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5.2 RS232 interface

766 IC Sample Processor

5.2.3 Trigger

Triggers initiate an action at the 766 IC Sample Processor, e.g. se-

quence start or data transmission. Triggers are marked by the intro-

ducer '$'.

The following triggers are possible:

$G Go Starts processes, e.g. starting the mode run or set-

ting the RS232 interface parameters

$S Stop Stops processes

$Q Query Used to request all information from the current

node in the tree forwards up to and including the

values

$Q.P Path Used to request the path from the root of the tree

up to the current node

$Q.H Highest

Index

Used to request the number of daughter nodes of

the current node

$Q.N"i" Name Used to request the name of the daughter node

with index i, i = 1...n

$D Detail-Info Used to request detailed status information

$U qUit Used to terminate the data flow of the instrument,

e.g. after $Q

The triggers '$G' and '$S' are linked to particular objects, see Over-

view table in section 5.2.6.

All other triggers can always be used at all locations in the data tree.

Examples:

Request of the baud rate value: &Config.RSset.Baud $Q

Request of all values of the node 'RSset': &Config.RSset $Q

Request of the path of the node 'RSset': &Config.RSset $Q.P

Start mode: &Mode $G

Request of the detailed status: $D