Ametek SEQUOIA Series Programming Manual

24 Sequoia Series
3.3.1 Serial Communication Test Program
The following sample program written in GW-BASIC can be used to check communication to the
Sequoia Series power source over the RS232C serial interface.
'California Instruments Sequoia Series RS232C Communication Demo Program
'(c) 1995-2002 Copyright California Instruments, All Rights Reserved
'This program is for demonstration purposes only and is not to be
'used for any commercial application
'================================================================
'OPEN COM2. Replace with COM1, COM3 or COM4 for Com port used
'The input and output buffers are set to 2K each although
'this is not required for most operations.
OPEN "COM2:9600,n,8,1,BIN,TB2048,RB2048" FOR RANDOM AS #1
CLS
PRINT "**** INTERACTIVE MODE ****"
'Enter and endless loop to accept user entered commands
DO
INPUT "Enter AC Source Command ('quit' to exit)--> ", cmd$
IF cmd$ <> "QUIT" AND cmd$ <> "quit" THEN
PRINT #1, cmd$ + CHR$(10);
IF INSTR(cmd$, "?") THEN
PRINT #1, CHR$(4);
LINE INPUT #1, response$
PRINT response$
END IF
'Check for Errors after each command is issued
PRINT #1, "*ESR?" + CHR$(10);
PRINT #1, CHR$(4);
LINE INPUT #1, esr$
esr% = VAL(esr$) AND 60
IF esr% AND 4 THEN
PRINT "*** Query Error Reported by AC Source ***"
END IF
IF esr% AND 8 THEN
PRINT "*** Instrument Dependent Error Reported by AC Source ***"
END IF
IF esr% AND 16 THEN
PRINT "*** Command Execution Error Reported by AC Source ***"
END IF
IF esr% AND 32 THEN
PRINT "*** Command Syntax Error Reported by AC Source ***"
END IF
END IF
LOOP UNTIL cmd$ = "QUIT" OR cmd$ = "quit"
'Close COM port on exit
CLOSE #1
END

Ametek SEQUOIA Series Specifications

General

Brand	Ametek
Model	SEQUOIA Series
Category	Portable Generator
Language	English