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Appendix 1: Serial commands
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FORM
Setting the output format
FORM <cr>
"xxx...xxx"
? zzz...zzz <cr>
xxx...xxx
=
old format
zzz...zzz
=
new format
The FORM command sets the format of the outputs generated in RUN state
and by SEND command. Please note that capital and small letters have dif-
ferent meanings.
\aa..aa\
water activity
\TT..TT\
temperature
\uu..uu\
unit according to the preceding variable
\n
line feed <lf>
\r
carriage return <cr>
\t
horizontal tabulation <ht> or <tab>
\\
\
For example:
format
output
\a.aaa \ \+TT.TT\\r
0.123 +99.99 <cr>
\TTT.T\ \uu\\r\n
15.2 'C <cr><lf>
\a.aaa\ \+DD.D\ \uu\\r
0.123 +10.8 'C <cr>
Any text can be written in the command and it appears in the output. For ex-
ample:
aw: \a.aaa\ T: \+TT.TT\\r
aw: 0.54 T: +25 <cr>
The format can be deleted by giving \ as a parameter:
>FORM \<cr>
Note. only one space before \ and none
after
or
>FORM <cr>
"xxx...xxx"
?\<cr>
An example of a format suitable for use in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets:
>FORM <cr>
"xxx...xxx"
?\a.aaa\\t\TTT.T\\r\n <cr>
The output is then:
0.474<tab> 22.4 <cr><lf>