Measurement Specialties 9116 User Manual

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Pressure Systems, Inc.                                                                                        Model 9116 User’s Manual 
 
 
 
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READ TRANSDUCER VOLTAGES  (Command ‘V’)
 
Purpose:    Returns for the specified channels, the most recently acquired raw pressure data,  
 
 
  converted to volts directly from the averaged A/D counts.  This simple  
 
 
  engineering-unit conversion bypasses any usage of the transducer’s factory- 
 
 
  calculated coefficients or the final calibration process’s correction coefficients  
 
 
  (offset and gain).  Each datum returned in the response will be in the specified  
 
 
  high-precision data format.   This command is intended for advanced users  
 
 
  only and is not required for normal operation. 
 
 
Command 
Vppppf” 
 
‘V’  is the command letter 
pppp’ is the position field 
f’ is the format field 
 
Response 
 dddd.. [dddd]” 
 
‘ dddd’ are the data fields, each with a leading space (except f =7 or 8). 
 
Description:  The 4-character hex position field (pppp) specifies a 16-bit binary bit-map, with  
 
 
  each bit (set to 1) specifying a particular channel number (16-1, left-to-right).   
 
The 1-character format field (f) specifies the format of each datum field (‘ dddd’)  
that will be returned in the requested response.  The first datum returned in the  
response will be for the highest channel number requested, and each (non- 
binary) datum will be preceded by a space character. Some formats may not be  
applicable to the specific type of data being requested.  Valid formats are shown 
in the following table: 
 
converts each internal response datum value from . . . 
max. char. 
0  single binary float 
to  7-10-digit signed decimal “ [-xxx]x.xxxxxx” 
13 
1  single binary float 
to  8-digit hex integer “ xxxxxxxx” 
2  double binary float 
to  16-digit hex integer “ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” 
17 
5  single binary float 
to  long integer (EU*1000) then to 8-digit hex integer 
7  single binary float 
to  single binary float (big endian: msb first) 
8  single binary float 
to  single binary float (little endian: lsb first)