Omega Engineering OMB-NETSCAN 1500 User Manual page 158

API Command Reference
TYPE
EXECUTION
SYNTAX
DESCRIPTION
The optional arguments
respectively, for the Configure Channels (
configure alarms on the specified channel(s). The format for these optional arguments follow the rules for
readings input defined under the Set Data Format (
The channel
Because of this fact, defining the channel type is critical to the proper configuration of the channel. Each channel
must be assigned a channel type in order for it to be included in the scan group. Likewise, assigning a channel
type of
The following table outlines the channel types for NetScan.
Channel Types
23,24,25,26
The following list outlines the channel type definitions:
Null Type: The null channel type is type
the scan group.
Thermocouple Card Types: See the following tables for details.
Volts Card Types: See the following tables for details.
High-Voltage Card Types: See the following tables for details.
Reserved Types: Reserved types are types that are reserved to the internal processes of the unit. Among
these types,
A-18
C
Channel
Deferred
Cchans,
type
[,
[lowsp],
[highsp],
[hyst] ]
C?
lowsp , highsp
is used by the unit to determine how a certain channels readings are to be interpreted.
type
0 will remove that channel from the scan group.
0
1-9
10
11
12,13,14
15
16,17,18
19
20
21,22
27
28,29
30
31-50
51-59
60-99
100-110
111-127
228-238
90 and 91 are reserved for chassis calibration. Refer to Chapter 6 for calibration details.
- Configure Channels
Configure the channels for the master unit and its slave units.
type are required arguments, while
optional.
may be in two forms:
chans
max ) or first-last (for a range of channels where
< < < ), where
1 first last max
The chassis is chan = 0 .
is the type to assign to those channels.
type
Query current channel configuration.
and hyst are the low setpoint, high setpoint and hysteresis values,
C ) command. These arguments are only needed if it is desired to
F ) command.
NetScan
Null
Thermocouple Card
(N/A)
Volts Card
Volts Card
Reserved
Reserved
(N/A)
High-Voltage Card
High-Voltage Card
Volts Card
(N/A)
High-Voltage Card
High-Voltage Card
Thermocouple Card
(N/A)
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
0 . Assigning a channel to the null type will remove the channel from
lowsp , highsp and
(for a single channel where
chan
= 128 for NetScan.
max
NetScan User's Manual
Appendix A
chans and
hyst are
< <
1 chan