Serial commands – Gentec-EO PC-Gentec-EO (for MAESTRO and INTEGRA) User Manual

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EO User’s Manual Revision 5.0

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8.1.3.1

Serial commands

SERIAL COMMAND FORMAT

All text commands must begin with a trig character (*) and DO NOT end with a line-feed or a
carriage-return. All parameters must NOT have a space between the command and the list of
parameters, nor between the parameters themselves. The characters do not have to be capitals
and mixed case is ok. Replies to all text mode commands are also in text mode, and do not end
with a carriage-return and line-feed.

DISPLAY COMMANDS

Set Range

This command is used to force the display of the current data into a specific range. The lower
range is always zero, the higher ranges can be found in the table below. The Auto range mode
applies the best range for the current values in real time. The parameter must be one of the
identifiers in the table below and have 2 digits.

Command

Parameters

Return

SCS

Range index

Range Identifiers:

Range index

Range

00

1 picowatt or picojoule

01

3 picowatts or picojoules

02

10 picowatts or picojoules

03

30 picowatts or picojoules

04

100 picowatts or picojoules

05

300 picowatts or picojoules

06

1 nanowatt or nanojoule

07

3 nanowatts or nanojoules

08

10 nanowatts or nanojoules

09

30 nanowatts or nanojoules

10

100 nanowatts or nanojoules

11

300 nanowatts or nanojoules

12

1 microwatt or microjoule

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