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Registers, Data Formats, & Queries

Appendix D

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NetScan User’s Manual

Data Output Formats

Data Output formats differ slightly from data input formats in that binary formats may be used for Channel Data.
Channel Data is the only output data which may use the binary format (if it is specified). Channel Data is
defined as data originating from the High/Low/Last (HLL) Registers or the Acquisition Buffer. The commands
that initiate Channel Data output are the

and

U13

commands. However, Channel Data may

also be output as Engineering Units and Counts.

As in the case of Data Input Formats, all other types of output will be in Engineering Units unless Counts is
specified. However, there are only 3 command queries which need to follow the

command format in this

fashion. They are

and

command queries.

Note:

If Counts or Binary format is specified as the format, the Engineering Units parameter of the F
command is ignored.

Examples:

PRINT#1,"F0,0X"

‘ Output C?, L?,U8 as well as R,R#,U4,U5 and U13 in ‘ Engineering Units
— Degrees C

PRINT#1,"F1,1X"

‘ Output R,R#,U4,U5 and U13 as binary

‘ Output C?,L? and U8 as Engineering Units —

‘ Degrees F.

PRINT#1,"F3,3X" ‘ Output C?, L?,U8 as well as R,R#,U4,U5 and U13 in Counts (Note that

Engineering Units parameter is ignored)

All commands and data sent to the NetScan are in ASCII (although the engineering unit may vary).

Note:

Only data supplied by the NetScan, such as time/date stamps for High/Low/Last registers, can
be in binary format.

Both the ehternet and RS-232 interfaces support data retrieval in ASCII and, for high speed applications, in
binary format. End of Reading and End of Scan terminators are not used with binary data transfers.

Engineering Units Data Format

If the engineering units data format is selected, the NetScan will supply data in format appropriate for the
configured channel type. The selected unit affects the number of decimal places used by either the ASCII or
binary formats . This section describes engineering units in relation to thermocouples, volts, time/date stamps,
and scan intervals.

Thermocouples

The NetScan uses a default system unit of degrees Centigrade. Therefore, the resolution of returned data,
independent of configured temperature units, is 0.1°C. The binary format also returns data in degrees
Centigrade. The default binary format returns two bytes of 2’s complement binary data with user selecting
low/high byte or high/low byte.

If the ASCII data format is selected, the controller can select temperature units. This requires the conversion of
degrees Centigrade to configured temperature unit. Conversion to degrees Fahrenheit, degrees Rankine, and
degrees Kelvin are via the following formulas:

Centigrade:

-3276.7 < C < +3276.7

Fahrenheit :

F = (9/5)C + 32

Rankine:

R = (9/5)C + 491.69 Note: R = F + 459.69

Kelvin :

K = C + 273.16

For channels configured as thermocouples, all ASCII readings will be returned in the format which corresponds
with the engineering unit selected. The formats are as follows, where X is an ASCII digit.

Centigrade :

XXXX.XX

Fahrenheit :

XXXX.XX

Rankine :

XXXX.XX

Kelvin :

XXXX.XX