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Section 5. Program Creation and Editing
5.2.5 New Sensor Files
Short Cut was designed with future flexibility in mind. Datalogger and sensor
support is provided as individual files and not part of the SCWIN executable.
As new dataloggers and sensors become available, new definition files will be
created to add and modify the necessary features known to Short Cut. To
update these files, you can download the latest version of Short Cut from the
Campbell Scientific website:
It is also possible to have custom sensor files created for sensors your
organization uses that are not included with Short Cut. Contact your Campbell
Scientific applications engineer for details.
5.2.6 Custom Sensor Files
The creation of custom sensor files can be enabled from Short Cut’s Tools |
Options menu item. Once enabled, custom sensor files can be created by right-
clicking on a sensor in the Available Sensors and Devices list and choosing
Create Custom Sensor.
The resulting dialog box will allow the user to make changes to the chosen
sensor file and then save it with a new name. (See Short Cut’s Online Help for
additional information on changes that can be made.) By default, custom
sensor files will be created in C:\CampbellSci\SCWin\SENSORS, which is a
different location than that of Short Cut’s included sensor files.
Once the custom sensor file has been saved, it will be added to the Available
Sensors list.
5.3 Program Creation with the RTDAQ Program
Generator
5.3.1 Basic Operation
RTDAQ includes the ProgGen application which generates detailed CRBasic
programs for the CR5000 and CR9000X dataloggers. Once generated, these
programs are ready to be loaded to the datalogger and executed.
Users with little or no knowledge of the CRBasic datalogger programming
language can easily produce efficient programs using this application. This is
done by specifying details about the kind of program to be created along with
the applicable parameters within the application’s interface. The CRBasic
program is created automatically (i.e., generated) at the time the generator
project is saved. Generator projects can be retrieved at a later time so that
some of the project’s settings can be changed to generate variant programs
based on the original program.
The RTDAQ Program Generator is a new revision of the program generators
which were previously available with Campbell Scientific’s PC9000 software.
This program creates CRBasic programs, wiring diagrams, and table information
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