
CR10X User Guide
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2.2.2 Input and Intermediate Storage Data Format
While output data has the limits described above, the computations performed in
the CR10X are done in floating point arithmetic. In Input and Intermediate
Storage, the numbers are stored and processed in a binary format with a 23-bit
binary mantissa and a 6-bit binary exponent. The largest and smallest numbers
that can be stored and processed are 9 x 10
18
and 1 x 10
-19
, respectively. The size
of the number determines the resolution of the arithmetic. A rough approximation
of the resolution is that it is better than one in the seventh digit. For example, the
resolution of 97,386,924 is better than 10. The resolution of 0.0086731924 is
better than 0.000000001.
A precise calculation of the resolution of a number may be determined by repre-
senting the number as a mantissa between .5 and 1 multiplied by 2 raised to some
integer power. The resolution is the product of that power of 2 and 2
-24
. For
example, representing 478 as .9336 * 2
9
, the resolution is
2
9
* 2
-24
= 2
-15
= 0.0000305. A description of Campbell Scientific’s floating point
format is given in Appendix C.
2.3 Displaying Stored Data on the CR10KD — *7 Mode
If you are using a computer refer to Section 5 for instructions on
entering the Remote Keyboard State. You can then follow the
instructions below.
You can view the contents of Final Storage by using the *7 Mode. Enter
*7
to
enter this Mode.
If you have allocated memory to Final Storage Area 2, the display shows:
07:00
Select which Storage Area you wish to view:
00 or 01 =
Final Storage Area 1
02 =
Final Storage Area 2
If no memory has been allocated to Final Storage Area 2, this first window is
skipped.
The next window displays the current DSP location. Pressing
A
advances you to
the Output Array ID of the oldest Array in the Storage Area. To locate a specific
Output Array, enter a location number that positions the Display Pointer (DPTR)
behind the desired data and press
A
. If the location number entered is in the mid-
dle of an Output Array, the DPTR is automatically advanced to the first data point
of the next Output Array. Repeated use of the
A
key advances through the Output
Array, while use of the
B
key backs the DPTR through memory.
The memory location of the data point is displayed by pressing the ‘#’ key. At this
point, another memory location may be entered, followed by the
A
key to jump to
the start of the Output Array equal to or just ahead of the location entered.
Whenever a location number is displayed by using the ‘#’ key, the corresponding
data point can be displayed by pressing the
C
key.
The same element in the next Output Array with the same ID can be displayed by
entering
#A
. The same element in the previous array can be displayed by entering
#B
. If the element is element1 (the Array ID), then
#A
advances to the next array
NOTE