RS-232C Port
STEP Signal as Measurement Trigger
Perform measurement
Output result
Note When RS/CS or Xon/Xoff is selected for flow control, the F400 will determine that
either the line has been interrupted or the personal computer is not functioning nor-
mally and generate a timeout error if there is no response within the set time. An error
message will be displayed on the video monitor and the error terminal on the terminal
block will turn ON.
Non-measurement Commands
The following timing chart shows the basic flow of command execution.
Execute command
Output result
Note When RS/CS or Xon/Xoff is selected for flow control, the F400 will determine that
either the line has been interrupted or the personal computer is not functioning nor-
mally and generate a timeout error if there is no response within the set time. An error
message will be displayed on the video monitor and the error terminal on the terminal
block will turn ON.
120
F400
STEP
F400
Computer
*The BUSY terminal is ON while a
measurements are being performed.
Receive result
Computer
Input command
*The BUSY terminal is ON while the
commands are being executed.
Receive result
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