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3.2

MANUALLY CONFIGURING THE UNIT

Alternatively the VA500 Altimeter can be manually configured via serial communications

using a series of # code commands. This can be with Valeport terminal or an alternative

terminal program such as HyperTerminal.

Valeport Terminal is preconfigured with the required settings, but for reference the settings

required to communicate with the VA500 are:

Baud Rate:

Data Bits

Parity

Stop bits

Flow control

Send line ends with line feed

The unit can be stopped at any time by sending the '#' character. The unit returns a '>', and

waits for a further command. The unit can then be interrogated or configured using the

following codes.

Note that all commands must be "sent" by pressing the Enter (carriage return) key, with the

exception of the single '#' character required to enter setup mode

Note that there is a "watchdog" function here – if the unit is interrupted with the '#' character,

and no further command is received for a period of 5 minutes, the sensor will automatically

begin sampling data using the existing settings.

VA500 Altimeter Manual

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