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NetScan User’s Manual iii 6 Calibration Introduction ……6-1Calibration Setup ……6-1 Non-Volatile Storage of Calibration Constants……6-2Hardware Protected RAM ……6-2 ScanCal Software Application ……6-3 ScanCal’s Main W indow ……6-3Using ScanCal ……6-4 Interface ParametersSystem InventoryCalibration Calibrat...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-16-98 Configuring and Starting NetScan 1-1 Configuring and Starting NetScan 1 Overview…… 1-1Inspect Your System…… 1-1Check and Install Hardware…… 1-2 Verify Voltage Setting…… 1-2Verify DIP Switch Settings…… 1-2Install Signal Conditioning Card(s)…… 1-2Connect Expansion Chass...

1-2 Configuring and Starting NetScan NetScan User’s Manual Check and Install Hardware Depending on your order, your NetScan unit may not require all the steps under this heading. If a step doesnot apply to your unit, simply go on to the next one. NetScan Rear Panel Verify Voltage Setting Based on yo...

NetScan User’s Manual Configuring and Starting NetScan 1-3 Install Signal Conditioning Card(s) Signal conditioning cards are pre-installed per customer order. However, if you need to install a signalconditioning card, or CSN/Relay card, perform the following steps. Repeat the steps for additional ca...

1-4 Configuring and Starting NetScan NetScan User’s Manual Setup for Ethernet Operation Complete Hardware Setup for Ethernet Operation If you want to operate your NetScan unit independent of (not-connected to) the ethernet,refer to Chapter 7 for serial operation. If you ordered a expansion chassis (...

1-6 Configuring and Starting NetScan NetScan User’s Manual If you ordered ChartView Plus, you must enter the registration ID number as it appears on yourChartView Plus Registration Sheet. Otherwise, press Next and continue to follow the screen prompts. Screen Prompt for Entering the ChartView Plus I...

NetScan User’s Manual Configuring and Starting NetScan 1-7 NetScan Configuration Utility, Step 3 You will receive a “>>Communications Error<<” if the NetScan Configuration Utilityfails to communicate with NetScan. Likely causes are:1) Wrong COMM Port selected in the utility (step1). 2) S...

1-8 Configuring and Starting NetScan NetScan User’s Manual NetScan and TCP/IP Addressing Protocol The NetScan uses TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) for communications over theethernet. You can access NetScan devices from virtually anywhere in the world since the World Wide Webus...

NetScan User’s Manual Configuring and Starting NetScan 1-9 Configuration There are four basic network scenarios that pertain to NetScan ethernet operation. Note that proper TCP/IPconfiguration is extremely important, and you must obtain TCP/IP addressing parameters beforeconfiguring the protocol. Th...

1-10 Configuring and Starting NetScan NetScan User’s Manual 3) Private LAN Setup with Multiple Networks Private LAN with Multiple Networks In multiple-network scenarios, two or more networks connect to a common gateway via ethernet hubs. Inregard to multiple networks, a qualified network administrat...

NetScan User’s Manual Configuring and Starting NetScan 1-11 The following figure and table identify pin locations for outputs, inputs, and grounds associated with theDB50 connector. Outputs 1 through 32 are typically used for alarms 1 through 32, respectively. Outputs1 through 16 can be used with th...

1-12 Configuring and Starting NetScan NetScan User’s Manual − Notes

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-16-98 2-1 ChartViewNET Quick Start and Tutorial 2 Overview ……2-1ChartViewNET, Basic Concepts ……2-1 Configuration Files ……2-1Understanding Groups, Charts, & Channels ……2-2Three Ways of Using ChartViewNET ……2-3 ChartViewNET Quick Start ……2-3ChartViewNET Tutorial ……2-6 Ove...

2-2 ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial NetScan User’s Manual ChartView uses Chartvw.cvw as a default configuration file. This file maintains a location for ChartView configuration information including: • Device Interface Mode • Hardware Configuration • Channel Settings: ⇒ Channel Enable/Disable (On...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial 2-3 Three Ways of Using ChartViewNet You can use ChartViewNET to: • chart and monitor specific channels with no acquisition of data to disk • acquire data with no charting or meter use • use charting and/or meters while acquiring data to disk ...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial 2-5 Once ChartView has a configuration file, you can start the program quickly using the Windows Run dialogbox. Before executing this command [by clicking on the OK box] specify a configuration file as acommand line parameter. In the following...

2-6 ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial NetScan User’s Manual • ChartView Analog Meters • ChartView Digital Meters • ChartView Bar Graph Meters The meter-type data displays, along with the charts, can be on your computer screen at the same time. Theycan be re-sized and repositioned as desired. Analog...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial 2-7 2. Configure Chart Setup ◊ (4) On the Select Interface box, shown in step 1, click “OK.” A Chart Setup Wizard window appears (see following figure). Chart Setup Wizard Note: ChartView Plus has Chart Setup Wizard options including Moderate ...

2-8 ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial NetScan User’s Manual Note: Once your chart setup is complete you can always go back and editthe setup. For the purpose of our tutorial, complete the following steps. Note that these stepsare catered to ChartView Plus. Comments regarding standard ChartView arep...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial 2-9 ChartView Toolbar Reference 3. Configure Channels & Alarms Configure channels and alarms as follows. ◊ (14) On ChartView’s Main Window, click on Setup in the pull-down menu row. The Setup pull-down menu appears, allowing you to make mo...

2-10 ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial NetScan User’s Manual 4. Configure Acquisition. ◊ (18) Click on the Acquisition Setup tab (see previous figure). An Acquisition Configuration dialog box appears. The box can be in either of two modes – (1) Normal, or (2) High-speed, single channel. Note that y...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial 2-11 Acquisition Setup Parameter Options Event Configuration Trigger: Set a trigger scan in the Acquisition by using one of the following: Keyboard - Use Console Trigger dialog box to start trigger scan. Note: If the Keyboard Trigger is select...

2-12 ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial NetScan User’s Manual 6. [Optional]. Save Configuration File. Although the updated Chartvw.cvw file will automatically save upon Exit, there may be times when you want to manually initiate a save. This will help you save time if an error occurs that may corrup...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-9-98 General Information and Specifications 3-1 General Information and Specifications 3 &$87,21 If equipment is used in any manner not specified in this manual, or if specification limitsare exceeded, the function of the equipment, as well as the protection provided by...

