...............................................................................................................41
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Firmware updates...................................................................................................74
Replacing the clock battery ...................................................................................75
Removing an I/O or CPU card ..............................................................................76
Remote programming 77
Connecting to the CTC100................................................................................................... 77
Communication, assembly, and run-time errors.................................................................. 80
Concurrent macros................................................................................................................ 80
Macro names.......................................................................................................................... 81
Command syntax ...................................................................................................................81
Remote instructions ...............................................................................................87
Miscellaneous instructions .....................................................................................................87
IEEE 488.2 Instructions........................................................................................................... 89
Program menu........................................................................................................................ 93
System setup........................................................................................................................... 96
Channel setup......................................................................................................................... 99
Error codes...........................................................................................................................109
Startup macros.....................................................................................................................110
Sam ple macros......................................................................................................111
Temperature profiles...........................................................................................................111
Control a feedback setpoint with an analog input..............................................................112
Show channels with tripped alarms on the Numeric screen .............................................112
Show the PID setpoint in a virtual channel .........................................................................113
Linearizing outputs when interfacing with external power supplies ..................................113
Control instrument functions with the digital IO lines .......................................................113
Drive a solid state relay with the digital IO lines.................................................................114
PC applications 119
PTCFileConverter ................................................................................................120
FileGrapher ............................................................................................................122
File menu...............................................................................................................................122
Edit menu..............................................................................................................................122
Process menu.......................................................................................................................124
Special menu.........................................................................................................................126
Command line and macro instructions...............................................................................127
Circuit description 131
CPU board............................................................................................................................131
Backplane..............................................................................................................................132
Front panel............................................................................................................................134
GPIB card..............................................................................................................................134
Sensor input cards................................................................................................................134
Heater driver cards..............................................................................................................135
Analog I/O card...................................................................................................................136
Digital I/O card....................................................................................................................137