

>form "aw=" 6.4 aw #t "t=" 6.2 t #r#n
OK
>send
aw= 0.2644

t= 25.50

>

>form "Oil ppm= " h2o " " u3 #r#n

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