3-2 General Information and Specifications NetScan User’s Manual Although NetScan can acquire temperature readings at a rate of 147 channels/sec, you may also program the unit toacquire data at specified time intervals using the hh:mm:ss.t format. For the ultimate in flexibility, you may also progra...

NetScan User’s Manual General Information and Specifications 3-3 Software and Hardware Software ChartViewNET PostView ScanCal CIMScan (optional) ScanServer (optional) 16-Channel Signal Conditioning Cards (Optional) Low-voltage with removable terminal block input module (CSN14/LV/T) Low-voltage with ...

3-4 General Information and Specifications NetScan User’s Manual Min channel configuration 16 channels Max channel configuration 128 channels General Installation Category: • CE: Category 2 for Line Voltage Input terminal. All other terminals are Category 1. Warm Up: • 1 hour to rated accuracy. Expa...

NetScan User’s Manual General Information and Specifications 3-5 Scan Interval: • Absolute time between scans ( hh:mm:ss.t ); min = 00:00:00.0, max = 99:59:59.9. Note: Specifying a value of 00:00:00.0 results in no delaybetween channel scans. Triggers Installation Category: • CE: Category 1. Program...

3-6 General Information and Specifications NetScan User’s Manual Digital I/O Interface & Alarms Installation Category: • CE: Category 1. Number of Digital Inputs: • 8 bits, LS-TTL compatible. Number of Digital Outputs: • 32 bits, TTL level compatible. Can be programmed as alarms. Note: The 32 TT...

NetScan User’s Manual General Information and Specifications 3-7 Calibration Calibration must be completed periodically to ensure equipment is accurate, andcan be performed manually, or with the use of ScanCal. Chapter 6 containsinstructions, including calibration equipment requirements, for the fol...

NetScan User’s Manual 11-13-98 ChartView Software Reference 4-1 ChartView Software Reference 4 ChartView, ChartView Plus, ChartViewNET, and ChartViewNET Plus Overview ……4-1 Groups, Charts, & Channels ……4-2Three W ays of Using ChartView ……4-2W hat ChartView and ChartView Plus Provide ……4-3 Main W...

4-2 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Groups, Charts, & Channels When starting the program with no configuration file present (see Chapter 2 if necessary), a feature called Chart SetupWizard is automatically activated to assist you with your display setup. To make the best use o...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-3 Some of the data acquisition scenarios pertaining to ChartView are as follows: F o u r B a s i c D a ta A c q u i s i ti o n S c e n a r io s 4 ) U p lo a d in g D a ta f ro m I n s t ru m e n t B u f fe r B u ffe r S e n s o r 3 ) B u ff e ri n...

4-4 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Main Window While using this chapter, refer to the Main Window figure and its associated control option table asneeded. Because of the graphic aspect of the window, you should be able to develop a goodunderstanding of the program’s capabilities ...

4-6 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Channel Information Region Channels can return values in units of °C, °F, °K, °R, mV, V, or userdefined units (if the mX + b option is used). With exception of mX + buser defined-units, units depend on the configuration and type of signalconditi...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-7 Units/div - The units in units/div (18) can be °C, °F, °K, °R, mV, or V. The division referenced is onevertical grid. In the example above for Channel 1, each vertical grid increment represents 10.58°C perdivision. Changing the units/division sp...

4-8 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Main Window Toolbar Each item in the toolbar, with exception of Group Select (1), is represented by an individual buttonicon. Toolbar-related functions can also be activated from pull-down menus (discussed later). Placingthe cursor on the button...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-9 DisplayConfiguration The Display Configuration button accesses a Display Configuration Setup dialog box. This box willalso be displayed if: a) Create Charts Manually is selected during use of the Wizard Chart Setupprogram, b) you select Setup fr...

4-12 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Manually Creating a Display For ChartView Plus users, if you plan to have a chart setup that is not weighted evenly, i.e., differentnumbers of channels per chart and different numbers of charts per group, you may want to manuallysetup your char...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-13 (4a) Automatically add groups to the setup. Enter the number of groups and charts desired by using the cursorand typing in the value, or by using the pull-down arrows ( τ ) and making the appropriate selections; then click on the Create Groups ...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-15 Channel Configuration The “Channel Configuration” button brings up the Setup Window with one of three “tabbed” dialogboxes displayed: Acquisition Setup (page 4-33), Channel & Alarm Setup (page 4-33), or DataDestination (page 4-39). The info...

4-16 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Print Charts The Print Charts button activates a screen print of ChartView’s main window. Main Window Pull-Down Menus The ChartView main window features several pull-down menus. As an alternative to the menus, youcan enable several menu items b...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-17 File Menu Note When ChartView is started for the very first time there is no default channel configuration file. In thiscase a ChartView Startup dialog box appears, providing you with the following four choices: Retry,Select Device, Load File, ...

4-18 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Display config. Allows you to: Open a previously saved display configuration file, save the current display configuration file, or save the current display configuration file in a differentlocation (or under a different file name). (See followi...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-19 Options Option Settings includes three separate dialog boxes, accessible by tabs, as indicated inthe following screen captures. Charts Restricts Scroll Speed to Eliminate Aliasing It is possible for chart displays to exhibit aliasing when using...

4-20 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Acquisition (continued) Automatic Keyboard Trigger on Auto Re-arm This feature works in conjunction with Keyboard Triggering when Auto Re-arm is beingused. Auto Re-arm is discussed on page 4-39. If the option is disabled, acquisition data is sa...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-21 CommandCharacters This area contains two fields for entering command characters, one for row setting and one for columnsetting. Enter the characters (Excel parameters) to match the applicable version of Excel; for example: France - Row = L, Col...

4-22 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Upload AvailableScans (Ctrl + U) (manualcontrol) Enables ChartView to access device memory for all scans currently available. This function only uploads scans that are currently available. Upload Scans Until Done Enables ChartView to access dev...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-23 Device … Interface ¾ ¾ Setup IEEE 488 The IEEE 488 Setup dialog box appears. Valid addresses are 0 to 30. DIP switch settings must agree with this setup. For ChartScan, an IEEE 488 interface card is required for use of IEEE 488 interface.NetSca...

