Campbell Scientific VSP3 Vosponder Voice Radio Interface - Manual (Page 19)

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Section 3. Developing the Voice Image
File
1. Hardware connections to the datalogger and radio (Section 1)
2. Programming the datalogger to output the data values to the
Vosponder (Section 2)
► 3. Developing a voice image file for the Vosponder (Section 3)
4. Setup and testing of the Vosponder (Section 4)
After completing Section 2, you should now have the datalogger programmed
to send data values to the Vosponder. Step 3 is used to create a voice image
file to upload to the Vosponder.
3.1 Purpose of the Voice Image
The Vosponder uses an image string to associate the appropriate text with the
data values that it receives from a datalogger. The voice image file contains
the following information:
• How many data values will be sent from the datalogger.
• The text to be spoken prior to each data value.
• How to speak the numerals.
• Whether to speak the decimal point or not.
• How many digits to the right of the decimal point to speak.
• The text to be spoken following each data value.
An example of a single data value that contains the numeral +76.457 could
sound like this:
“The current temperature is seventy six point four degrees.”
Or:
“Tank number three is +76.46 percent full.”
3.2 Creating a Voice Image File
There are two ways to create a voice image file.
1. Use the Voice Image Development Software that is included with the
Vosponder.