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NetScan User’s Manual

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Appendix D

Registers, Data Formats, & Queries

Reference Note: If you are not familiar with programming you will probably gain more understanding of
the program-related portions of this appendix by first reviewing Appendix A, API Commands.

Contents

Using the High/Low/Last (HLL) Registers--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-2

What is Contained in the HLL Registers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-2
Accessing the HLL Registers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-2

Data Format (F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-5

Data Input Formats ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-5
Data Output Formats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-6
Engineering Units Data Format -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-6
Binary Data Format ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-8
Counts Data Format ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-8

Configuring Power-Up State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-9

Queries --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-10

Query (?) Commands ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-10
U Status Commands------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-11

Status, Event Reporting, and Mask Registers---------------------------------------------------------------------- D-11

Theory of Operation------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-12
Calibration Status Register ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Error Source Register ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Event Status Register ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Event Status Enable Register -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Status Byte Register ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-15

Using Status Reporting Registers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-16

Trigger Latency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-17

Trigger Overrun --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-17

Buffer Overrun----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-17

Buffer Overrun With One Trigger Block------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-18
Buffer Overrun With Multiple Trigger Blocks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D-18

Real Time Clock---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-18

Open Thermocouple/Range Error Checking ----------------------------------------------------------------------- D-18