4-24 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Network Network brings up the Network Interface Settings dialog box. A valid registration number must be entered(1 st screen below) to gain access to the ChartView’s Network Interface support feature. The second dialog box allows users of NetSc...

4-26 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Log Enable (Ctrl+A) Once an alarm log file exists, log enable can be used to activate the logging process; or to disable anactive log. A check-mark ( 9 ) preceding Log Enable indicates that the log is active. No check-mark present indicates the...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-27 Setup Channels & Alarms Ctrl+L Accesses the Setup Window for configuring channels and alarms. From the channels & alarms dialog box, you can select the Acquisition Setup and DataDestination dialog boxes. Acquisition Ctrl+C Accesses the ...

4-28 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Bar Graph Meters Selecting Bar Graph Meters from ChartView’s Window pull-down menu brings up the Bar Graphwindow. This window displays several channels in bar graph format. To activate the display, selectthe Start button from the toolbar. At le...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-29 Analog Meters Selecting Analog Meters from ChartView’s Window pull-down menu brings up the Analog Meterswindow. This window displays several channels in a dial/gage format. To activate the display, selectthe Start button from the toolbar. At le...

4-30 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Digital Meters Selecting Digital Meters from ChartView’s Window pull-down menu brings up the Digital Meterswindow to display several channels in numeric format. To activate the display, select the Start buttonfrom the toolbar. At least one mete...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-31 Meter Toolbars The toolbars for the three meter types are identical, with exception that the Digital Meters toolbar doesnot have a Reset Peak Hold button (item C in the following figure). Meters Toolbar Buttons Item Name Function A Start Starts...

4-32 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Meters Configuration Menu A meters configuration menu (lower left corner of figure) will appear when you place the mousepointer over a meter and click the right-hand mouse button. The menu allows you to access variousdialog boxes for changing p...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-33 Configure Meter Settings, Function Descriptions Function Description 1 Select Channel Select a new channel for display. The selected channel will replace the one currently seen inthe meter. Note, double-clicking the left mouse button in the met...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-35 Channel Configuration Columns 1) Channel (CH)  This column serves only as a channel number indicator. The channel number cannot be changed from this column. 2) On  The On column allows you to enable a channel for data collection. When a cell ...

4-36 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Note: When using a channel as a reference channel, remember that lower numbered channels are calculated ahead of higher numbered channels, e.g., CH1 is calculated ahead of CH2. This makes a differencewhen subtracting a reference channel in rega...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-37 The mode is selected from the lower left-hand portion of the dialog box. The following figurerepresents a screen capture with normal mode selected. Acquisition Setup Dialog Box, Normal Mode The following figure depicts components of an acquisit...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-39 Data Destination Dialog Box Data Destination The Data Destination portion of the box is used to assign a filename and folder location for data, select anExcel or binary format ( .TXT or .IOT respectively), and to select optional Time/Date and/o...

4-40 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual Auto Re-arm allows you to choose one of the following three options: • capture one trigger block (default, Auto Re-arm disabled) • capture multiple trigger blocks in one file • capture multiple trigger blocks in indexed files Why use Auto Re-ar...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-41 Chart Setup Wizard Reference Note: For very first time start-up of ChartView and a program tutorial (that includes a firsttime use of the Chart Setup Wizard) refer to Chapter 2. Introduction Chart Setup Wizard is a feature of ChartView, ChartVi...

4-42 ChartView Software Reference NetScan User’s Manual A Manual Chart Creation, Create Charts button allows you to bypass the Chart Setup Wizard and enter amanual mode. This option makes use of ChartView’s Display Configuration feature (reference page 4-9).Manual chart creation allows you to vary t...

NetScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-43 It is a simple task to create chart display configurations using the automatic method. The followingsteps apply to this feature of Chart Setup Wizard. 1. Select Wizard from the Chart pull-down menu of ChartView’s main window. The New DisplaySet...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-06-98 PostView 5-1 PostView 5 Introduction ……5-2Starting PostView ……5-3Toolbar ……5-4Channel Information Region ……5-5Menu Items ……5-6Understanding Groups, Charts, and Channels ……5-7Chart Setup Wizard ……5-7 Introduction ……5-7Automatic Display Creation ……5-8 Display Configurat...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-06-98 PostView 5-3 Starting PostView The main ways of starting PostView are: 1) Open PostView directly from the Windows Explorer, Desktop Icon, or Start Run browse feature (ondesktop). 2) From the acquisition program’s main window, click on the toolbar’s PostView button, or...

5-4 PostView NetScan User’s Manual Note: Chart Setup Wizard can be started from the File pull-down menu. Chart Setup Wizard’s use in PostView is discussed on page -7. Toolbar The following table explains PostView toolbar items, while the next page begins a description of PostViewMenu items. Menu and...

5-6 PostView NetScan User’s Manual Menu Items File Open Opens a data file created by the data acquisition program. PostView automatically detects whether the file contains ASCII or binary data. Print Prints the present PostView window. Setup Accesses Display Configuration Setup dialog box, allowing ...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-06-98 PostView 5-7 Understanding Groups, Charts, and Channels As indicated in the figure on page -3, when no display configuration file is found, PostView opens theChart Setup Wizard to assist you in creating a display file. To make the best use of Chart Setup Wizard younee...

5-8 PostView NetScan User’s Manual A Manual Chart Creation, Create Charts button allows you to bypass the Chart Setup Wizard and enter amanual editing mode. This option makes use of PostView’s Display Configuration feature (discussed in thefollowing Display Configuration section). Manual Chart Creat...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-06-98 PostView 5-9 It is a simple task to create a chart display configuration using the automatic method. The following stepsapply to this feature of Chart Setup Wizard. Note: If PostView locates a display configuration file, Chart Setup Wizard will not be activated unless...

5-10 PostView NetScan User’s Manual Editing a Display Display Configuration Setup Dialog Box with an Existing Configuration To explain editing a configuration, we make use of an example in which assumes you want to edit Chart 1.In the following figure, Chart 1 was highlighted by clicking on it with ...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-06-98 PostView 5-15 PostView Timebase PostView automatically detects and displays the data file timebase along the X-axis at the bottom of thePostView window. The timebase can be displayed as relative time or as absolute time in the format:00:00:00.0 (hour/minute/second/ten...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-16-98 Calibration 6-1 Calibration 6 Introduction ……6-1Calibration Setup ……6-1 Non-Volatile Storage of Calibration Constants ……6-2 Hardware Protected RAM ……6-2 ScanCal Software Application ……6-3 ScanCal’s Main Window ……6-3Using ScanCal ……6-4 Interface ParametersSystem Invent...

