Battery Life; Calibration; Scpi Commands; Remote Communications - Fluke 1551A Ex User Manual

1551A/1552A Ex
Users Manual
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Battery Life

Battery life is approximately 300 hours (12.5 days) of continuous operation with the
backlight off. A low-battery icon (E) shows in the lower right of the display when
battery level is low. Replace batteries per recommendations found in the specifications
section of this manual.

Calibration

For calibration information, refer to the Calibration Manual.

SCPI Commands

This section explains the 1551A Ex/1552A Ex (Product) remote SCPI commands.

Remote Communications

RS-232 Port Operation

The RS-232 configuration is fixed as follows:
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The baud rate is 9600 by default but may be changed to 2400.

Command Summary

Commands that allow a setting to be set usually have a query form ending with a question
mark. For example:
UNIT:TEMP C
UNIT:TEMP?
See Table 4 for an alphabetical list of all SCPI Commands.
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Table 3. Approved Batteries
Battery
(IEC LR03)
Duracell
Energizer
Panasonic
8 data bits
1 stop bit
no parity
Xon/Xoff flow control
End of line is CR (ASCII 13)
Sets the unit to degrees Celsius.
Returns the unit of measurement.
Manufacturer Type
MN2400
E92VP
LR03WXA