Required configuration – Measurement Computing TempScan/1100 User Manual
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Required Configuration
Although most of the user-defined configuration states have associated defaults, the TempScan/1100 or
MultiScan/1200 does not scan its channels on the initial power-up activation. Before scans can begin, the
following required configurations must be performed:
• Configuration of the desired channels. See command Channel Configuration (
C
).
• Configuration of the scan. See commands Channel Configuration (
C
) and Set Scan Interval (
I
).
• Configuration of the acquisition. See command Set Counts (
Y
).
• Configuration of the Trigger and Stop events. See command Set Trigger Configuration (
T
).
After these steps are completed and scanning begins, the alarms and the High/Low/Last Registers are
updated at the programmed scan rate, and the scans are placed in the Acquisition Buffer.
Example 12a. Required Configurations
(1)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;
C1-4,1X"
(2)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;I00:01:00.0,00:00:01.0X"
(3)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;Y100,1000,0X"
(4)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;T1,8,0,0X"
(5)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;@X"
(6)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07
U4X"
(7)
PRINT#1,"ENTER07"
(8)
INPUT A$
The above command lines illustrates all of the required configurations:
• Line 1: Configure channels 1 to 4 with Type J thermocouples.
• Line 2: Configure the normal scan interval to 1 minute and the acquisition scan interval to 1 second.
• Line 3: Set the Pre-Trigger scan count to 100 and the Post-Trigger scan count to 1000.
• Line 4: Configure the Trigger (trigger start event) to the software Trigger On (
@
) command and the
Stop (trigger stop event) to the Post-Trigger Count. The front panel TRIGGER LED indicator should
flash.
• Line 5: Trigger the acquisition. Acquisition scans should now be collected until 1000 Post-Trigger
scans have been collected. The front panel TRIGGER LED indicator should be on.
Querying the High/Low/Last Registers shows the temperature values for the configured channels.
• Line 6: Query HLL registers for the configured channels.
• Line 7: Get the response.
• Line 8: The screen will show the temperature data for the four channels.