Instructions

UM-0085-B09 DT80 Range User Manual Page 263
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Reading Switches
To read the current settings of all switches, use the STATUS9 command (P276), e.g.:
STATUS9
/C/d/E/f/h/i/K/l/M/N/R/S/t/U/w/x/Z
Switches that are ON are displayed in uppercase.
Setting Switches
Switches can be set at any time, and new settings generally take effect immediately. For example, send:
/T /e/m
to set switch T on, and set switches E and M off.
Note: Switches are not channels. The statement /T is a command, and is carried out immediately, even if it appears within a schedule
definition. You can use the
DO command to set switches when a schedule executes – see Executing Commands in Schedules (P59) for
more information.
Switch Lifetime
Switches work in the same way as parameters. All switch settings are cleared back to their default values when a soft or
hard reset (
INIT or HRESET) is performed, or if both external and battery power is lost.
As with parameters, to make a switch setting "permanent", it should be set using the matching profile setting (see Profile
Settings (P264)), e.g.
PROFILE SWITCHES T=ON
The DT80 recognises the following switches:
Switch
Function
Default
Comment
/C
Include Channel name
/C
Returns channel name before each data value (/h mode only)
/D
Include Date
/d
Returns current date before each scan's data. (
/h
mode only, see also
/N
)
/E
Enable command Echo
/E
Enables echo of commands to host computer (if not unloading data and not in
fixed-format mode).
/F
Lock (Fix) schedules
/f
Prevents a DT80’s scan schedules (trigger or channel list) being modified. Note
that a reset still erases the schedules.
/H
Fixed-format (Host) mode
/h
Returns data in fixed-format mode (P27)
/I
Include Schedule ID
/i
Returns schedule ID before returning the schedule's data (
/h
mode only, see
also
/N
)
/K
Enable automatic re-
calibration
/K
Before each scan the DT80 checks for drift due to changes in ambient
temperature and re-calibrates if required.
/L
Include serial number
/l
Returns logger serial number before each scan's data (/h mode only, see also
/N
)
/M
Enable Messages
/M
Enables error and warning messages to be returned to host
/N
Include verbose ID
/N
Returns "dataTaker 80 " before serial number (/h/L mode only)
Returns "Schedule " before schedule ID (/h/I mode only)
Returns "Date " before scan date (/h/D mode only)
Returns "Time " before schedule ID (/h/T mode only)
/R
Enable data Return
/R
Returns real-time data to the host computer.
/S
Synchronize to midnight
/S
Synchronizes all schedules’ time intervals to midnight — for example,
RA1H
scans on the hour. See Time Triggers — Synchronizing to Midnight (P56)
/T
Include Time
/t
Returns current time before each scan's data. (
/h
mode only, see also
/N
)
/U
Include Units
/U
Appends measurement units to returned data (/h mode only)
Separates data items by CRLF rather than P22 character (/h mode only)
Makes error messages verbose
/W
Return Working channels
/w
Allows working channels (see
W
channel option (P45)) to be returned (for
diagnostic purposes) but not logged.
/X
Progressive maxima and
minima
/x
Displays the progressive maximum and minimum values for statistical channels
on the built-in display only.
/Z
Enable alarm messages
/Z
Enables alarms to issue action text to host computer or printer.
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Default switches
–
Sets all switches to their default state
Table 8: DT80 Switches