Campbell Scientific CR7 Measurement and Control System User Manual

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SECTION 8. PROCESSING AND PROGRAM CONTROL EXAMPLES

8-5

04:

P37

Z=X*F

01:

1

X Loc WS

02:

10

F

03:

4

Z Loc [:WS output]

05:

P37

Z=X*F

01:

3

X Loc 0-540 WD

02:

1.8519

F

03:

5

Z Loc [:WD output]

06:

P21

Analog Out

01:

1

EX Card

02:

1

CAO Chan

03:

4

mv Loc WS output

07:

P21

Analog Out

01:

1

EX Card

02:

2

CAO Chan

03:

5

mv Loc WD output

08:

P92

If time is

01:

0

minutes into a

02:

60

minute interval

03:

10

Set high Flag 0 (output)

09:

P69

Wind Vector

01:

1

Rep

02:

180

Samples per sub-interval

03:

00

Polar Sensor/(S, D1, SD1)

04:

1

Wind Speed/East Loc WS

05:

2

Wind Dir./North Loc 0-360 WD

10:

P

End Table 1

8.5 CONVERTING 0-360 WIND

DIRECTION OUTPUT TO 0-540 FOR
STRIP CHART

If 0-360 degree wind direction is output to a strip
chart, the discontinuity at 0/360 will cause the
pen to jump back and forth full scale when the
winds are varying from the north. In the days of
strip charts this was solved with a 0-540 degree
pot on the wind vane (direction changes from
540 to 180 and from 0 to 360 so the pen only
jumps once when the wind is out of the north or
south).

When faced with the necessity of strip chart
output (see previous example), the following
algorithm can be used to change a 0-360
degree input to 0-540. (If you have a 0-540 pot,
it can be used with the 21X since the Wind
Vector Instruction, 69, will work with this output.)

To change 0-360 degrees to the 0-540 degrees,
360 degrees must sometimes be added to the
reading when it is in the range of 0 to 180. The
following algorithm does this by assuming that if
the previous reading was less than 270, the
vane has shifted through 180 degrees and does
not need to be altered. If the previous 0-540
reading was greater than 270, 360 degrees is
added.

This example is written as a subroutine which is
used by the previous example to output an
analog voltage to a strip chart.

Input Location Labels:

1:WS
2:0-360 WD
3:0-540 WD
4:WS output
5:WD output

*

3

Table 3 Subroutines

01:

P85

Beginning of Subroutine

01:

1

Subroutine Number

02:

P89

If X<=>F

01:

3

X Loc 0-540 WD

02:

3

>=

03:

270

F

04:

30

Then Do

03:

P86

Do

01:

11

Set high Flag 1

04:

P94

Else

05:

P86

Do

01:

21

Set low Flag 1

06:

P95

End

07:

P31

Z=X

01:

2

X Loc 0-360 WD

02:

3

Z Loc [:0-540 WD ]

08:

P89

If X<=>F

01:

3

X Loc 0-540 WD

02:

4

<

03:

180

F

04:

30

Then Do

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