TSI Instruments 5300 Series Setup guide

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General Purpose
Thermal Mass
Flow Meters
TSI®Series 5200/5300
ASCII Command Set
P/N 6011697, Revision C
May 2023

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General Purpose
Thermal Mass
Flow Meters
TSI®Series 5200/5300
ASCII Command Set
P/N 6011697, Revision C
May 2023
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WARNING
TSI®flow meters employ a heated platinum sensor.
They SHOULD NOT be used with flammable or
explosive gasses or mixtures.
C A U T I O N
TSI®flow meters ARE NOT medical devices under
FDA 510k and in no situation should they be utilized
for human respiration measurements.
I N F O R M A T I O N
Refer to the 5300 or 5200 Series Operations Manuals
for Warranty, Liability, and Service information.

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CONTENTS
Chapter 1.............................................................................................1
FLOW METER IDENTIFICATION....................................................1
Meter Front.......................................................................................1
Meter Back........................................................................................1
Chapter 2.............................................................................................3
CONNECTING COMPUTER TO FLOW METER.............................3
Direct USB NDIS Interface ...............................................................3
Steps to Establish Communication over NDIS..............................3
RS232 Communication Utilizing a USB A to RS232 Adapter..........7
Chapter 3...........................................................................................11
ASCII PROTOCOL.........................................................................11
Command Format...........................................................................11
Chapter 4...........................................................................................13
COMMAND SET.............................................................................13
Command Set Summary ................................................................13
Commands for Flow Rate, Temperature, Pressure, and Volume.13
Measurement Setup Commands.................................................13
Miscellaneous Commands..........................................................14
Display Commands .....................................................................15
Command Set Detailed...................................................................16
DmFTPnnnn................................................................................16
DmFTPHLInnnn...........................................................................19
TRESET ......................................................................................19
Vmnnnn.......................................................................................20
SBTxnnn.nn (Series 5300) SBTxnn.nnn (Series 5200) ......22
SETxnnn.nn (Series 5300) SETxnn.nnn (Series 5200) ......23
CBT .............................................................................................23
CET .............................................................................................24
SSRnnnn.....................................................................................24
SGn SGMmm..............................................................................25
SUn..............................................................................................26
SSTnn.nn.....................................................................................27
SSPnnn.nn ..................................................................................28
SDU2...........................................................................................28
LPZ..............................................................................................28
SCHx...........................................................................................28
SCDx...........................................................................................29
SCEx ...........................................................................................29

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Rxx...............................................................................................30
DEFAULT ....................................................................................31
SN................................................................................................31
MN ...............................................................................................31
REV .............................................................................................31
HREV...........................................................................................32
DATE...........................................................................................32
?...................................................................................................32
SUSTRxxxxxxxx..........................................................................32
RUSTR ........................................................................................33
SALIASxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...........................................................33
RALIAS........................................................................................33
BREAK.........................................................................................33
SBAUDnnnnnn ............................................................................34
RBAUD........................................................................................34
SCREENSHOT............................................................................34
SURnnnn.....................................................................................35
Chapter 5...........................................................................................37
TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................37
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS............................................38
TECHNICAL CONTACTS..............................................................39
Appendix A .......................................................................................41
ERROR CODES.............................................................................41
Appendix B .......................................................................................43
FACTORY DEFAULT PARAMETERS ..........................................43

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Chapter 1
Flow Meter Identification
Meter Front
Meter Back
Figure 1-1. Series 5300 Mass Flow Meter
1. Power Button (On/Off)
5. USB-C Power / Communications Port
2. Color Touchscreen Display*
6. USB-A Ports (2)
3. Interchangeable Tube Ends
7. Low Differential Ports
(5 x 10 / 5 x 20 / 5 x 30 models only)
4. Mounting Inserts
(M3 thread size)
8. Collars

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Chapter 2
Connecting Computer to Flow Meter
The 5000 Series can establish communication with a computer over
either a direct USB link utilizing a NDIS driver or over RS232 using a
USB to RS232 converter.
Direct USB NDIS Interface
Using the direct link USB interface is the preferred method to
establish communication. This interface is fast and only requires a
single USB cable between the meter and the computer. The same
cable will both power and transfer data. This connection will utilize a
standard USB driver called the NDIS driver.
For this connection to function, the NDIS driver needs to be loaded
onto the computer. This can be easily accomplished by installing the
free TSI®Basic flow software package called FLO-Sight™. As part of
the installation, the install package will place the NDIS driver on the
computer. Refer to the main instrument manual for details on how to
install free TSI®FLO-Sight™software.
Steps to Establish Communication over NDIS
The first step of
establishing
communication is to have
an NDIS driver loaded on
the computer as described
above. Next, plug the
GP Flow instrument into
the computer using a
USB C to A cable and
allow it to boot. The
USB C connection is on
the flow meter side and
the USB A connection is
on the computer side. The
driver will automatically
load or you may need to
press accept on a dialog
that states a new NDIS
device has been found.

