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8.3  ASCII Commands Set
AALBORG XFM SOFTWARE INTERFACE COMMANDS
COMMAND
NAME
DESCRIPTION
No.
COMMAND SYNTAX
Command
Argument 1
Argument 2 Argument 3 Argument 4 Response
Flow
Requests the current flow 
sensor reading in current EU
1
F <Value> (Actual flow in 
current engineering units)
Diagnostic Enable / Disable LCD 
Diagnostic messages (only 
for LCD option).
Request current status of 
the Diagnostic events, LED 
status and LCD diagnostic 
mode (enabled/disabled).
2 D
E (enable LCD 
** Diagnostic Messages) 
D:E
D (disable LCD
** Diagnostic Messages)
D:D
NO ARGUMENT
(read current status of 
the diagnostic word)
D:0x0,L:9,E
0x0 – diagnostic word
9 - current LED status
E - LCD mode (enabled) 
Roll back to 
N
2
feature.
Enable / Disable Roll back 
to N
2
feature.
3
N E
(enable Roll back to N
2
)
N:E
D
(enable Roll back to N
2
)*
N:D
NO ARGUMENT
(read current mode of 
the N2 Roll back )
N:D
Or
N:E
Gas Select
Selects one of the ten 
primary gas calibration 
tables to use. Tables are 
entered via the MEM 
commands at time of 
calibration.
4 G 0 (gas 0)*
to
9 (gas 9)
G0 through G9, 
<Gas Name> 
NO ARGUMENT
(read status)
G0 through G9,
<Gas Name>
Note: An “*” indicates power up default settings. An “**”indicates optional feature not available on all models.