NetScan User’s Manual Calibration 6-3 &$87,21 Unless you are setting main unit calibration constants or changing the password,the calibration mode should be disabled. The calibration mode applies to main unit calibration, and not to the calibration ofsignal conditioning cards. ScanCal Software A...

6-4 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual Using ScanCal To use ScanCal, simply follow the four steps listed under the word Instructions in ScanCal’s Main Window.The steps are repeated below, along with the proper tool icon and equivalent pull-down menu option.Instructions for setting up calibration equi...

NetScan User’s Manual Calibration 6-5 System Inventory 2. Select the Inventory icon from the toolbar to generate a list of items that make up your scanningsystem. 3. Select the items you wish to calibrate. Calibration 4. Select the Calibration icon from the toolbar to initiate the automatic calibrat...

6-6 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual Calibration of Main Unit Offset Calibration of Main Unit Required Equipment - Shorting bar, or 3 linked banana plugs (see following figure)- Calibration Card (installed in bottom slot, slot #1, of the main unit) &$87,21 Do not install or remove any cards fro...

6-8 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual Gain Calibration of Main Unit Required Equipment* - Volts DC Calibrator- 22-2 Twisted pairs (to connect calibrator to calibration card)- Digital Voltmeter, or Digital Multimeter (used for verification of calibration voltages) - Calibration Card (installed in bot...

NetScan User’s Manual Calibration 6-9 1. Connect HI, LO, -S, and +S lines from the precision calibrator to the binding posts of the calibrationcard, as indicated in the figure above. 2. Apply -4.4 VDC (minus 4.4 VDC) from the calibrator to the calibration card. Use a precision digitalmultimeter to v...

6-10 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual Calibration of Signal Conditioning Cards Offset Calibration of Cards Required Equipment - BNC Short for CSN14/LV/B cards, see note- Terminal Type Short for CSN14/LV/T cards, see note- Banana Plug Type Short for CSN14/LV/S cards, see note- Type U Subminiature Pl...

6-12 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual Gain Calibration of Low Volts Cards Required Equipment* - Volts DC Calibrator- 22-2 Twisted pairs (to connect calibrator to calibration card)- BNC Harness (for CSN14/LV/B cards), see note-Terminal Type Harness for CSN14/LV/T cards, see note- Banana Plug Type Ha...

6-14 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual 2. Apply calibration voltage from the precision calibrator to the first channel of each card (see followingtable), and verify with a digital multimeter. Requirements for both devices are specified in RequiredEquipment. Volts DC Slot # 1 Slot # 2 Slot # 3 Slot #...

NetScan User’s Manual Calibration 6-15 Gain Calibration of High Volts Cards Required Equipment* - Volts DC Calibrator- 22-2 Twisted pairs (to connect calibrator to calibration card)- Banana Plug Type Harness for CSN14/HV/S see note- Digital Voltmeter or Digital Multimeter (used for verification of c...

NetScan User’s Manual Calibration 6-17 Cold Junction Calibration Required Equipment Equipment for CJC Calibration Cold (ice) cell for calibration with thermocouples at 0°CT/C wire and subminiature plug connectors (T-Type T/C wire is recommended)U-Type copper shorting plugsThermocouples Equipment for...

6-18 Calibration NetScan User’s Manual &$87,21 The main unit (chassis) and T/C cards must be calibrated for offset and gain priorto calibrating the T/C cards for cold junction. &$87,21 Do not install or remove any cards from the main unit, or from its expansionchassis unless the unit is powe...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-17-98 7-1 Hardware 7 Overview ……7-1Front Panel ……7-1Rear Panel ……7-2Power Aspects ……7-3 Changing the Voltage Setting ……7-3Replacing the AC Power Supply Fuse ……7-4 Memory Configuration ……7-4 Expanded Memory Options ……7-4Calibration Memory W rite Enable/Disable ……7-6 Ethernet...

7-2 NetScan User’s Manual Rear Panel NetScan’s rear panel contains several items, including a set of LEDs for status indication. The LED indicators aredescribed in the following table. Other rear panel items are listed in a separate table following the illustration. LED Indicators, ChassisALARM ON w...

Hardware 7-3 Ethernet Interface, section of Rear PanelLED Indicators Activity - ON when data is being sent or received through the internet.Link - ON when the NetScan unit has a solid connection to the internet.Ethernet - ON when the ethernet interface is enabled and functioning properly. OFF when t...

7-4 NetScan User’s Manual 4. As indicated in the figure, press down on the switch to change the setting from 115VAC to 230VAC.To change the setting from 230 to 115VAC, you must press up on the switch. 5. Replace NetScan’s cover plate and secure with screws. 6. Add a new sticker, or tag, stating the ...

Hardware 7-5 NetScan provides three options for expanding the standard 256 KB of memory to 1 MB (CSN/MEM1),4 MB (CSN/MEM4), or 8 MB (CSN/MEM8). To install a memory option into the unit, it is necessary to performthe following steps: :$51,1* Never disassemble NetScan’s case while it is connected to t...

7-6 NetScan User’s Manual Calibration Memory Write Enable/Disable NetScan’s constants for chassis calibration and the calibration password are stored by NetScan in Non-Volatile RAM(NV-RAM). The password is a safety feature used to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering calibrationmode and alte...

Hardware 7-7 Configuring RS-232/422 Parameters &$87,21 The RS-232/422 interface is only to be used for serial communications. Cable lengthshould not exceed 50 feet (15 meters). Note: The DIP switch is read only when power is applied to NetScan, and for that reason must be set beforeapplying powe...

7-8 NetScan User’s Manual Configuration Settings on Rear Panel DIP Switch Micro- Label Setting Description switch # 1 COMM SELECT 0 Selects serial communication 1 Not applicable to NetScan 2,3 HANDSHAKE (H/S) 1 00 No Handshake 01 Software Handshake only 2 (XON/XOFF) 10 Hardware Handshake only (RTS/C...

