INFICON BPG402-Sx ATM to Ultra-High Vacuum Gauge User Manual

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tina46e1-a (2010-03) BPG402.om

Bit 7

Bit 3

Bit 1

Bit 0

Definition

x x x x

not

used

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 2

Definition

x x x 1

Pirani

error

x

x

1

x

hot cathode error

2)

x

1

x

x

hot cathode warning

3)

1

x

x

x

electronics error / EEPROM error

2)

Both filaments broken

3)

One filament broken

The software version of the gauge can be calculated from the value of byte 6 of the
transmitted string according to the following rule:

Version No = Value

Byte 6

/ 20

(Example: According to the above formula, Value

Byte 6

of 32 means software ver-

sion 1.6)

The pressure can be calculated from bytes 4 and 5 of the transmitted string. De-
pending on the currently selected pressure unit (

→ byte 2, bits 4 and 5), the ap-

propriate rule must be applied.

As result, the pressure value results in the usual decimal format.

p

mbar

=

10

((high byte × 256 + low byte) / 4000 - 12.5)

p

Torr

=

10

((high byte × 256 + low byte) / 4000 - 12.625)

p

Pa

=

10

((high byte × 256 + low byte) / 4000 - 10.5)

The example is based on the following output string:

Byte

No 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Value 7 5 0 0

242

48

20

12

71


The instrument or controller (receiver) interprets this string as follows:

Byte No Function

Value Comment

0 Length

of

data string

7


set value

1

Page number

5

hot cathode gauge

2 Status

0

emission = off
pressure unit = mbar
filament 1 active

3 Error

0

no error

4
5

Measurement

High byte
Low byte

242

48


calculation of the pressure:
p = 10

((242 × 256 + 48) / 4000 - 12.5)

= 1000 mbar

6 Software

version 20

software version = 20 / 20 = 1.0

7 Sensor

type

12

BPG402-Sx

8 Check

sum

71

5 + 0 + 0 + 242 + 48 + 20 + 12 =
327

dec

01 47

hex

High order byte is ignored

Check sum = 47

hex

71

dec


Error byte

Software version

Calculation of the pressure
value

Example

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