TCIC User’s Manual
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‘T’ Returns the board (Cold Junction) in ºC or ºF, whatever was
selected in Card settings, plus CR/LF. The value is padded to
have a fixed length of 8 characters, so the string has a fixed
length of 8 characters (excluding the CR/LF).
‘O’ (upper case letter O) The TCIC returns a string of the form
11110000 plus CR/LF, indicating the actual status of the
output switches 1-8. ‘0’ = off, ‘1’ = on.
‘<’ The TCIC returns a string that includes the following items:
1. The response on the ‘>’ command (excluding the CR/LF).
2. The response on the ‘T’ command (excluding the CR/LF).
3. The response on the ‘O’ command (excluding the CR/LF).
4. Card Filter level.
5. CR/LF.
That is, the contents of the string is:
Channel 1 reading + tab character
Channel 2 reading + tab character
Channel 3 reading + tab character
Channel 4 reading + tab character
Channel 5 reading + tab character
Channel 6 reading + tab character
Channel 7 reading + tab character
Channel 8 reading + tab character
Cold Junction reading + tab character
Output status – eight characters either ‘0’ (off) or ‘1’ (on)
Card Filter level – one character either ‘0’ (standard) or ‘1’ (high)
CR/LF
As each reading (both channel and cold junction) is padded to
have a fixed length of 8 characters, the whole string has a
fixed length of 90 characters (excluding the CR/LF).
‘V’ TCIC returns version number information, plus CR/LF.