
8 CALIBRATION DATE........................................................................................................... C - 13
9 AUTO CALIBRATION OF GENERATION RANGES........................................................... C - 14
10 CALIBRATION PERIOD..................................................................................................... C - 15
PART D. SERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................................... D - 1
2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ D - 2
2.1 Flow control (XON/XOFF)............................................................................................... D - 2
2.2 Checksum......................................................................................................................... D - 2
2.3 Acknowledgment (ACK/NAK) ........................................................................................ D - 3
2.4 Line terminators (CR/LF)................................................................................................ D - 3
3 COMMANDS........................................................................................................................... D - 4
3.1 Interface configuration and control............................................................................... D - 5
3.1.1 Communication control................................................................................................ D - 5
3.1.2 Line termination........................................................................................................... D - 5
3.1.3 Control of sent measurement/generation readings..................................................... D - 6
3.1.4 Use of status codes..................................................................................................... D - 6
3.1.5 Formatting of readings................................................................................................. D - 7
3.2 Device configuration....................................................................................................... D - 8
3.2.1 A-section (upper display) electrical unit selection....................................................... D - 8
3.2.2 A-section temperature / electrical mode selection...................................................... D - 8
3.2.3 Temperature sensor selection..................................................................................... D - 9
3.2.4 Temperature scale....................................................................................................... D - 9
3.2.5 CJ-selection............................................................................................................... D - 10
3.2.6 Generation value setting ........................................................................................... D - 10
3.2.7 Emulation of mechanical switch settings .................................................................. D - 10
3.2.8 B-section (lower display) electrical unit selection ..................................................... D - 11
3.2.9 Local on/off................................................................................................................ D - 11
3.3 Calibration and service................................................................................................. D - 12
3.4 Commands for key emulation / inquiry....................................................................... D - 13
3.5 Other standard commands........................................................................................... D - 14
3.5.1 System details ........................................................................................................... D - 14
3.5.2 Set/get date ............................................................................................................... D - 14
3.5.3 Display message....................................................................................................... D - 15
3.6 Special commands........................................................................................................ D - 16
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: STATUS CODE / ERROR MESSAGES IN SERIAL COMMUNICATION .......X - 1
APPENDIX B: MEASUREMENT PRINTOUT FORMAT ...........................................................X - 2
APPENDIX C: ALGORITHMS....................................................................................................X - 4
APPENDIX D: PC106P RS-232 SAVEABLE OPTIONS..........................................................X - 4