Digital Communication Interface; Serial Communications - Fluke 7341 User Manual

10 Digital Communication Interface

Serial Communications

10 Digital Communication Interface
The 7341 bath is capable of communicating with and being controlled by other
equipment through the digital interface. Two types of digital interface are avail-
able - the RS-232 serial interface which is standard and the IEEE-488 GPIB in-
terface which is optional.
With a digital interface the bath may be connected to a computer or other
equipment. This allows the user to set the bath temperature, monitor the tem-
perature, and access any of the other controller functions, all using remote com-
munications equipment. In addition the cooling may be controlled using the
interface. To control the cooling with the interface the cooling power switch
must be ON.
10.1 Serial Communications
The RS-232 serial interface allows serial digital communications over fairly
long distances (15.24 meters). With the serial interface the user may access any
of the functions, parameters and settings discussed in Section 9, Controller Op-
eration with the exception of the baud rate setting. The serial interface operates
with eight data bits, one stop bit, and no parity.
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