Control Commands - Continuum Surelite I 10 Operation And Maintenance Manual

Control commands

The RS232 communication parameters are:
9600 BAUD, 8 BIT, NO PARITY, 1 STOP BIT (8N1)
Table 5 Functions and RS232 Commands
Function
Single Shot
Security
Shutter
Start/Stop
Q-switch delay
Repetition Rate
Power supply voltage
Pulse division
Shot counter
Note:
shown using upper case and spaces as indicated. For instance, SH (space)1 (return)
will open the shutter.
Commands that require a parameter must include leading/trailing zeros as in the following
examples:
• QS 195 (pulse division set to 195 µS)
• VA 0.90 (Lamp voltage set to 0.9 kV)
Each command is an ASCII string, and must be terminated by a Carriage Return character. There
are two commands which cause the Surelite to send back ASCII characters; SE (interlocks) and
SC (shot counter). The response to SE is a 2 digit ASCII code, terminated by a Carriage Return
character. This response gives the status of the system. The possible values returned are listed in
Table 6 below.
RS232 Command
SS PD must be in 000 mode
SE Read only
SH [0/1] (off/on)
ST [0/1] (off/on)
QS [XXX] Needs three digits
RR [XX.X]
VA [X.XX]
PD [XXX] 001 Single shot
SC
Remember that all of the above commands must be written exactly as