Instructions

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 Output to Serial Printer/ Display
The serial channel can also be used to output selected channels to a serial printer or display. This job will measure two
voltages once a minute and print the values to a serial printer:
BEGIN"SOUP"
RA1M
1V(W,=1CV) 2V(W,=2CV)
1SERIAL("{%9.3f[1CV] mV %9.3f[2CV] mV^M^J}",W)
END
 Output to Another DT80
You can also connect a serial channel to the RS232 host port on a second DT80 (or other dataTaker model).
The following job will send commands to a second logger to read two immediate channels, then interpret its fixed format
response, which will be similar to:
D,000043,"",2006/02/13,18:16:54,0.191528,0;*,0,22.2172,-12.2002;0063;F2F3
BEGIN"LAMBDA"
PS=RS232,57600
RA30S
1..2CV(W)=-999
1SERIAL("\e{/H/R 1*TK 1+TK^M}\m[,0;*,0,]%f[1CV],%f[2CV]",W)
1..2CV("~degC")
LOGON
END
In this case we first send /H/R to ensure that the other logger is in fixed format mode and has data returns enabled, then
the three immediate channel definitions. When parsing the response, we look for the exact string ",0;*,0," followed
immediately by two comma separated floating point values.
 Schedule Triggering (1)
In this example a barcode reader transmits a packet consisting of an STX character (ASCII 01) followed by a 7 digit
ASCII integer. Once a valid barcode packet is received, the job will measure three voltages and log these, along with the
barcode.
BEGIN"ZAMBESI"
PS=RS232,9600
RA1SERIAL"\001"
1SERIAL("\001%7d") 'read and log barcode
1..3V 'log voltages
LOGON
END
 Schedule Triggering (2)
In this example a GPS unit produces an NMEA 183 data stream, e.g.:
$GPGLL,4250.5589,S,14718.5084,E,092204.999,A*2D
This job will read and log the latitude degrees (positive for north), latitude minutes, longitude degrees (positive for east)
and longitude minutes. Each read is triggered by the $GPGLL header at the start of each transmission.
BEGIN
PS=RS232,38400
RA1SERIAL"$GPGLL"
1SERIAL(",%2d[1CV]%f[2CV],%c[3CV],%3d[4CV]%f[5CV],%c[6CV]",2,W)
IF(3CV><82.5,83.5){1CV=-1CV} 'S = ASCII 83
IF(6CV><86.5,87.5){4CV=-4CV} 'W = ASCII 87
1CV("Lat deg",FF0) 2CV("Lat mins",FF4)
4CV("Long deg",FF0) 5CV("Long mins",FF4)
END
Note: Remember that if DeTransfer is used to send commands then two backslash characters must be sent each time a backslash is
required. (see
Control String – Example (P355)).