User's Manual

Using terminal commands

VER

AVAILABLE FOR

A731 A733A732 A733GSM

DESCRIPTION Requests the firmware version of the device.

PARAMETERS None.

ETURNS The current version.

REMARKS GET only.

REMOTE No.

XAMPLE VER

9193 VER 1.0.17 0

Note: This command is provided only for compatibility with older units. The host software

may use this command to identify the unit it is communicating with. After detecting

that the device supports this protocol, the INFO command must be used for further

details, if available.

SDI

AVAILABLE FOR

A731 A733A732 A733GSM

DESCRIPTION A complex command that can be used to check the status of the SDI-12

subsystem, as well as configure it.

PARAMETERS The command has a multitude of options. If issued without parameters, the GET

variant is implied, i.e. the status of the SDI-12 subsystem will be returned (see also

bellow). The full extend of the commands is not given here as the configuration of

the SDI-12 subsytem is done via the wireless link by means of the GUI configurator

in the A840 Telemetry Gateway. Additional information can be obtained from

Adcon Telemetry upon request.

RETURNS Following information is supplied in the form of a string of characters (the GET

variant):

• a/A — The presence of the SDI-12 adapter: a absent, A present;

• w/W — The system is in wait state: w not waiting, W waiting for an SDI-12

sensor;

• m/M — Measurement command started: m no measurement is being done,

M a measurement is in progress;

• v/V — Values for storage available: v no values are available, V values are

available for local storage;

• d/D — autodiscovery initiated: d no autodiscovery pending, D

autodiscovery pending (will be done at the next sensor poll cycle).

In addition, for every programmed SDI-12 sensor, following information will be

listed:

• sensor id — the sensor ID in ASCII (0 - 9, A - Z and a - z);

• method + CRC — the measuring method, either M (normal) or R

(continuous), optionally followed by the CRC flag (C);

• index — the indices used (in hexadecimal), e.g.: 0x3 if indices 0 and 1

are used.