Teledyne M300EM User Manual
Teledyne API – Technical Manual - Model 300E Family CO Analyzers
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8.6. USING THE M300E/EM WITH A HESSEN PROTOCOL
NETWORK
8.6.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF HESSEN PROTOCOL
The Hessen protocol is a multidrop protocol, in which several remote instruments are connected via a common
communications channel to a host computer. The remote instruments are regarded as slaves of the host
computer. The remote instruments are unaware that they are connected to a multidrop bus and never initiate
Hessen protocol messages. They only respond to commands from the host computer and only when they
receive a command containing their own unique ID number.
communications channel to a host computer. The remote instruments are regarded as slaves of the host
computer. The remote instruments are unaware that they are connected to a multidrop bus and never initiate
Hessen protocol messages. They only respond to commands from the host computer and only when they
receive a command containing their own unique ID number.
The Hessen protocol is designed to accomplish two things: to obtain the status of remote instruments, including
the concentrations of all the gases measured; and to place remote instruments into zero or span calibration or
measure mode. API’s implementation supports both of these principal features.
the concentrations of all the gases measured; and to place remote instruments into zero or span calibration or
measure mode. API’s implementation supports both of these principal features.
The Hessen protocol is not well defined, therefore while API’s application is completely compatible with the
protocol itself, it may be different from implementations by other companies.
protocol itself, it may be different from implementations by other companies.
NOTE
The following sections describe the basics for setting up your instrument to operate over a Hessen
Protocol network.
For more detailed information as well as a list of host computer commands and examples of command
and response message syntax, download the Manual Addendum for Hessen Protocol from the Teledyne
API web site: http://www.teledyne-api.com/manuals/.
8.6.2. HESSEN COMM PORT CONFIGURATION
Hessen protocol requires the communication parameters of the M300E/EM Analyzer’s COMM ports to be set
differently than the standard configuration as shown in Table 8-6.
differently than the standard configuration as shown in Table 8-6.
Table 8-6: RS-232 Communication Parameters for Hessen Protocol
PARAMETER STANDARD
HESSEN
Baud Rate
300 – 19200
1200
Data Bits
8
7
Stop Bits
1
2
Parity
None Even
Duplex Full Half
To change the baud rate of the M300E/EM’s COMM ports, see Section 8.1.3.
To change the rest of the COMM port parameters listed in the Table 8-6. Also see Section 8.1 and Table 8-1.
Note
Make sure that the communication parameters of the host computer are also properly set.
Also, the instrument software has a 200 ms latency period before it responds to commands issued by
the host computer. This latency should present no problems, but you should be aware of it and not
issue commands to the instrument too frequently.
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