% Class for communication with Pfeiffer TPG single and dual pressure gauge % controllers. % Tested with TPG 362. classdef MyTpg < MyInstrument properties (Constant=true) % Named constants for communication ETX = char(3); % end of text CR = char(13); % carriage return LF = char(10); %#ok % line feed ENQ = char(5); % enquiry ACK = char(6); % acknowledge NAK = char(21); % negative acknowledge end properties (SetAccess=protected, GetAccess=public) pressure1 = 0; % numeric values of pressure pressure2 = 0; stat1; stat2; gauge_id1; gauge_id2; pressure_unit = ''; end properties (Dependent=true) pressure_str1; % display string with measurement unit pressure_str2; end methods (Access=public) function this = MyTpg(interface, address, varargin) this@MyInstrument(interface, address, varargin{:}); connectDevice(this, interface, address); end % read pressure from a single channel or both channels at a time function p_arr = readPressure(this) query(this.Device,['PRX',this.CR,this.LF]); str = query(this.Device,this.ENQ); % Extract pressure and gauge status from reading. arr = sscanf(str,'%i,%e,%i,%e'); p_arr=transpose(arr(2:2:end)); this.pressure1 = p_arr(1); this.pressure2 = p_arr(2); % Status codes: % 0 –> Measurement data okay % 1 –> Underrange % 2 –> Overrange % 3 –> Sensor error % 4 –> Sensor off (IKR, PKR, IMR, PBR) % 5 –> No sensor (output: 5,2.0000E-2 [hPa]) % 6 –> Identification error this.stat1 = gaugeStatusFromCode(this, arr(1)); this.stat2 = gaugeStatusFromCode(this, arr(3)); triggerNewData(this); end function pu = readPressureUnit(this) query(this.Device,['UNI',this.CR,this.LF]); str = query(this.Device,this.ENQ); % Pressure units correspondence table: % 0 –> mbar/bar % 1 –> Torr % 2 –> Pascal % 3 –> Micron % 4 –> hPascal (default) % 5 –> Volt pu_code = sscanf(str,'%i'); pu = pressureUnitFromCode(this, pu_code); this.pressure_unit = pu; end function id_list = readGaugeId(this) query(this.Device,['TID',this.CR,this.LF]); str = query(this.Device,this.ENQ); id_list = deblank(strsplit(str,{','})); this.gauge_id1 = id_list{1}; this.gauge_id2 = id_list{2}; end function p_arr = readAllHedged(this) openDevice(this); try p_arr = readPressure(this); readPressureUnit(this); readGaugeId(this); catch p_arr = [0,0]; warning('Error while communicating with gauge controller') end closeDevice(this) end function code_list = turnGauge(this) query(this.Device,['SEN',char(1,1),this.CR,this.LF]); str = query(this.Device,this.ENQ); code_list = deblank(strsplit(str,{','})); end % Convert numerical code for gauge status to a string function str = gaugeStatusFromCode(~, code) switch int8(code) case 0 str = 'Measurement data ok'; case 1 str = 'Underrange'; case 2 str = 'Overrange'; case 3 str = 'Sensor error'; case 4 str = 'Sensor off'; case 5 str = 'No sensor'; case 6 str = 'Identification error'; otherwise str = ''; warning('Unknown gauge status code %i', code); end end % Convert numerical code for pressure unit to a string function str = pressureUnitFromCode(~, code) switch int8(code) case 0 str = 'mbar'; case 1 str = 'Torr'; case 2 str = 'Pa'; case 3 str = 'Micron'; case 4 str = 'hPa'; case 5 str = 'Volt'; otherwise str = ''; warning('unknown pressure unit, code=%i',pu_num) end end end %% Get functions methods function p_str = get.pressure_str1(this) p_str = sprintf('%.2e %s', this.pressure1, this.pressure_unit); end function p_str = get.pressure_str2(this) p_str = sprintf('%.2e %s', this.pressure2, this.pressure_unit); end end end