BRONKHORST®
Page3FlowDDE 9.17.067
Tableofcontents
1 GENERALPRODUCTINFORMATION....................................................................................................4
1.1 INTRODUCTION.......................... ........................................................ ............... ............................................4
1.2 REFERENCESTOOTHERAPPLICABLEDOCUMENTS........................................................................................ ...........4
1.2.1 Manualsanduserguides................................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... .........4
1.2.2 Technicaldrawings........................ ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ........... ..................4
1.2.3 Softwaretooling............. ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...........4
1.3 SUPPORTEDINSTRUMENTS......................................................................................... ............... ............... ........5
1.4 SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS..................... ............... ........................................................ ............... ............... ........5
1.5 INSTALLATIONANDSTARTUP.................................................. ............... ........................................................ ...5
1.5.1 Startupoptions......................... ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...........5
2 INTERFACES......................................................................................... ...............................................6
2.1 RS232/FLOW‐BUSINTERFACE............................................................ ............... ............................................6
2.1.1 D‐connectorforRS232.... ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... ......................6
2.2 RS232ONMULTIBUSINSTRUMENT............. ........................................................ ............... ................................7
2.2.1 Applications,e.g.EL‐FLOW.............. ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... .....7
3 PARAMETERINFORMATION................................................................ ...............................................8
4 OPERATION......................................................................................................................................10
4.1 BASIC:COMMUNICATIONTOINSTRUMENT SANDSERVINGCLIENTAPPLICATIONS................... ............... ........................10
4.1.1 Communicationsettings..................... ...................... ...................... ........... ..................... ...................... .10
4.1.2 Opencommunication................................ ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... ................11
4.1.3 Closecommunication.. .......... ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... ..............11
4.2 CONFIGURATION.............................. ........................................................ ............... ....................................11
4.3 SETTINGS.............................................. ........................................................ ............... ..............................12
4.3.1 Polltime............. ........... ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ..................... .......................12
4.3.2 Systemsettings...... ........... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ................. . 12
4.3.3 Simulationmode............................ ...................... ...................... ...................... ........... ...........................13
4.4 VIEWANDEDITPARAMETERS............................................ ......................................................... .............. .......13
4.4.1 Viewparametersandvalues................... ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ..................13
4.4.2 Editparameters............................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... .........................14
4.5 TESTCOMMUNICATION....... ........................................................ ............... ...................................................14
4.5.1 TestFLOW‐BUSandDDE........................... ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ................14
4.5.2 TestProPar........................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ....... .......15
4.6 SERVICELOG.. ............... ........................................................ ............... ............... .......................................15
5 DDECOMMUNICATIONBYCLIENTS..................................................................................................16
5.1 BASICPARAMETERCOMMUNICATION.................................................................................... ............... ............16
5.2 SPECIALOPTIONS.................................................................................................. ............... ........................16
5.2.1 Channel0............................ ...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ......................................16
5.2.2 Parameter0...................... ...................... ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ................. .16
5.2.3 Servertopic... ........... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ........... ........................... 17
6 FLOWDDETECHNICALDETAILS.........................................................................................................18
7 SERVICE....................................................................................................................................... ..... 19