Appendix a: ads spider inputs – ADS Environmental Services Spider QR 775010 A0 User Manual

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Appendix A: ADS Spider Inputs

INPUT

TYPE

LOGGING

METHOD

LOGGING

RESOLUTION

ALARM

TRIGGER
CHOICES

TYPICAL

USE

COMMENT

SWITCH

AUTOMATIC

Within 5 seconds

of change

ON STATE

OFF STATE


Switches,
Status
indicators,
level (float)
switches


Must be
stable for a
minimum of 5
seconds.
Current state
recorded
every night at
midnight.

EVENT

AUTOMATIC

Within 5 seconds

of pulse

RATE OF
CHANGE


Tipping bucket
rain gauge,
any sensor
outputting less
than 1 pulse
per 30
seconds with a
minimum
pulse width of
0.1 second


Logs time of
pulse and
pulse counter
that rolls over
from 99,999
to 0. Current
count
recorded as
a special
event every
night at
midnight

DAILY

TOTAL

AUTOMATIC

Within 5 seconds

of pulse

RATE OF
CHANGE


Tipping bucket
rain gauge,
any sensor
outputting less
than 1 pulse
per 30
seconds with a
minimum
pulse width of
0.1 second


Logs time of
pulse and
pulse counter
that rolls over
from 99,999
to 0. Current
count cleared
and recorded
as a special
event every
night at
midnight

COUNTER

SIGNIFICANT

CHANGE

AS SET BY

USER

(SCAN PERIOD)

RATE OF
CHANGE


Pulse type
flow meters,
any sensor
with a low
frequency (<=
10Hz) output


Counter rolls
over from
99,999 to 0.
Current count
recorded
every night at
midnight.

UTILITY

METER

EVERY SCAN

PERIOD

AS SET BY

USER

(SCAN PERIOD)

RATE OF
CHANGE


Water,
electricity, or
gas meters.
Any pulse type
meter with a
low frequency
(<= 10Hz)
output


Each logged
data point is
the number
of pulse in
the previous
scan period.

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