Hardware 7-9 NetScan to PC Connection (RS-232) DB9 Male Pin & Signal Cable Wiring DB9 Female Pin & Signal 2 RxD- ⇐ 3 TxD- 3 TxD- ⇒ 2 RxD- 5 GND ⇔ 5 GND 7 RTS- ⇒ 8 CTS- 8 CTS- ⇐ 7 RTS- NetScan Connection (RS-422) DB9 Male Pin & Signal Cable Wiring 1 RxD+ ⇐ 2 RxD- ⇐ 3 TxD- ⇒ 4 TxD+ ⇒ 5 GND...

7-10 NetScan User’s Manual Digital I/O Lines NetScan has eight digital input lines and thirty-two digital output lines available on a rear panel DB-50 connector.These lines can be output and/or input using NetScan commands. Note: The first 16 output lines are available for use with relays via the hi...

Hardware 7-11 External TTL BNC Connectors NetScan’s rear panel provides two external trigger BNC connectors. The BNC TTL Scan output is used forsynchronizing equipment with NetScan. NetScan can be programmed to trigger on a rising or falling TTL level.Any TTL level signal (> 2.2V = Hi, < 0.8V ...

7-12 NetScan User’s Manual CSN14/TC/P Thermocouple and Low Volts Card with Subminiature Plugs The CSN14/TC/P card contains 16 differential input channels, each of which may be configured as anythermocouple type or as a milli-volt input. Temperature values may be returned in units of °C, °F, °K, °R, ...

7-14 NetScan User’s Manual CSN14/LV/ (T, B, & S) Low Voltage Cards There are three versions of low voltage signal conditioning cards for use with NetScan. Each card supports 16differential input channels and is capable of measuring analog input signals on any of four programmable ranges:±100 mV,...

Hardware 7-15 CSN14/HV/S High Voltage Card with Safety Jack Connectors The CSN14/HV/S card contains 16 differential input channels and is for use with “safety jack” type connectors. EachCSN14/HV/S card is capable of measuring analog input signals on any of the following three programmable ranges:±2....

7-16 NetScan User’s Manual CSN/Relay Card (for High-Current Digital-Output) CSN/Relay Card The high-current digital-output CSN/Relay Card allows you to add relay functions to the first 16 digital outputs. TheCSN/Relay card installs into NetScan’s slot 1 (bottom card slot). Only one relay card can be...

Hardware 7-17 CSN/Relay Card Specifications Number of Channels: • 16 (2 groups of 8 channels) Relay Contacts (Manufacturer’s Ratings):* • 8 Amps, 125-250 VAC Resistive • 5 Amps, 30 VDC Resistive Card Contact Ratings: • 8 Amps maximum on group commons Contact-to-System Isolation: • 500 Volts (AC or D...

Hardware 7-19 Automatic Channel Assignment Unless the CSN/Relay card is used, Channels 1 through 64 are automatically assigned to NetScan, while extendedchannels 65 through 128 are assigned to the expansion chassis. Even if a card slot is left empty in the NetScan or theexpansion chassis, the channe...

7-20 NetScan User’s Manual Expansion Chassis Specifications :$51,1* Service must be performed by qualified personnel. All terminals, including the AC line andanalog inputs, must be disconnected prior to opening NetScan main unit or expansionchassis casing. Internal voltage potentials exist which cou...

Appendices A-i Appendices Appendix A  API Commands Appendix B  Ethernet API Appendix C  Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix D  Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix E  NetScan Program Examples Appendix F  ASCII Code Summary Appendix G  NetScan Error Messages Appendix H  ...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-10-98 A-1 Appendix A API Commands Contents Command Syntax................................................................................................................. A-2 Case Sensitivity .....................................................................................

