Pakbus settings (options | pakbus settings), Network, Beacon intervals – Campbell Scientific TD Operating System Addendum for CR510, CR10X, and CR23X User Manual

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Section 12. Program Control Instructions

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The information returned using this instruction would be similar to:

Input

Location

Used

Value

Stored

Description

1

3

Address of destination datalogger

2

3

Address of repeater datalogger

3

1

Response metric, 1 second (1 hop)

4

4

Address of destination datalogger

5

3

Address of repeater datalogger

6

2

Response metric, 2 seconds (2 hops, 3 & 4)

7

5

Address of destination datalogger

8

3

Address of repeater datalogger (first hop only)

9

3

Response metric, 3 seconds (3 hops, 3, 4 & 5)

10

-1

End of string

PakBus Settings (Options | PakBus Settings)

This dialog box is used to configure some of the PakBus settings, that are
normally set in the datalogger's *D mode, when a program is downloaded to
the datalogger.

For all of the options below, if the check box Do Not Change Current Settings
is enabled, then those settings will not be changed when the program is
downloaded to the datalogger.

Network

The Network option is used to set the PakBus address in the datalogger and to
configure the datalogger as a router if required. This option is the same as the
datalogger's *D19 mode.

Address - Enter the PakBus address that should be assigned to the datalogger.

Maximum number of nodes - Enter the total number of dataloggers in the
PakBus network.

Maximum number of neighbors - Enter the number of dataloggers in the
PakBus network that the datalogger can communicate with directly (i.e.,
without going through another datalogger).

Maximum number of routers - Enter the number of neighbors to the datalogger
that act as routers to one or more other dataloggers in the PakBus network.

Beacon Intervals

This option is used to set the interval on which the datalogger will transmit a
beacon out a particular port to the PakBus network. Use the drop-down list box
to select the port over which the beacon will be transmitted, and enter the

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