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Counter Zero Flag: (Status Bit 8)
The flag is set when the counter counts down through zero. Refer to the
configuration word section of this chapter for a description of this flag’s
operation.
Max Rate Flag: (Configuration Bit 9)
The max rate flag is set when the input rate exceeds its maximum range
of 32,767kHz. This flag indicates that the input counter rate is over the
valid range of the module and that the value indicated in the rate data
register may not be correct. This flag will stay on until the input rate
falls below the rate limit. If a Rate R Factor of 2 or more is used the
Max Rate Flag will be set at an input frequency of 50kHz
Rate Limit Flag: (Configuration Bit 10)
When the rate value is greater than or equal to the Rate Limit value the
Rate Limit flag bit will be set. This flag will stay on until the input rate
falls below the rate limit.
Rate Zero Flag: (Configuration Bit 11)
The rate zero flag is set when the input rate is zero. This flag can be
used to flag an input fault condition. The rate zero flag is set when no
input is detected for 2 seconds.
K Factor / M Factor Set Flag: (Configuration Bit 12)
This bit indicates that a non zero K or M factor value has been written to
the module’s non-volatile memory. This value will be use to scale the
input counter data. When a K or M factor is set all count data will be
scaled by the K or M factor data.
R Factor Set Flag: (Configuration Bit 13)
This bit indicates that a non zero R factor value has been written to the
module’s non-volatile memory. This R factor value is used to scale the
rate data or enable the floating point rate mode.
Configuration Error Flag: (Configuration Bit 14)
This flag is set when the channel configuration word is set to an illegal
state. An example would be if one channel was configured for
quadrature detection and its quadrature pair was not. In this case both
channels would have their configuration flags set until the configuration
word was corrected. All counter data will be set to zero when an illegal
configuration occurs.
System Error Flag: (Configuration Bit 15)
This flag is set when the module detects a system error. System Errors
are reported when the module can’t complete its power up self test or
detects some other on line error, like a watchdog time out.
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