Advanced Energy Paramount MF 2 kW User Manual page 75

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Table 4‑10. AE Host commands (Continued)
Command
147
report generator
actual frequency
148
report fixed or
sweep frequency
mode
57020114-00E
Description
◦ 0 = Returns frequency in kHz
◦ 1 = Returns frequency in Hz
Set this value with command 46.
If output is on when you send this command,
it reports the actual output frequency.
If output is off when you send this command:
• If the unit is in fixed frequency mode, the
command reports the fixed frequency (as
in command 161).
• If the unit is in sweep frequency mode,
the command reports the tuning start
frequency (as in command 146).
In either fixed or variable mode, if the output
is off when you send this command, the unit
reports the frequency that it will first output
the next time you turn the unit on.
Send 0 data bytes to return frequency in kHz
or send 1 data byte to return frequency in kHz
or Hz.
Send 0 data bytes:
• Returns 4 data bytes = Frequency in kHz
Send 1 data byte:
• Byte 0 = Frequency in kHz or Hz
◦ 0 = Returns frequency in kHz
◦ 1 = Returns frequency in Hz
Returns 4 data bytes (32-bit value) =
Frequency in kHz or Hz
Reports the frequency mode.
Send 0 or 1 data bytes.
Send 0 data bytes:
Returns 1 data byte (8-bit value):
• 0 = Fixed frequency mode
• 1 = Sweep frequency mode
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Data Bytes
Sent
Returned
0 or 1
0 or 1
Data
Bytes
4
1 or 2
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