TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page III © 2002-2007 DH Instruments, a Fluke Company
4. REMOTE OPERATION ....................................................... 81
4.1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................81
4.2 INTERFACING.......................................................................................................................................81
4.2.1 RS232 INTERFACE.....................................................................................................................................81
4.2.1.1 COM1.......................................................................................................................................................81
4.2.1.2 IEEE-488..................................................................................................................................................82
4.2.1.3 COM2.......................................................................................................................................................82
4.3 PROGRAMMING FORMATS.................................................................................................................82
4.3.1 CLASSIC PROGRAM MESSAGE FORMAT...............................................................................................83
4.3.2 ENHANCED PROGRAM MESSAGE FORMAT ..........................................................................................83
4.3.2.1 USING COMMAND TYPE COMMANDS .................................................................................................83
4.3.2.2 USING QUERY TYPE COMMANDS ...................................................................................................84
4.4 COMMANDS..........................................................................................................................................85
4.4.1 PROGRAMMING MESSAGES ....................................................................................................................85
4.4.2 ERROR MESSAGES ...................................................................................................................................86
4.4.3 PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW..................................................................................87
4.4.4 PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTIONS....................................................................................................88
4.5 STATUS REPORTING SYSTEM .........................................................................................................114
4.5.1 ERROR QUEUE.........................................................................................................................................114
4.5.2 STATUS BYTE REGISTER .......................................................................................................................114
4.5.3 STANDARD EVENT REGISTER ...............................................................................................................115
4.5.4 READY STATUS REGISTER ....................................................................................................................116
4.6 IEEE STD. 488.2 COMMON AND STATUS PROGRAM MESSAGES................................................117
4.6.1 PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTIONS..................................................................................................117
5. MAINTENANCE, ADJUSTMENTS AND CALIBRATION ...........121
5.1 OVERVIEW..........................................................................................................................................121
5.2 CALIBRATION OF QUARTZ REFERENCE PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS (Q-RPTS) ......................121
5.2.1 PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................................................................121
5.2.1.1 PA AND PM COEFFICIENTS ................................................................................................................122
5.2.1.2 AS RECEIVED AND AS LEFT DATA ....................................................................................................122
5.2.2 EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ..........................................................................................................................123
5.2.3 SET-UP AND PREPARATION...................................................................................................................124
5.2.4 RECOMMENDED CALIBRATION POINT SEQUENCE............................................................................124
5.2.4.1 STANDARD CLASS Q-RPTS ................................................................................................................125
5.2.4.2 PREMIUM CLASS Q-RPTS...................................................................................................................126
5.2.5 TURNING OFF ABSOLUTE AND NEGATIVE GAUGE MEASUREMENT MODES FOR AXXX
(ABSOLUTE) Q-RPTS .........................................................................................................................
127
5.2.6 Q-RPT CALIBRATION USING CALTOOL FOR RPTS SOFTWARE........................................................128
5.2.7 EDITING AND VIEWING Q-RPT CALIBRATION INFORMATION............................................................128
5.2.8 Q-RPT CALIBRATION/ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT CALTOOL FOR RPTS SOFTWARE.........................130
5.3 ADJUSTMENT OF ON-BOARD BAROMETER...................................................................................131
5.4 ADJUSTMENT OF UTILITY SENSOR ................................................................................................131
5.5 PNEUMATIC CONTROL MODULE CONFIGURATION (<CONFIG>) ................................................132
5.6 OVERHAUL .........................................................................................................................................133
5.7 RELOADING EMBEDDED SOFTWARE INTO FLASH MEMORY......................................................134
5.8 SUBASSEMBLY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ............................................................................135
5.8.1 POWER SUPPLY MODULE......................................................................................................................135
5.8.2 MINI MICRO BOARD.................................................................................................................................135
5.8.3 Q-RPT MODULE........................................................................................................................................136
5.8.3.1 HI Q-RPT OR UTILITY SENSOR...........................................................................................................136
5.8.3.2 LO Q-RPT...............................................................................................................................................136
5.8.4 ON-BOARD BAROMETER........................................................................................................................136
5.8.5 VACUUM SENSOR....................................................................................................................................136
5.8.6 PRESSURE CONTROL MODULE ............................................................................................................137
5.8.7 DISPLAY....................................................................................................................................................137
5.8.8 DRIVER BOARD........................................................................................................................................137
5.9 PNEUMATIC SCHEMATICS................................................................................................................137
5.9.1 PRESSURE CONTROL MODULE ............................................................................................................137
5.9.2 Q-RPT MODULE CONFIGURATIONS (PRESSURE MEASUREMENT)..................................................138