API Command Reference Appendix A A-2 NetScan User’s Manual Command Syntax Commands are identified by the following syntax formats: • A single letter ( A through Z ) • A single letter ( A through Z ) followed by a pound sign ( # ) • An at-sign ( @ ) • An asterisk ( * ) followed by a single letter ( A...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-3 Fixed Formats Any Query ( ? )command or Status ( U ) command returns a fixed format. For instance, any option that can range up to 65,535 always returns five digits, so zero would be returned as 00000 . In the following command descriptions,...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-5 Deferred Commands, Order of Execution The immediate commands take effect immediately when they are interpreted. Even so, they must befollowed by an Execute ( X ) command to terminate the command string for correct operation. For example: K00...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-6 NetScan User’s Manual Command Summary Command Syntax Description @ Trigger On Command @ Trigger on receipt of an @ . *B Flush Acquisition Buffer *B Flush any data currently in the acquisition buffer. *C Clear Channel Configuration *C Clear out the channel configu...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-10 NetScan User’s Manual Command Reference The following pages provide the command set for NetScan. For each command, the command name,the descriptive name, and the command description are given. In turn, the command descriptionincludes the following format. Comman...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-11 @ - Trigger On Command TYPE Acquisition EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX @ Trigger upon receipt of an @ DESCRIPTION The Trigger On ( @ ) command will start or stop the acquisition accordingly when the start or stop arguments of the Set Trigger Con...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-12 NetScan User’s Manual *C - Clear Channel Configuration TYPE Channel EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX *C Clear out the channel configuration so that no channels are configured DESCRIPTION The Clear Channel Configuration ( *C ) command will clear out the channel configur...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-13 *K - Change Calibration Keyword TYPE Calibration EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX *Kkey Change the calibration keyword, where key is the keyword in the form of a 5- digit number nnnnn . Therefore the password can be no longer than 5 characters. D...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-14 NetScan User’s Manual *R - Power-On Reset TYPE System EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX *R Power-On Reset. Equivalent to a hardware reset. DESCRIPTION The Power-On Reset ( *R ) command has the same effect on the unit as removing and re-applying power. All data in data ...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-16 NetScan User’s Manual A - Assign Alarm Output TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Achans, output Set alarm condition where chans is the channel(s) to assign to the digital output. chans may be in two forms: chan (for a single channel where 1 < chan < max...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-17 A# - Alarm Stamping TYPE System EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX A#state Specify whether or not alarm stamping will be enabled. Valid options for state are: 0 - Disable alarm stamping (default), and 1 - Enable alarm stamping. DESCRIPTION The Alar...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-18 NetScan User’s Manual C - Configure Channels TYPE Channel EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Cchans, type [, [lowsp],[highsp],[hyst] ] Configure the channels for the master unit and its slave units. chans and type are required arguments, while lowsp , highsp and hyst are...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-19 Note: Specifying a reserved type will cause an error. Note: Since the Configure Channels ( C ) command is a deferred command, the channel(s) will not actually be configured until the Execute ( X ) command is processed. Also, since the confi...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-20 NetScan User’s Manual EXAMPLE PRINT#1, “F0,0X” ‘ Set Data Format to Engineering Units, degrees C PRINT#1, “*CX” ‘ Clear current channel configuration PRINT#1,"C1,1,-100.0, 100.0, 0.5" ‘ Configure channel for T/C type J with low setpoint of - 100.0 ° C, h...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-21 D# - Set Relay Make Time TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX D#make Specify how long to wait after closing a channel relay before reading valid data, where make is the number of 520.833-microsecond intervals. DESCRIPTION The Set Relay Mak...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-22 NetScan User’s Manual E? - Error Status Query TYPE System EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX E? Returns present error condition of the unit with one of the following error codes: E000 - No error has occurred. E001 - Invalid device dependent command (IDDC). E002 - Invali...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-23 F - Set Data Format TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Fengr, format Configure the input and output formats. engr converts the raw data to the engineering units with which you prefer to work. Valid options are: 0 - °C, 1 - °F, 2 - °R, 3 ...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-24 NetScan User’s Manual Data Output Formats Data Type Engineering Units Binary Counts High Byte / Low Byte Low Byte / High Byte Temperature xxxx.xx °C xxxx.xx °F xxxx.xx °R xxxx.xx °K H/L L/H ±xxxxx Volts +xx.xxxxxxxxx H/L L/H ±xxxxx Time/Date Absolute hh:mm:ss.mi...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-25 EXAMPLES PRINT#1, “F0,0X” ‘ Set the engineering units to ° C and reading format to engineering units PRINT#1,“C1, 1, -100.0, 100.0, 1.0X” ‘ Set points and hysteresis interpreted as ° C PRINT#1, “U4X” ‘ Retrieve High/Low/Last readings LINE I...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-26 NetScan User’s Manual G - Calibrate Channel Gain TYPE Calibration EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Gchan, type Calibrate the correction gain constants for given option card where chan is the channel number such that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for NetScan. ...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-27 H - Calibrate Channel Offset TYPE Calibration EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Hchan Calibrate the correction offset constants for given option card where chan is the channel number such that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for NetScan. Th...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-28 NetScan User’s Manual I - Set Scan Interval TYPE Acquisition EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Inorm, acq Set the two configurable scan intervals of the unit where norm and acq are the normal and acquisition scan intervals which have the form: hh:mm:ss.t where hh is hou...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-29 I# - Digital Input Stamping TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX I#state Specify whether or not digital input stamping will be enabled. state may have either of the following values: The default of 0 , which disables digital input stamping...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-30 NetScan User’s Manual J - Calibrate Cold Junction Offset TYPE Calibration EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Jchan, type,temp Calibrate the cold-junction offsets for cold-junction compensation of the thermocouple signals where chan is the channel number such that 1 <...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-31 K - Enter Calibration Mode TYPE Calibration EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Kkey Enter Calibration Mode if the keyword (or password) is correct, where key is the keyword in the form of a 5-digit number nnnnn . Therefore the password can be no lo...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-32 NetScan User’s Manual L - Set Trigger Level TYPE Channel EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Lchan, level,hyst Sets the level against which the testing of channel readings should be performed where chan is the channel number such that 1 < chan < max , where max = 12...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-33 M# - Set Measuring Mode TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX M#mode Specify measuring mode. Valid options for mode are: 0 - Line cycle integration / high-speed multi-channel mode, and 1 - Single channel high- speed burst mode. DESCRIPTION ...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-34 NetScan User’s Manual N - Set Event Mask TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Nmask Directly sets the Event Status Enable Register (ESE) where mask is in the form of the number nnn such that 000 < nnn < 255 is summed from the following conditions: 000 - C...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-35 O - Set Digital Outputs TYPE System EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Obank1, bank2,bank3,bank4 Set any of the 32 digital outputs (separated into four 8-bit banks) to a specified setting, where bankn (for n = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) is an argument in the ...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-36 NetScan User’s Manual P - Program Trigger Times TYPE Channel EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Pstart, stop Set the trigger start and/or stop times for an acquisition configured for start and/or stop on absolute time, where start and stop are in the standard time/date s...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-38 NetScan User’s Manual Q - Set Query Terminator TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Qresp, hll,scan,block,sep Set the query terminators with the following parameters: resp is the response terminator, hll is the channel terminator, scan is the terminator which f...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-39 The following table summarizes terminator usage with all possible commands in ASCII mode (no terminators areused in binary mode), where X indicates that the terminator is asserted at the end of the response, O indicatesthat the terminator i...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-40 NetScan User’s Manual QC? - Query Card Data TYPE Calibration EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX QC? Read back card ID and calibration information from the card previously selected by the Select Card ( C# ) command. DESCRIPTION Note: This command is only for advanced use...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-41 R - Read Buffered Data TYPE Buffer EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Rtype Read scan data from the acquisition buffer where type is the type of data request being made. Valid options for type are: 1 - Read the oldest scan currently residing in the...

API Command Reference Appendix A A-42 NetScan User’s Manual R# - Read Last Readings TYPE System EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX R#chans Queries the last readings from the HLL Registers for specified channels. chans may be in two forms: chan (for a single channel where 1 < chan < max ), or first-las...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-43 T - Set Trigger Configuration TYPE Acquisition EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Tstart, stop, re-arm , sync Configure an acquisition of scan data with the following parameters: start is the start event stop is the stop event re-arm determines if t...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-45 U - User Status TYPE System EXECUTION Immediate SYNTAX Ureq Request information about various internal conditions of the unit where req refers to one of the following request types: 0 - Query and clear the Event Status Register (ESR) 1 - Qu...

Appendix A API Command Reference NetScan User’s Manual A-49 V - Set User Terminator TYPE System EXECUTION Deferred SYNTAX Vval Set the User Terminator value to any character whose numeric value (ASCII value) val is in the range 0 to 255 . V? Query the present user terminator value. DESCRIPTION The S...

