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FieldMaster GS
Simple RS-232 Program Example
‘ Program to read FieldMaster GS power through the RS-232
‘ Displays current, min and max.
‘ Written for Microsoft QBasic v 1.0 (the one that comes free with DOS)
DECLARE FUNCTION GetInput$ ()
COMMON SHARED term$
‘ Termination Character string
‘ FieldMaster GS can be set to terminate 4 different ways
‘term$ = “\”
‘ for \ line termination
‘term$ = CHR$(13)
‘ for CR line termination
‘term$ = CHR$(13) + CHR$(10)
‘ for CR-LF line termination
term$ = CHR$(10)
‘ for LF line termination
CLS
LOCATE 1, 5
PRINT “FieldMaster GS RS-232 demo program”
‘ Change the com port and baud rate as required
OPEN “com1:9600,n,8,1,CD0,CS0,DS0,OP0,RS” FOR RANDOM AS #1
‘ Setup screen
LOCATE 23, 10
PRINT “Press any key to stop”;
LOCATE 8, 21
PRINT “Current”
LOCATE 8, 36
PRINT “Min”
LOCATE 8, 51
PRINT “Max”
LOCATE 10, 5
PRINT “Power = “;
‘ Set min/max values to extremes
pwrMin = 1000000!
pwrMax = 0!
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