Measurement Specialties 9116 User Manual

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Consolidated below are the new commands added to the Model 9016 command set, as well as 
differences in existing commands, command parameters, or command responses: 
 
Set Module type alias: w3200 xxxx    
See the  ‘SET/DO OPTION/FUNCTIONS’ (command ‘w’)’ in Section 3.2
Configures the Model 9116 to report its model type as Model 9116 or as a 
Model 9016 for compatibility with model type sensitive system software. 
 
Set Hardware Trigger Mode: w320x 
  See 
the  ‘SET/DO OPTION/FUNCTIONS’ (command ‘w’)’ in Section 3.2
Configures the trigger to response to positive going, negative going, or to 
any transition on the trigger input. 
 
Query the Hardware Trigger Mode: q32   
See the ‘READ MODULE STATUS’ (command ‘q’)’ in Section 3.2
The Model 9116 will respond with a 1, 2, or 3 indicating, respectively, that its 
trigger is set to respond to a positive going, negative going or to any 
transition on the trigger input. The Model 9016 will respond to this command 
with an ‘N08’. 
 
 
Query the Module Hardware Version: w31 
See the ‘READ MODULE STATUS’ (command ‘q’)’ in Section 3.2
The Model 9116 will report the version of hardware present as a floating 
point number of the format x.xxxxxx The Model 9016  will respond to this 
command with a ‘N08’. 
 
Modifications to existing commands, (See Section 3.2): 
 
In the ‘CONFIGURE A HOST DELIVERY STREAM’ (command ‘c’), the sync delay 
can now be set as small as 2 milliseconds and the granularity is 2 milliseconds with 
all other values rounded down to the nearest 2 milliseconds. This value was 10 
milliseconds in the Model 9016. 
 
In the Set Number of A/D Samples to Average, (command ‘w’). the minimum 
value and the default value is 4. The interleaved instrumentation amplifiers utilized 
in the Model 9116 allows it to provide the same throughput with one to four 
averages. With the quieter electronics of the Model 9116 and no speed advantage 
for lower numbers of averaged samples, the minimum and default is set to four. 
Valid values are 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64.  Other values below 64 are rounded up to the 
next valid value listed above.”