TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page III © 2004-2007 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 MESSAGESS.................................................................................................................................86
4.4.3 PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW ..................................................................................87
4.4.4 PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTIONS ....................................................................................................88
4.5 STATUS REPORTING SYSTEM .........................................................................................................108
4.5.1 ERROR QUEUE.........................................................................................................................................108
4.5.2 STATUS BYTE REGISTER .......................................................................................................................108
4.5.3 STANDARD EVENT REGISTER ...............................................................................................................110
4.5.4 READY STATUS REGISTER ....................................................................................................................110
4.6 IEEE STD. 488.2 COMMON AND STATUS PROGRAM MESSAGES................................................111
4.6.1 PROGRAM MESSAGE DESCRIPTIONS ..................................................................................................112
5. MAINTENANCE, ADJUSTMENTS AND CALIBRATION ................115
5.1 OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................115
5.2 CALIBRATION OF QUARTZ REFERENCE PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS (Q-RPTS) ......................115
5.2.1 PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................................................................115
5.2.1.1 PA AND PM COEFFICIENTS ................................................................................................................116
5.2.1.2 AS RECEIVED AND AS LEFT DATA ....................................................................................................116
5.2.2 EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ..........................................................................................................................117
5.2.2.1 GAS OPERATED Q-RPTS, A10M AND LOWER ..................................................................................117
5.2.2.2 OIL OR GAS OPERATED Q-RPTS A14M AND HIGHER .....................................................................117
5.2.3 SET-UP AND PREPARATION...................................................................................................................118
5.2.4 RECOMMENDED CALIBRATION POINT SEQUENCE............................................................................119
5.2.4.1 STANDARD CLASS Q-RPTS ................................................................................................................119
5.2.4.2 PREMIUM CLASS Q-RPTS ...................................................................................................................120
5.2.5 TURNING OFF ABSOLUTE AND NEGATIVE GAUGE MEAS URE MEN T MO DES FOR AXXX
(AB S OLUT E) Q-R PTS .........................................................................................................................
122
5.2.6 Q-RPT CALIBRATION USING CALTOOL FOR RPTS SOFTWARE........................................................122
5.2.7 EDITING AND VIEWING Q-RPT CALIBRATION INFORMATION............................................................122
5.2.8 Q-RPT CALIBRATION/ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT CALTOOL FOR RPTS SOFTWARE.........................124
5.3 ADJUSTMENT OF ON-BOARD BAROMETER...................................................................................125
5.4 RELOADING EMBEDDED SOFTWARE INTO FLASH MEMORY......................................................126
5.5 SUBASSEMBLY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ............................................................................127
5.5.1 MINI MICRO BOARD.................................................................................................................................127
5.5.2 POWER SUPPLY MODULE ......................................................................................................................127
5.5.3 DRIVER BOARD........................................................................................................................................128
5.5.4 ON-BOARD BAROMETER........................................................................................................................128
5.5.5 Q-RPT MODULE........................................................................................................................................128
5.5.5.1 HI Q-RPT MODULE ...............................................................................................................................128
5.5.5.2 LO Q-RPT MODULE ..............................................................................................................................128
5.5.6 DISPLAY ....................................................................................................................................................128
5.6 Q-RPT MODULE PNEUMATIC SCHEMATICS...................................................................................129