DCT Antares SB, User Manual

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6.25. (TD) TIME AND DISTANCE SIGNALS CONFIGURATION
fast.
A
Time and Distance counter is created with the following parameters:
1. Distance Threshold.
2. Minimum Time.
3. Maximum Time.
The
TD
message allows to configure the parameters that control the Time &
Distance signals’ trigger. Ten TD counters may de defined independantely.
The message has the following format:
ABBBB[CCCCDDDDEEEE]
Chars Item Format Value Meaning
1 TD index A 0-9 Time and distance index.
4 Minimum
Time BBBB seconds Minimum amount of time elaps-
ing between reports.
To enable
just time reporting, this is the only
parameter to set, and the others
should be set to 0. Setting this
value to 0 disables the report.
4 reserved CCCC This parameter is ignored and can
have any value.
4 Distance DDDD x100 me-
ters
Distance the unit must travel be-
tween reports.
Each unit repre-
sents 100 meters.
4 Maximum
Time EEEE seconds Maximum amount of time elapsing
between signals’ activation. This
parameter is only relevant when
distance reporting is desired.
If
set to 0, there is no limit to the
amount of time between reports.
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