Campbell CR800 Series, Operator'S Manual

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Section 11. Glossary
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Term: ratiometric
Describes a type of measurement or a type of math.
Ratiometric
usually refers
to an aspect of resistive-bridge measurements — either the measurement or
the math used to process it. Measuring ratios and using ratio math eliminates
several sources of error from the end result.
Term: record
A record is a complete line of data in a data table or data file. All data in a
record share a common time stamp.
Final-storage data tables are made up of records and fields. Each row in a
table represents a record and each column represents a field. The number of
fields in a record is determined by the number and configuration of output
processing instructions that are included as part of the DataTable()
declaration.
Term: regulator
A setting, a Status table element, or a DataTableInformation table element.
Term: regulator
A device for conditioning an electrical power source. Campbell Scientific
regulators typically condition ac or dc voltages greater than 16 Vdc to about
14 Vdc.
Term. Reset Tables command
Reset Tables command resets data tables configured for fill and stop.
Location of the command varies among datalogger support software
according to the following:
LoggerNet — Connect Screen | Station Status tab | Table Fill Times tab
| Reset Tables
PC400
— command sequence: Datalogger | Station Status | Table Fill
Times | Reset Tables
RTDAQ — command sequence: Datalogger | Station Status | Table Fill
Times | Reset Tables
PC200W
— command sequence: Datalogger | Station Status | Table
Fill Times | Reset Tables
Term: resistance
A feature of an electronic circuit that impedes or redirects the flow of
electrons through the circuit.