49
PC INTERFACE
Data transmission from the instrument to the PC can be done with the HI92000 Windows®
compatible software (optional). HI92000 also offers graphing and on‑line help feature.
Data can be exported to the most popular spreadsheet programs for further analysis.
To connect your instrument to a PC, use an USB cable connector. Make sure that your instrument is
switched off and plug one connector to the instrument USB socket and the other to the serial or USB
port of your PC.
Note: If you are not using Hanna Instruments HI92000 software, please see the following
instructions.
SENDING COMMANDS FROM PC
It is also possible to remotely control the instrument with any terminal program. Use an USB cable
to connect the instrument to a PC, start the terminal program and set the communication options as
follows: 8, N, 1, no flow control.
COMMAND TYPES
To send a command to the instrument follow the next scheme:
<command prefix> <command> <CR>
where: <command prefix> is the 16 ASCII character
<command> is the command code.
Note: Either small or capital letters can be used.
SIMPLE COMMANDS
KF1 Is equivalent to pressing functional key 1
KF2 Is equivalent to pressing functional key 2
KF3 Is equivalent to pressing functional key 3
RNG Is equivalent to pressing RANGE key
MOD Is equivalent to pressing MODE key
CAL Is equivalent to pressing CAL key
UPC Is equivalent to pressing the UP arrow key
DWC Is equivalent to pressing the DOWN arrow key
RCL Is equivalent to pressing RCL key
SET Is equivalent to pressing SETUP key
CLR Is equivalent to pressing CLR key