User`s guide

User's Guide _______________________________________________________________________
100 __________________________________________________________________ M210733EN-G
Using Serial Line
FORM
Use the serial line command FORM to change the format or select a
certain quantities for the output commands SEND and R.
FORM [x]<cr>
where
x
=
Formatter string
If no formatter string is entered, the command will display the currently
active formatter string. Note that the hash symbol "#" is shown as a
backslash "\" when viewing the current formatter string.
Formatter string consists of quantities and modifiers. The MMT330
measures the following quantities:
- Water activity (aw)
- Temperature (T) (metric unit: ºC, non-metric unit:ºF)
- ppm for transformer oil only (H
2
O) (optional quantity)
When selecting the quantity, use the abbreviations of the quantities.
The modifiers are presented in Table 25 on page 100 below.
Table 25 FORM Command Modifiers
Modifier
Description
x.y
Length modifier (number of digits and decimal places)
#t
Tabulator
#r
Carriage-return
#n
Line feed
“”
String constant
#xxx
Special character, code "xxx" (decimal), for example #027
for ESC
U5
Unit field and length (length optional)
ADDR
Transmitter address [00...255]
SN
Transmitter serial number
TIME
Time [hh:mm:ss]
DATE
Date [yyyy-mm-dd]
Example:
>form "aw=" 6.4 aw #t "t=" 6.2 t #r#n
OK
>send
aw= 0.2644 t= 25.50
>
>form "Oil ppm= " h2o " " u3 #r#n