Xylem XL Series H-522 - Plus - Manual (Page 171)

XL™ Series
Operation with the GOES Radio 16-15
is designed specifically for real-time use and is not designed for historical or archival data
transfer. All the critical elements for identification of data are covered. Station identifiers,
parameter descriptors, time encoding conventions, unit and scale conventions, and comment
fields are all part of the code. The true SHEF implementation does not lend itself well to GOES
transmissions but using portions of it can be helpful.
PC Interface View Built In Display Screen
A - Append 1 Battery Scan Append Bat Valu[No ]
This option allows one battery reading to be appended to the data being transmitted. Normal
applications transmit 15 minute data yet battery values are not required that often. Fifteen minute
battery readings also take up transmit time that could be used for other data. Selecting ‘Yes’ to
this option allows the user to still get a battery value for each transmission, while shortening the
transmit time and allowing other data to be transmitted instead.
PC Interface View Built In Display Screen
S - Redundant Data Sets Extra Data Sets [01]
This option is used to set the number of extra data sets to send with each transmission. A data set
is defined as the data collected for between transmissions. Setting this option to 00 would mean
do not send any extra or redundant data sets. The only data that would be transmitted is the data
collected since the last transmission. The default value is 01 indicating to the system to send one
set of extra or redundant data along with the new data. The new data would be the data collected
since the last transmission and the extra data set(s) would be the data collected between the older
transmissions in logical order. Sending redundant data is a common practice with the GOES
system, and allows the data to be transmitted more than once, protecting against lost
transmissions.
PC Interface View Built In Display Screen
T - Transmit Options ST Data Options ->
One of two menus will be displayed here based on the setting of the ‘Data Format’ option. The
submenu allows the user to select the data that is to be transmitted, and in which order.
Measurement rates and formatting options are also available. If the data format is SHEF then the
user can also define SHEF codes if desired. Defining the options here is similar to defining
columns in a spreadsheet.