Agilent Technologies E4374A, E4370A, E4371A manual cfReadSerial, Syntax, Description, See Also

6 - Language Dictionary

For sequence steps of type CF_CHARGE, CF_DISCHARGE, or CF_REST, the format is: cell-numberstep-number time status entry-typevolt-readingcurr-readingamp-hourswatt-hours <newline>.

For all other sequence step types, the format is:

cell-number step-number time status entry-type value <newline>

cell-number	1 through 256
step-number	1 through n, the number defined by cfSetSeqStep
time	Time in seconds since the forming sequence was triggered
status	A value that indicates the status of the cell
	Constant	Value	Description
	CF_CV	1	constant voltage mode
	CF_CC_POS	2	constant current charge mode
	CF_CC_NEG	4	constant current discharge mode
entry-type	One of the following character strings: Charge, Discharge, Rest, ACR, DCR,
	TaggedACR, TaggedDCR Tagged OCV, TaggedCumAH, TaggedCumWH,
	ResetCumAH, ResetCumWH.
volt-reading	Cell voltage measurement in volts
curr-reading	Cell current measurement in amperes
amp-hours	The cumulative ampere-hours measured from the beginning of this step-number.
watt-hours	The cumulative watt-hours measured from the beginning of this step-number.
value	The measurement or value related to the step type (either Tagged ACR, TaggedDCR,
	TaggedOCV, TaggedCumWH, TaggedCumAH).

The measure log remains in the instrument’s memory until a new forming sequence is started with the cfInitiate function.

cfReadSerial

Syntax

int cfReadSerial (CF_HANDLE server, CF_SERIAL_PORT port, int bufsize, char *buffer, int *retcount);

Description

Reads data from one of the serial ports. The port argument can be CF_PORTA or CF_PORTB. A maximum of bufsize characters will be returned in buffer. The number of characters in the buffer is returned in retcount. If there are fewer than bufsize characters available to be read, the function returns only these characters and does not wait for the buffer to fill. The instrument stores characters from the serial ports in a FIFO buffer until they are read by the controller. The function cfSerialStatus can be used to test for serial error conditions.

See Also

cfGetSerialStatus

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