Hanna Instruments HI 98170 - Manual (Page 32)

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PC INTERFACE
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 the optional Hanna HI 920011 (5 to
9 pin) cable connector. Make sure that your instrument is switched off and
plug one connector to the instrument RS232C socket and the other to the
serial port of your PC.
Notes: • Other cables than HI 920011 may use a different configuration. In this
case, communication between instrument and PC may not be possible.
• 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 HI 920011 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 a selectable ASCII character
between 0 and 47 (default 16).
<command> is the command code.
Note: Either small or capital letters can be used.
SIMPLE COMMANDS
RNG Is equivalent to pressing RANGE
MOD Is equivalent to pressing MODE
CAL Is equivalent to pressing CAL
CFM Is equivalent to pressing CFM
UPC Is equivalent to pressing the UP arrow key
DWC Is equivalent to pressing the DOWN arrow key
LOG Is equivalent to pressing LOG
RCL Is equivalent to pressing RCL
SET Is equivalent to pressing SETUP
CLR Is equivalent to pressing CLR
OFF Is equivalent to pressing OFF
AED Is equivalent to pressing AutoEnd