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The driver function can be confirmed by looking into the computer’s
device manager. The instrument will show up as a Remote NDIS
device under Network Adapters (see screen capture below).
The next step to test the communication is to open up a terminal
program and establish a TCP/IP winsock connection. The example
below is using HyperTerminal®Terminal program.
First, determine the device’s IP address using the instrument screen
by pressing the info tag. Each GP Flow insturment will have an
unique IP address.
Next, enter the IP
address into the
terminal’s connection
dialog. Set the connection
to TCP/IP and enter the
port number of 3607. This
is shown in the
HyperTerminal®
Connection dialog.
Press
IP Address

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Now, commands typed into the terminal will be relayed to the
instrument and responses presented in the terminal screen. If the
connection is working, the meter will respond to a question mark
command “?” with “OK”.

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The graphic below shows the full system for connecting the
instrument to the computer over NDIS.

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RS232 Communication Utilizing a USB A to
RS232 Adapter
Another method for communicating to the GP Flow instrument is to
utilize a USB to RS232 adapter and then communicate to the
computer using RS232 protocols.
The first step is to connect a USB to RS232 converter to the GP Flow
instrument. The converter must be based on the FTD based drivers
for it to function with the GP Flow instrument. TSI®sells a converter
tested to work with the instrument P/N 5000-RS232. After attaching
the converter, the GP Flow instrument must be rebooted. See
graphic below.
I N F O R M A T I O N
The 5000 Series instrument MUST be rebooted after
attaching the USB to RS232 adapter.
Once the meter has been rebooted, a DB9 Null modem serial cable
can be attached to the computer.
I N F O R M A T I O N
The serial cable between the GP Flow instrument and
the computer MUST be a null modem cable.

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Once the RS232 connection has been created between the GP Flow
instrument and the computer, that connection can be tested using a
Terminal program.
The RS232 Settings to be
entered into the terminal
program are shown below.
RS232 Settings:
Baud Rate ......... 115,200 k
Data Bits............ 8
Parity................. None
Stop Bits............ 1
Flow Control...... None
Enter the RS232 settings into
the terminal’s connection
dialog. This is shown in the
HyperTerminal®Connection
dialog shown at right.
Now, commands typed into the terminal will be relayed to the
instrument and responses presented in the terminal screen. If the
connection is working, the meter will respond to a question mark
command “?” with “OK”.

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Note that the RS232 baud rate is factory set at 115,200. This rate can
be changed to 38,400 to be backwards compatible with the 4000
Series instrument. See the baud rate commands in the manual for
steps in changing the baud rate.
The graphic below shows the full system for connecting the
instrument to the computer over RS232.

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Chapter 3
ASCII Protocol
Command Format
The serial interface commands in this manual are designated by the
bold font (ex. DmFTPnnnn). The commands are case-sensitive.
Upper case letters are used throughout the command set except
as designated.
The TSI®Series 5XXX use ASCII characters as the input command
set. Each command sent to the flow meter must be terminated by a
carriage return (CR = 0x0d). Line feeds (LF = 0x0a) are ignored.
Select commands allow you to choose either ASCII or binary format
for the returned data. Binary data transfers allow for faster operation.
The TSI®Series 5XXX flow meters send an acknowledge sequence
to confirm that the command was received. For ASCII commands, the
acknowledge sequence is “OK” <CR><LF>. For binary commands, a
single byte, 0x00, is returned.
The ASCII command set for the Series 4000 / 4100 flow meters
(4000-4100-RS-Command-Set P/N 1980340) is backwards
compatible with the TSI®Series 5XXX flow meters. This manual lists
which commands also work with the Series 4000 / 4100 flow meters
and also include additional commands specifically for the additional
functions of the 5XXX series.

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