2 restricted range current output modes (4-20 ma) – Campbell Scientific SDM-CVO4 4-Channel Current/Voltage Output Module User Manual

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SDM-CVO4 4-Channel Current/Voltage Output Module

; As we have four channels to output, we will first copy the
; current readings with P54, block move, in a block of four
; input locations to hold the scaled outputs

9: Block Move (P54)
1: 4

No. of Values

2: 1

First Source Loc [ WindSpeed ]

3: 1

Source

Step

4: 5

First Destination Loc [ ScldOut_1 ]

5: 1

Destination

Step


; Then apply the scaling with one Instruction P53
; The readings are scaled -5000 to +5000, i.e. to
; cover the full scale range which would equate to
; 0 - 10,000 mV in voltage mode or 0-20 mA in
; current mode.

; Windspeed to cover the range 0-100 m/s
; Wind direction to cover 0-360 degrees
; Temperature -25 to +50 degrees C
; Radiation 0 - 1000 m^2/s

10: Scaling Array (A*Loc+B) (P53)
1: 5

Start Loc [ ScldOut_1 ]

2: 100

A1 ; WS multiplier

3: -5000

B1 ; WS Offset

4: 27.7778 A2
5: -5000

B2

6: 133.333 A3
7: -1666.67 B3
8: 10

A4

9: -5000

B4


; Now update the SDM-CVO4 with the information
; for the four channels

11: SDM-AO4 (P103)
1: 4

Reps

2: 30

SDM

Address

3: 5

Loc [ ScldOut_1 ]

6.5.2 Restricted Range Current Output Modes (4-20 mA)

When driving a system that requires a restricted current range then the full-
scale range is reduced accordingly. In the case of 4-20 mA devices the
maximum range is 8000 units and the minimum value should be scaled to
-3000 and prevented from going below this level.

The following partial program could be used in place of the last two
instructions in the example above.

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