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CFM100 CompactFlash

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Summary of Contents for CompactFlash CFM100

Page 1: ...CFM100 CompactFlash Module Revision 12 10 C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 C a m p b e l l S c i e n t i f i c I n c ...

Page 2: ...eglect accidents of nature or shipping damage This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose CSC is not liable for special indirect incidental or consequential damages Products may not be returned without prior authorization To obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA contact CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC...

Page 3: ...rs Area 1 in2 square inch 645 mm2 Length 1 in inch 25 4 mm 1 ft foot 304 8 mm 1 yard 0 914 m 1 mile 1 609 km Mass 1 oz ounce 28 35 g 1 lb pound weight 0 454 kg Pressure 1 psi lb in2 68 95 mb Volume 1 US gallon 3 785 litres In addition part ordering numbers may vary For example the CABLE5CBL is a CSI part number and known as a FIN5COND at Campbell Scientific Canada CSC CSC Technical Support will be...

Page 4: ...nd Data to the CFM100 1 3 1 5 3 Data Retrieval 1 4 2 File Formats 2 1 2 1 Data Files 2 1 2 2 Program Files 2 1 2 3 Power up Files powerup ini 2 1 2 3 1 Creating and Editing Powerup ini 2 2 2 3 2 Applications 2 3 2 3 3 Program Execution 2 4 2 3 4 Example Power up ini Files 2 4 2 3 Camera Files 2 5 3 Programming 3 1 3 1 The CardOut Instruction 3 1 3 2 Program Examples 3 1 3 2 1 Ring Mode 3 1 3 2 2 F...

Page 5: ...rol A 2 B PC CF Card Information B 1 Figure 1 1 CompactFlash Module 1 2 2 3 1 1 Powerup ini Commands 2 3 Tables B 1 CRBasic Dataloggers and PC CF Cards B 1 B 2 SLC and MLC Performance Characteristics B 1 B 3 Comparison of Industrial and Commercial Grade Cards B 2 B 4 Silicon Systems and Campbell Scientific PC CF Model Numbers B 2 ...

Page 6: ...gramming and data retrieval 1 1 Specifications Storage Capacity Depends on card size up to 2 GB supported Dimensions 4 0 x 3 3 x 2 6 10 0 x 8 3 x 6 5 cm Weight 132 5 g Operating Temp Range 35qC to 65qC 55qC to 85qC optional Typical Access Speed 200 400 Kb sec Memory Configuration User selectable for either ring style default or fill and stop Power Requirements 12 V supplied through CR1000 peripher...

Page 7: ...ght emitting diode and two buttons control and eject The LED indicates the status of the module The LED will flash red when the CF card is being accessed solid green when it is OK to remove the card solid orange to indicate an error and flashing orange if the card has been removed and has been out long enough that CPU memory has wrapped and data is being overwritten without being stored to the car...

Page 8: ... card slot to read the CF card the 17752 Reader Writer allows the PC s USB port to read the CF card User supplied CF adapters may also be used LoggerNet s File Control should not be used to retrieve data from a CompactFlash card Using File Control to retrieve the data can result in a corrupted data file CAUTION 1 5 Quick Start Procedure This Section describes the basics of storing and retrieving d...

Page 9: ...ld data The size parameter is 1 so all available space on the card will be allocated to the table DataTable Table1 1 1 CardOut 0 1 Minimum 1 batt_volt FP2 0 False Sample 1 PTemp IEEE4 EndTable To prevent losing data collect data from the CF card before sending the datalogger a new or modified program When a program is sent to the datalogger using the Send button in the Connect screen of LoggerNet ...

Page 10: ...if no lapses occurred If more lapses occur than were anticipated there may be fewer records in the file than were allocated The CardConvert software included in LoggerNet PC400 and PC200 will convert data files from one format to another 2 2 Program Files The CF card can be used to provide extra program storage space for the datalogger Program files can be copied to the card while it is attached a...

Page 11: ...elete the powerup ini file after the powerup ini upload 2 3 1 Creating and Editing Powerup ini Powerup ini is created with a text editor then saved as powerup ini Some text editors such as WordPad will attach header information to the powerup ini file causing it to abort Check the text of a powerup ini file with the datalogger keyboard display to see what the datalogger actually sees NOTE Comments...

Page 12: ...x Commands 1 2 6 13 and 14 Run Now and or Run On Power up If a device other than CRD drive is specified the file will be copied to that device x Command 1 2 13 Run On Power up If the copy first application above succeeds the new Run On Power up program is accepted If the copy fails no change will be made to the Run On Power up program x Commands 1 6 13 and 14 Run Now The Run Now program is changed...

Page 13: ...h Example 2 3 4 6 are example powerup ini files EXAMPLE 2 3 4 1 Run Program on Power up Copy pwrup cr1 to USR will run only when powered up later 2 pwrup cr1 usr EXAMPLE 2 3 4 2 Format the USR drive Format the USR drive 5 usr EXAMPLE 2 3 4 3 Send OS on Power up Load this file into FLASH as the new OS 9 CR1000 Std 04 obj EXAMPLE 2 3 4 4 Run Program from CRD drive Leave program on CRD run always era...

