Remote Control - OPC
R&S
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QAR
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Table 7-1: OPC variables read by R&S
QAR
Variable name
Type
Description
Configuration
String
Measurement configuration (i.e. "G05-Base")
Type_Measurement
String
Measurement type. Can be “standard” or “reflec-
tion_normalization” or, for radome measurements,
“transmission_normalization”.
Path_Results
String
PC path to store measurement results (i.e. "C:\QAR
\Results")
Path_Diagnostics
String
PC path to store diagnostic results (i.e. "C:\QAR\Diag-
nostics")
Trigger.Measure
Bool
Trigger to start measurement
Trigger.Diagnostics
Bool
Trigger to start diagnostics
Heartbeat
Bool
Signal pulse to ensure communications
Results_Received
Bool
Signal to acknowledge reception of results
Radome measurements:
RadomeMeasurement.Reflec-
tion.Window.Width
Double
Reflection statistics window width.
RadomeMeasurement.Reflec-
tion.Window.Height
Double
Reflection statistics window height.
RadomeMeasurement.Reflec-
tion.Window.XCenter
Double
Reflection statistics window x center.
RadomeMeasurement.Reflec-
tion.Window.YCenter
Double
Reflection statistics window y center.
RadomeMeasurement.Transmis-
sion.Verification_Mode
Bool
Verification mode.
7.1.2
To PLC Communication
The following tables display all variables written by the R&S
QAR and read by the PLC.
All variable names have the prefix:
CompactLogix.CompactLogix_PLC.Global.QAR.ToPLC
Table 7-2: To PLC - Common variables
Variable name
Type
Description
Configuration_x.Configura-
tion_<dd>
String
Stored and available measurement or bumper configu-
rations (i.e. "G05-Base").
<dd> is a two digit number from 00 to 50.
For example,
Configuration_x.Configuration_01
Error_Flag
Bool
True if error occurred.
Error_Msg
String
Error message.
OPC Variables
