Campbell Scientific CR1000 Measurement and Control System User Manual

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Section 11. Glossary

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LONG 

Data type used when declaring integers. 

loop 

A series of instructions in a program that are repeated a prescribed 
number of times and followed by an "end" instruction which exits the 
program from the loop. 

loop counter 

Increments by one with each pass through a loop. 

manually initiated 

Initiated by the user, usually with a external keyboard / display, as 
opposed to occurring under program control. 

MD5 digest 

16‐byte checksum of the VTP configuration. 

milli 

The SI prefix denoting 1/1000s of a base SI unit. 

Modbus 

Communication protocol published by Modicon in 1979 for use in 
programmable logic controllers (PLCs). 

modem/terminal 

Any device which:  

o has the ability to raise the CR1000 ring line or be used with an optically

isolated interface (see the appendix CS I/O Serial Interfaces

(p. 567)

) to

raise the ring line and put the CR1000 in the telecommunications
command state.

o has an asynchronous serial communication port which can be configured

to communicate with the CR1000.

Glossary. modulo divide 

A mathematical operation wherein the result of interest is the 
remainder after a division. 

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