Hanna Instruments HI 98180 - Manual (Page 52)

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PC INTERFACE PC INTERFACE PC INTERFACE PC INTERFACE PC INTERFACE
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Data transmission from the instrument to the PC can be done with the HI 92000
Windows ® compatible software (optional). HI 92000 also offers graphing and
on-line help feature.
Data can be exported to the most popular spreadsheet programs for further analysis.
To connect your instrument to a PC, use an
USB cable connector. Make sure
that your instrument is switched off and plug one connector to the instrument
USB socket and the other to the serial or USB port of your PC.
Note: • If you are not using Hanna Instruments HI 92000 software,
please see the following instructions.
SENDING COMMANDS FROM PC
It is also possible to remotely control the instrument with any terminal program.
Use an
USB cable to connect the instrument to a PC, start the terminal program
and set the communication options as follows: 8, N, 1, no flow control.
COMMAND TYPES
To send a command to the instrument follow the next scheme:
<command prefix> <command > <CR>
where: <command prefix> is the 16 ASCII character
<command> is the command code.
Note: Either small or capital letters can be used.
SIMPLE COMMANDS
KF1 Is equivalent to pressing functional key 1
KF2 Is equivalent to pressing functional key 2
KF3 Is equivalent to pressing functional key 3
RNG Is equivalent to pressing RANGE key
MOD Is equivalent to pressing MODE key
CAL Is equivalent to pressing CAL key
UPC Is equivalent to pressing the UP arrow key
DWC Is equivalent to pressing the DOWN arrow key
RCL Is equivalent to pressing RCL key
SET Is equivalent to pressing SETUP key
CLR Is equivalent to pressing CLR key