Appendix B Ethernet API Reference Overview NetScan software provides an ethernet API that allows users to write programs. Support consists of two files,NPCI_WIN.DLL for 16-bit windows developers, and NPCI_W3V.DLL for 32-bit windows developers. The onlysystem requirement is that the Windows TCP/IP pr...

nSerialReceive Function: int nSERIALReceive (long session, short port, unsigned short flush, long timeout, short terminator, short length, char FAR *data, short FAR *xlength, unsigned short FAR *status); Parameters: Long session The session handle of the NetScan Short port The port being read from. ...

NetScan User’s Manual, 11-11-98 C-1 Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers Reference Note: If you are not familiar with programming you will probably gain more understanding ofthe program-related portions of this appendix by first reviewing Appendix A, API Commands. Reference Note: Hardwar...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-2 NetScan User’s Manual Memory Allocation Each NetScan comes equipped with 256 KB memory. There are three options for additional memory: 1 Mbyte,4 Mbytes, and 8 Mbytes. The memory modules are located in SIMM sockets JP201 and/or JP202 on themicropro...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-3 Measuring Modes Overview You can select either of two scanning modes for NetScan, 1) Normal mode or 2) High-speed, single channelmode. NetScan Measuring Modes Mode “Average weight”Setting Application Normal 16, 32, 64, 128, o...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-4 NetScan User’s Manual Normal Mode NetScan has the ability to reject noise resulting from AC line pick-up when an Average weight setting of 16 ormore measurements per line cycle is used. This noise rejection factor is important, as it allows for hi...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-6 NetScan User’s Manual The remainder of this appendix and the next, pertaining to acquisition setup, refer to normal modeacquisitions only. Configuration Requirements NetScan does not scan channels on its initial power-up. Even though most user-set...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-8 NetScan User’s Manual CSN14/TC/P  Configuring Thermocouple Channels Begin configuring input channels by first specifying the channel type. When the CSN14/TC/P signalconditioning module is used, 16 differential thermocouple inputs are provided. In...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-9 CSN14/HV/S  Configuring High Volts Channels When the CSN14/HV/S signal conditioning module is used, NetScan measures high voltages providing aprogrammable range per channel. To configure the channels on a CSN14/HV/S, use the...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-10 NetScan User’s Manual The I command is used to set these two scan intervals. For example, the following command: I00:00:10.0,00:00:00.1 would set the scan interval to once every 10 seconds and set the post-trigger scan interval to once every 0.1s...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-11 Pre-Trigger State The Pre-Trigger state is defined as the period after NetScan hasbeen configured to collect an acquisition (via the TriggerConfiguration T command), and before the actual Trigger event occurs. While the unit...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-12 NetScan User’s Manual To enable this functionality you must perform the following steps: 1. Set the first parameter of the Counts ( Y ) command to -1. If more than one transition cycle is desired, enable the Auto-Rearm flag of the Trigger Configu...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-13 Post-Trigger State The Post-Trigger state is the period between the occurrence of the trigger event and the occurrence of the stopevent. While the unit is in this state the TRIGGER LED will be on and the alarms and their ass...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-14 NetScan User’s Manual In order for an acquisition to take place, the unit must have a trigger event and can be assigned a Stop Event.This allows different stimuli to begin and end an acquisition. Note: If the trigger start event is level or alarm...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-15 Time Stamping ( *T ) As mentioned in the previous sections, the contents of each scan contains one reading for each defined channel.Optionally, time stamping of each scan can be enabled with the *T command. *T1 enables absol...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-16 NetScan User’s Manual With Alarm Stamping: PRINT#1, “A#1X” ‘ Enable alarm stamping‘ Configure and start an acquisition PRINT#1, “R1X” ‘ Request the next scan in the buffer LINE INPUT#1, A$ ‘ Retrieve it PRINT A$ ‘ ....+0234.20-0019.40+0001.40+002...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-17 With Digital Input Stamping: PRINT#1, “I#1X” ‘ Enable digital input stamping‘ Configure and start an acquisition PRINT#1, “R1X” ‘ Request the next scan in the buffer LINE INPUT#1, A$ ‘ Retrieve it PRINT A$ ....+0234.20-0019....

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-18 NetScan User’s Manual Acquisition Buffer, A Description Once scans are read from the buffer by the controlling computer, they are erased fromNetScan’s buffer. The acquisition buffer is a FIFO (First-In First-Out) buffer. In otherwords, the oldest...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-20 NetScan User’s Manual Multiple Trigger Blocks Through the Auto-Rearm capability of the NetScan, it is possible to capture more than one trigger block in theunit’s Acquisition Buffer. Each trigger block would contain one and only one trigger point...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-21 Acquisition Buffer Interrogation Note: In the following sections “current trigger block” always refers to the trigger block that is currentlybeing read. The current status of the acquisition buffer may be interrogated at any...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-22 NetScan User’s Manual 7 - End Scan Pointer This field represents the location in the current trigger block that the end scan occurred.This pointer will always be relative to the trigger point. Since the end scan must always occur after the trigge...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-23 The following figures and table illustrate a case in which an acquisition has been triggered, the stop event andend scan have occurred, and the buffer contains several trigger blocks. Field Response Implication 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-24 NetScan User’s Manual Reading the Acquisition Buffer The three previous sections briefly discussed how the acquisition buffer may be accessed and read. In thissection the methods by which the acquisition buffer is read will be discussed in more d...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-26 NetScan User’s Manual Configuring Alarms NetScan can produce an internal event when the value of a channel is outside of user-defined limits. These“alarm events” can be used as trigger or stop events, or as a stimulus for TTL-level signals on the...

Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers NetScan User’s Manual C-27 As mentioned above more than one channel can be assigned to any given output bit. For example, if thefollowing statement were appended to the above example, then either channel 2 or channel 3 will set digitaloutput #2. Alarm...

Configuration Aspects for Programmers Appendix C C-28 NetScan User’s Manual Digital I/O Operation As shown in the DB50 pinout in the Installation and Configuration section, the NetScan has digital I/O pins foreight inputs and thirty-two outputs (see note). The digital outputs can be controlled eithe...