Page 14: ...n by a digital camera connected to the datalogger can be stored to the CF card rather than CPU memory This is done by configuring the PakBus setting Files Manager for the datalogger This can be done using the Device Configuration Utility or PakBus Graph 2 5 ...

Page 15: ...Section 2 File Formats 2 6 ...

Page 16: ... This data is called a record Note Enter 1000 and the size of the table on the card will match the size of the internal table on the datalogger Enter any other negative number and all remaining memory after creating any fixed size data tables will be allocated to the table or partitioned among all tables with a negative value for size The partitioning algorithm attempts to have the tables full at ...

Page 17: ...button in LoggerNet LN Connect Datalogger View Station Status Table Fill Times Reset Tables button or use the CRBasic ResetTable instruction 3 2 3 Mixed Modes The following program stores 4 data tables to the card The first two tables will output samples of the panel temperature and battery voltage to the card once a second The first parameter of the CardOut instructions is 1 which sets the tables...

Page 18: ...EE4 EndTable DataTable Table2 1 1 CardOut 1 1000 Sample 1 batt IEEE4 EndTable DataTable Table3 1 1000 DataInterval 0 5 sec 4 CardOut 0 1 Maximum 1 temp FP2 False False Minimum 1 temp FP2 False False EndTable DataTable Table4 1 1000 DataInterval 0 5 sec 4 CardOut 0 1 Maximum 1batt FP2 False False Minimum 1 batt FP2 False False EndTable BeginProg Scan 1 SEC 3 0 PanelTemp temp 250 Battery Batt CallTa...

Page 19: ...and the size of each data table on the CF card is set with the CardOut instruction Because they are set independently they can be different It is important to note that if the CPU memory is set to fill and stop mode once a table is full all data storage to the table will stop No more records will be stored to the CPU memory or the card ...

Page 20: ...he CFM100 The CR1000 or CR3000 will transfer any buffered data to the card and then power if off The Status LED will turn green when it is OK to remove the card The card will be reactivated after 20 seconds if it is not removed When the CF card is inserted in a computer the data files can be copied to another drive or used directly from the CF card just as one would from any other disk In most cas...

Page 21: ...logger If a CF card was not properly accepted the CFM100 will flash orange In that case the user needs to reformat and erase all data contained on the CF card Formatting or erasing a CF card might be done on a PC or datalogger The procedure for formatting a CF card is explained in Section OV5 of the CR1000 and CR3000 manuals NOTE 4 2 3 Card Swapping When transporting a CF card to a computer to ret...

Page 22: ... from the card NOTE Windows98 and WindowsME users need to shift delete to completely delete files Using standard delete may create an invisible recycle bin on the CF card 6 At the next card swap eject CF B and insert the clean CF A 7 Running CardConvert on CF A will result in separate data files containing records since CF A was ejected Card Convert can increment the filename to TOA5_stationname_t...

Page 23: ...Section 4 Data Retrieval 4 4 This is a blank page ...

Page 24: ...Explorer 2 the CR1000KD or 3 LoggerNet File Control A 1 Windows Explorer To format card using Windows Explorer 1 Insert CF card into CF adapter or CF reader 2 Windows Explorer should identify a drive as a removable disk F 3 Select that drive and right click 4 Choose Format A 1 ...

Page 25: ...her FAT or FAT 32 A 2 CR1000KD To format card using the CR1000KD 1 Insert CF card into CFM100 2 From Main Menu of CR1000KD choose PCCard 3 Choose Format Card 4 Choose Yes to proceed A 3 LoggerNet File Control To format card using LoggerNet File Control 1 Insert CF card into CFM100 2 Use LoggerNet to connect to datalogger A 2 ...

Page 26: ...Appendix A Formatting CF Card 3 Choose FileControl under the Tools menu of the Connect screen 4 Highlight CRD 5 Press Format 6 Press Yes to confirm A 3 ...

Page 27: ...Appendix A Formatting CF Card A 4 This is a blank page ...

Page 28: ...he following characteristics high density low cost bit sequential access scalable and a single standard There are two types of NAND Flash memory Single Level Cell SLC and Multi Level Cell MLC SLC NAND Flash sometimes called Binary Flash store one bit of data per memory cell and has two states erased 1 or programmed 0 MLC NAND Flash store two bits of data per memory cell and has four states erased ...

Page 29: ...ds with a datalogger TABLE B 3 Comparison of Industrial and Commercial Grade Cards Industrial Grade Cards Commercial Grade Cards Operating Temperature 40 to 85ºC 0 to 70ºC Vibration Proofing 30 Gs 15 Gs Shock Resistance 2000 Gs 1000 Gs MTBF 3 000 000 hours 1 000 000 hours Type of NAND Flash Memory SLC MLC typically but some SLC All Campbell Scientific products are Electrostatic Discharge ESD teste...

Page 30: ...LC NAND Flash for Cost Effective High Capacity Memory written by Raz Dan and Rochelle Singer September 2003 Rev 1 1 www data io com pdf NAND MSystems Implementing_MLC_NAND_Flash pdf 2 Advantages of SLC NAND Flash Memory www mymemory com my SLC 20VS 20MLC html B 3 ...

Page 31: ...Appendix B PC CF Card Information B 4 This is a blank page ...

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