TMconsole – console application for TM… thermometers

TMconsole is able to measure temperature using TM, TMU and TME thermometers (with RS232, USB and Ethernet) and save it into a file on the disk. The application is a console application which is run using a command line.

Features and functions

• Communication with thermometers: TM (RS232 thermometer), TMU (USB thermometer) or TME (Ethernet thermometer)
• Saving measured temperatures into a file on the disc
• The application does not have any graphical interface – this is a console application which is run using a command line.

Usage examples

• TMConsole.exe /COM
  Test of all available COM ports in the system.
• TMConsole.exe /COM1 /File=”{DATETIME(yymmdd_hhmmss)}.txt”
  Command for measuring and saving temperature into a text file named according to the current date and time.
• TMConsole.exe -COM1 -File=”{DATETIME(yymmdd)}.txt” -format=”{DATETIME(hh:mm:ss)} – {VALUE} C{CHR($0D)}{CHR($A)}”
  Command for measuring and saving temperature into a text file named according to the current date. The format of the text file is user-defined.
• del temperature.txt
  TMConsole.exe -COM1 -File=”temperature.txt”
  Command for measuring and saving temperature into a text file named according to the current date. The original file will be replaced by a new one.

File formatting

It is possible to use the following strings within the commands to define file names or output file formats:

• {DATETIME(hh:mm:ss)} – To format the current date and time. YYYY – year as a 4-digit number; NN – month as a 2-digit number; DD – day as a 2-digit number; hh – hours (two positions); mm – minutes (two positions); ss – seconds (two positions)
• {VALUE} – This string will be replaced by the measured temperature.
• CHR($0D)} – To insert CR character.
• CHR($0A)} – To insert LF character. (CR and LF characters represent a new line.)
• CHR($09)}– To insert Tabulator character.
• CHR($XX)}– To insert any character from the ASCII table of characters. Enter the character number as a hexadecimal number.

Images

TM console logo

Example of a window with the command line