Campbell Scientific RTDAQ Software - Manual (Page 354)

Section 10. Utilities
10.4.2 CQR Log (RF Link)
The CQR log contains information about the quality of communication each
time an RFBase is dialed. (Note that information on an RFBase-TD link is not
contained in the CQR log). The CQR log is written to the <working
directory>\Logs directory. By default, this is C:\Campbellsci\RTDAQ\Logs.
Each time an RF link is shutdown, an entry will be written to the CQR Log.
The first line in each entry is the timestamp and the name of the datalogger
being communicated with. The remaining lines are the RF Link Quality
Accumulators (RLQA) for each modem in the link. The RLQA are
representative of the active period of the link. The line for each modem will
contain three numbers:
xxxx yyyy zzzz
where
xxxx = Number of communication failures
yyyy = Noise Level Indicator
zzzz = Noise Level Indicator
A communication failure occurs when a signature of a block of data does not
match its original signature. These blocks are subsequently retransmitted. The
noise level indicators should be 102 (±70) at 3.0K baud rate or 124 (±70) at
2.4K baud.
Example CQR log entry
"10/14/2010 12:10:35",CR10XTD
0002 0128 0055
0000 0129 0063
The first line is the timestamp and name of the datalogger being communicated
with. The next line is the RLQA for the EOL (End of Link) modem. This is the
remote modem connected to the datalogger. The last line is the RLQA for the
SOL (Start of Link) modem. This is the base modem. (This entry is for a link
that contains no repeaters. A link with repeaters would show an additional line
for each repeater between the EOL line and the SOL line.) The 0002 indicates
that two interruptions occurred on the EOL modem while the link was active.
All noise level indicators are within acceptable bounds in this example.
10.5 SDM-CAN Helper Software
Registered users of the RTDAQ software may install, at no cost, an add-on
product called "SDM-CAN Helper". The installation program for SDM-CAN
Helper is available from
www.campbellsci.com/downloads . SDM-CAN Helper
will only be installed if a valid installation of RTDAQ is detected on your
computer.
SDM-CAN Helper assists customers who are using Campbell Scientific’s
SDM-CAN Datalogger-to-CANbus Interface with our dataloggers and
RTDAQ software. This add-on program is for users who are doing automotive
monitoring and testing, or other Controller-Area Network (CAN) applications.
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