Conair MPW, MPA Spi Commands Supported By The Conair Microkool, SPI Command Pairs, APPENDIX B-1

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SPI Command Pairs

The SPI commands supported by Conair microKool portable chillers are listed in the following tables.

The standard required commands and three optional com- mands are listed in the SPI Command Pairs table, along with the Select and Poll command pairs in hexadecimal format. Select commands set or change chiller functions. Poll com- mands retrieve information from the chiller.

SPI Command Pairs

 

Portable chillers

Device ID: hex 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commands

 

Select

Poll

 

Echo

 

0x21

0x21

 

- Select stores 4 bytes of information at the chiller; Poll retrieves it.

 

0x21

0x20

 

Setpoint Process Temperature

 

0x21

0x21

 

- Sets and retrieves the process temperature setpoint.

 

0x31

0x30

 

Alarm, High Temperature Deviation*

 

0x21

0x21

 

- Sets the alarm band temperature; retrieves setpoint + alarm band value.

0x33

0x32

 

Alarm, Low Temperature Deviation*

 

0x21

0x21

 

- Sets the alarm band temperature; retrieves setpoint + alarm band value.

0x35

0x34

 

Mode, Machine

 

0x21

0x21

 

- Start/stops the chiller; acknowledges alarms; retrieves run status

 

0x49

0x48

 

Version

 

 

0x21

 

- Retrieves 4 bytes of SPI version information.

 

 

0x22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Process Status

 

 

0x21

 

- Retrieves run status and alarm conditions.

 

 

0x40

 

Status, Machine 1

 

 

0x21

 

- Retrieves run status and alarm conditions.

 

 

0x42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Status, Machine 2

 

 

0x21

 

- Retrieves run status and alarm conditions.

 

 

0x44

 

Temperature, from Process

 

 

0x21

 

- Retrieves the actual temperature of fluid returning to the chiller.

 

 

0x72

 

 

 

 

 

*NOTE: Both High and Low Temperature Deviation commands set the same variable. Use only one of these commands to avoid problems.

See the tables on the following pages for the SPI status words and BIT positions for Process Status, Machine 1 Status and Machine 2 status.

For more information on the SPI protocol, you can obtain the SPI Communication Protocol Manual by contacting:

The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.

1801 K Street, NW, Suite 600K

Washington, D.C. 20006

(202)974-5200 Fax: (202) 296-7005 www.plasticsindustry.org

SPI COMMANDS

SUPPORTED BY

THE CONAIR

MICROKOOL

UGH004/0999

CHILLER SPI COMMANDS

APPENDIX B-1

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