API Commands Appendix A
A-60 ChartScan User’s Manual
V - Set User Terminator
TYPE System
EXECUTION Deferred
SYNTAX Vval Set the User Terminator value to any character whose numeric value (ASCII
value) val is in the range 0 to 255.
V? Query the present user terminator value.
DESCRIPTION
The Set User Terminator (V) command is used to set the User Terminator value to any character whose num eric
value (ASCII value) is in the range 0 to 255. The User Terminator may be used by the Set Query Terminator (Q)
command to specify a user-defined terminator for any of the defined terminator types or as a reading s eparator
for the Read Buffered Data (R) command.
EXAMPLE
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;Q1,0,1,1,1X” ‘ Set the reading separator flag ON
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;F0,0X” ‘ Data format is engineering units, degrees C
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;V44X” ‘ Set the User Terminator to be a comma (,)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure channels 1 - 4 as T/C type J
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;I00:00:01.0,
00:00:00.1”
‘ Configure scan interval
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;Y0,1000,0X" ‘ Configure acquisition counts
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;T1,8,0,0X" ‘ Configure acquisition, start trigger is Trigger On (@)
command, stop trigger is Counts
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;@X" ‘ Trigger the acquisition
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;R1X” ‘ Read a Scan
PRINT#1,"ENTER07" ‘ Retrieve the Scan
INPUT A$ ‘ Screen shows +0020.30, +0023.80,
+0034.90, +0013.50
PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;V58X” ‘ Set the User Terminator to be a colon (:)
PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;R1X ‘ Read a Scan
PRINT#1,"ENTER07" ‘ Retrieve the Scan
INPUT A$ ‘ Screen shows +0020.30: +0023.80:
+0034.90: +0013.50