RS232 Communication Instructions for 85XX Series
2019-12-23
The B&K Precision 85XX Series DC Electronic load utilizes a unique way for remote communication. Unlike SCPI based instruments, they communicate in packets of 26 bytes, with termination of messages verified based on a checksum byte rather than a carriage return or line feed.
The attached documentation provides a quick guide to understanding the remote protocol structure of the series with some examples to demonstrate the use some functions. This is a supplemental reference to the remote protocol section of the user manual, to which the entire list of valid protocols are listed and described for those developing custom applications for testing.
https://bkpmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/software/github8500.pdf
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