M4-CYGMINI-TSR-M-ENG_Iss 1
Cygnus MINI ROV Operation Manual
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Interpreting the Readings sent from the Gauge
Decimal Point
position
Decimal Point position is implied from the
combination of Range, Resolution, and Units
bits in the Status byte of each Reading [see
table above]
Range
The Gauge returns all Readings in a 4-byte
decimal string Readings which require 5-bytes
[e.g. 100.00+mm, or 10.000+inch] are auto-
ranged to the 4 most significant bytes Range
bit for every Reading must be read from the
Status-byte
Resolution
The Gauge is factory set to Lo-Resolution
setting: 0.1 mm, or 0.005 inch but may be
changed by the user to Hi-Resolution setting :
0.05 mm, or 0.002 inch as required
Units
The Gauge has a default Metric Units-setting.
The Units bit must be read from the Status-
byte
