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Agilaire 8872 Manual
Chapter 3 Logger - Central Communications
3.1 Controller Interface Service
The Controller Interface Service is a background service in the Model 8872 that allows the
logger to emulate a Model 8832 for polling purposes. It supports all data polling (averages,
cals, messages, power failures, etc), but does not support configuration download messages.
The service is normally enabled for each Model 8872 at the time of shipment, and can be
found in the PC Configuration settings:
If it is not visible, you may right-click on the PC icon with the logger name, and add the
“Controller Interface Service” to the list of plug-ins.
By default, the logger will listen for polling strings on port 9881, but this port may be changed
if needed. The service can also be set to listen for polling commands on a serial port (e.g.,
COM1, COM2), but that port
may not be used for any other function
, such as direct
instrument polling or Generic Serial Interface (GSI).
All incoming messages and generated responses are viewable in the Log Viewer (Utilities).
