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AALBORG VORTEX METER ASCII SOFTWARE INTERFACE COMMANDS
NOTE: AN “*” INDICATES POWER UP DEFAULT SETTINGS. AN “**” INDICATES OPTIONAL FEATURE NOT AVAILABLE ON ALL MODELS.
COMMAND
NAME
DESCRIPTION
NO.
COMMAND SYNTAX
COMMAND ARGUMENT 1 ARGUMENT 2 ARGUMENT 3 ARGUMENT 4 RESPONSE
Volumetric
Flow
Requests the current volumet-
ric flow reading in current EU
1
VF
<Value> (Actual volumetric
flow in current engineering
units)
Mass Flow
Requests the current mass
flow reading in current EU
2 MF <Value> (Actual mass flow in
current engineering units)
Density
Requests the current Density
reading in current EU
3
D
<Value> (Actual density in cur-
rent EU)
Temperature
/Pressure**
Requests the current
temperature and pressure
reading in current EU
4 TP <T_Value>, <P_Value>
Example: 22.5,14.7
<T_Value>, <P_Value>
Example: 22.5,14.7
Diagnostic
Events
Register
Read/Reset current status of
Diagnostic Events Register
See list of the Diagnostic
Events below.
5 DE
NO ARGUMENT
(read status)
DE:0x10
0x10 – diagnostic word
(16 bits wide)
R (reset Event Log
register to 0x0000)
DE:0x0
Diagnostic
Mask
Display/Set Diagnostic Events
Mask register
See list of the Diagnostic
Events below.
6
DM NO ARGUMENT
(read current Diagnostic
Events Mask register)
DM:0x9FFF
0x9FFF – diagnostic mask (16
bits wide).
Set bit - Enable
Clear bit - Disable
<Value>0x0000 - 0xFFFF
NOTE: all 6 characters
are required
DM:0x9FFF
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