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NAME

DP41::Data::Current - Module for retrieving data from an Omega brand Thermacouple.

SYNOPSIS

use DP41::Data::Current; $temp = serial_data();

REQUIRES

Requires Device::SerialPort or Win32::SerialPort depending on platform.

DESCRIPTION

Module for retrieving the current reading on a Omega DP41 Thermocouple. Module has been tested on Omega DP41-RTD only, unknown if it will work with other models. Requires Device::SerialPort or Win32::SerialPort depending on platform.

AUTHOR/LICENSE

Perl Module DP41::Data::Current, retrieves current reading from Omega DP41-RTD Thermocouple. Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Stanford University, Authored by Sam Kerr kerr@cpan.org

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

Functions

One function is exported by default (serial_data).

serial_data

$temp = serial_data();

Returns the current reading from a DP41 Thermacouple.

Changelog

04-06-09 - v0.3.4 Added PREREQ_PM => Device::SerialPort to makefile 04-02-09 - v0.3.2 Modified to run on Win32 (experimental!)