Series 65  INSTALLATION 
 
963283EA  Edition 2019-05-03  91/
 
 
4.12.2  Inquiry commands (PM-V2 compatible) 
<CR>...Carriage Return (0D hexadecimal); <LF>...Linefeed (0A hexadecimal) 
Description  Commands  Acknowledgements  Examples / Explanation 
Actual valve position 
in  1/1000  of stroke 
(0 = closed, 1000 = 
open) 
A:   A:xxxxxx  
 
A:000428  
= 428 * 1/1000  of stroke 
Actual pressure  
in units of 
1/communication range 
of sensor 1 full scale 
P:  
 
P:xxxxxx  
 
P:000119  
= 119 / communication range * sensor 1 full 
scale pressure 
P:-00004  
= -4 / communication range * sensor 1 full  
scale pressure 
Actual pressure (xxxxxx)
Pressure of sensor 1 
(yyyyyy) 
Pressure of sensor 2 
(zzzzzz) 
 
X:   X:xxxxxxyyyyyyzzzzzz   sensor 1 = 250mTorr, sensor 2 = 10Torr 
communication range = 100000 
 
pressure = 119.0mTorr 
X:001190001190001190  
 
pressure = 1320mTorr 
X:013200002500013200  
 
ranges: 
xxxxxx = - 00350 to 100000 
yyyyyy = - 00350 to 002500 
zzzzzz = -14000 to 100000 
Pressure setpoint 
in units of 
1/communication range 
of sensor 1 full scale 
W:  
 
W:xxxxxx  
 
W:000119  
= 119 / communication range * sensor full 
scale pressure 
Read remote / local 
status 
I:   I:REMOTE  
I: LOCAL  
= remote mode 
= local mode 
Read control mode  M:   M:   POS  
M: PRESS  
= position mode 
= pressure mode 
Self test  T:   T:    OK  
T:PAR-ER  
T:ROM-ER  
= memory o.k. 
= parameter error 
= EPROM error 
  (see section «Trouble shooting» if 
«PAR-ER» or «ROM-ER» appears) 
Read valve cycle 
counter 
 
c:   c:xxxxxxxxxx   c:0000125013  
= 125’013 cycles 
Reset valve cycle 
counter 
n:   n:  = set counter to zero