NetScan User’s Manual D-1 Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Reference Note: If you are not familiar with programming you will probably gain more understanding ofthe program-related portions of this appendix by first reviewing Appendix A, API Commands. Contents Using the High/Low/Last...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-2 NetScan User’s Manual Using High/Low/Last (HLL) Registers The High/Low/Last (HLL) registers are an alternative method of getting channel data from the NetScan. TheHLL registers are updated during an acquisition and at the current programmed scan ...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-3 You can use the Query Terminator ( Q ) command to specify a response terminator between each channel of the HLL response. Use the Format ( F ) command to specify the output format of the HLL Registers. The following examples...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-4 NetScan User’s Manual Example 3: Example shows how to read only the Last readings. PRINT#1,"F0,0 Q1,1,0,0, 0X" ‘ Set format to ASCII degrees C with ‘ HLL terminator of CR LF/ EOI PRINT#1,"C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure four channel (no setp...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-5 Example 6: Example 6 shows how to retrieve Last readings for a subset of the configured channels. PRINT#1,"F0,0 Q1,1,0,0,0X" ‘ Set format to ASCII degrees C with ‘ HLL terminator ‘ of CR LF/EOI PRINT#1,”C1-4,1X" ...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-6 NetScan User’s Manual Data Output Formats Data Output formats differ slightly from data input formats in that binary formats may be used for Channel Data.Channel Data is the only output data which may use the binary format (if it is specified). C...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-7 Volts The default NetScan system units and resolution are dependent on the low or high volts range: Low Range Resolution High Range Resolution ±100 mV 3.12 µV/bit ±2.5 V 78.75 µV/bit ±1 V 31.21 µV/bit ±25 V 787.46 µV/bit ±5 ...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-8 NetScan User’s Manual Binary Data Format Only High/Low/Last (HLL) register and acquisition output data, may be in binary format. Binary formatted datacan be output in either highbyte/lowbyte or lowbyte/highbyte format. Time/Date Stamp If binary f...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-9 Configuring Power-Up State The NetScan has an internally stored factory default configuration which can be recalled at any time. You canprogram the NetScan to power-up in a “user-defined” state, or if desired, can configure ...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-10 NetScan User’s Manual Queries The NetScan provides many ways to query the unit for specific information. Most commands have acorresponding query command which responds with the configuration or mode of a previously executedcommand. In addition, ...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-11 U Commands and Descriptions U0 Returns information in the Event Status Register. U1 Returns information in the Status Register. U2 Returns information in the Calibration Status Register. U3 Returns system settings similar t...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-12 NetScan User’s Manual Register Chart Status and Event ReportingRegisters Command Type Register Access Read Write Clear CSR Calibration Status Read/Clear U2 N/A U2 ESC Error Source Read/Clear E? N/A E? ESR Event Status Read/Clear U0 N/A U0 STB St...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-14 NetScan User’s Manual Calibration Status Register ( U2 Command ) The calibration status register indicates which calibration errors, if any have occurred. The individual errors aredescribed in the U2 command. Any calibration error will be mapped...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-15 Status Byte Register The acquisition device sets the Message Available bit (MAV) in the Status Byte Register to determine if datacan be read by the controller. The status byte register contains the following active bits: Bi...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-16 NetScan User’s Manual Bit Location Description Set, Clear and Descriptive Information DI01 Alarm Set when the scanning device has sensed a valid alarm condition. The alarm iscleared when the alarm condition no longer exists. DI02 Trigger Detecte...

Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries NetScan User’s Manual D-17 Trigger Latency Each trigger source has an associated latency. This is the time between the actual trigger and its recognition bythe acquisition device. The following latency times are only representative of the time betwee...

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix D D-18 NetScan User’s Manual Buffer Overrun With One Trigger Block When only one trigger block is in the buffer, a buffer overrun will erase the entire pre-trigger. If the controllerwas reading pre-trigger data from the buffer, the next scan read will ...

NetScan User’s Manual E-1 Appendix E NetScan Program Examples Note As this manual goes to press, program examples do not exist. However, program examples should beavailable on the release disk in the EXAMPLES subdirectory (of the CHARTVIEW directory).

NetScan User’s Manual F-1 Appendix F ASCII Code Summary Decimal Values 00 to 63 – ACG, UCG & LAG Box Items Hexadecimal Value $41 65 Decimal Value A (in center) ASCII Character $00 00 $01 01 $02 02 $03 03 $04 04 $05 05 $06 06 $07 07 NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL $08 08 $09 09 $0A 10 $0B 11 $0C ...

ASCII Code Summary Appendix F F-2 NetScan User’s Manual Decimal Values 64 to 127 – TAG & SCG Box Items Hexadecimal Value $41 65 Decimal Value A (in center) ASCII Character $40 64 $41 65 $42 66 $43 67 $44 68 $45 69 $46 70 $47 71 @ A B C D E F G $48 72 $49 73 $4A 74 $4B 75 $4C 76 $4D 77 $4E 78 $4F...

ASCII Code Summary Appendix F NetScan User’s Manual F-3 ASCII Code Details Decimal Values 00 to 31 – ACG & UCG Descriptions ASCII Control Codes (00 to 31) Dec Name Description 00 Null ( NUL ) Space filler character. Used in output timing for some device drivers. 01 Start of Header ( SOH ) Marks ...

NetScan User’s Manual G-1 Appendix G NetScan Error Messages At initial power-up NetScan performs automatic self-tests to ensure it is fully functional. The rear panel LEDsindicate errors, if they occur. Possible error conditions and their corresponding indicator light patterns are shownin the follow...

NetScan User’s Manual H-1 Appendix H Abbreviations yy (bullet symbol) “and” (e.g. *SC yy CA ) FCC Federal Communications Commission A/D Analog-to-Digital FF Form Feed (ASCII Control Code) ACK Acknowledgement (ASCII Control Code) FS File Separator (ASCII Control Code) ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter ...

NetScan User’s Manual Index-1 Index -A- Abbreviations, Appendix HAlarms, 4-24, 4-33, 4-38, C-26, D-16API Commands, see Appendix AASCII Code Summary, see Appendix FAuto Re-arm, 4-39, 4-40 -C- Calibration Calibration Mode Indicator, 6-5Command Active Indicators, 6-5Main Unit, 6-6 thru 6-8Password, 6-5...

WARRANTY/DISCLAIMER OMEGA ENGINEERING, INC. warrants this unit to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for aperiod of 13 months 13 months 13 months 13 months from date of purchase. OMEGA W arranty adds an additional one (1) month grace period to the normal one (1) year product warranty on...