
Section 4. External Storage Peripherals
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4.1.1 Output to Storage Module
The Storage Module address is important only when using more than one Storage
Module
1
. 1 is a universal address which will find the Storage Module with the
lowest number address that is connected. If a Storage Module is not connected,
the CR10X will not advance the SPTR and the Storage Module drops out of the
queue until the next time Instruction 96 is executed.
4.1.2 Output to Printer
Printer output can be either pin-enabled or addressed. However, there is no pin
specifically dedicated to enabling a printer. When a pin-enabled print output is
specified, the SDE line, which is normally used in the addressing sequence, is
used as a print enable line. This allows some compatibility with the 21X and CR7
dataloggers, which have a Print Enable line.
The pin-enabled print option results in garbage being sent to
the print peripheral if an addressed device is also connected
to the CR10X (i.e. CR10KD, SM192 or SM716, etc.). The
SDC99 Synchronous Device Interface can convert a print
device to an addressed peripheral (see Section 6).
4.2 Manually-Initiated Data Output — *8 Mode
Data transfer to a peripheral device can be manually initiated in the *8 Mode. To
do this, you need to have access to the CR10X through a computer or the
CR10KD Keyboard/Display. The *8 Mode allows you to retrieve a specific block
of data, on demand, regardless of whether or not the CR10X is programmed for
on-line data output.
If external storage peripherals (such as a Storage Module) are not left on-line, the
maximum time between site visits and data retrieval must be calculated to ensure
that data placed in Final Storage is not lost due to being overwritten.
In order to make this calculation, you need to know:
1.
The size of Final Storage
2.
The number of Output Arrays being generated
3.
The number of low and/or high resolution data points included per Output
Array
4.
The rate at which Output Arrays are placed into Final Storage. (When cal-
culating the number of data points per Output Array, remember to add one
overhead data point (two bytes) per array for the Output Array ID.)
For example, assume that 62280 locations are assigned to Final Storage and that
one Output Array, containing the Array ID (one memory location), nine low
resolution data points (nine memory locations) and five high resolution data
points (10 memory locations), is stored each hour.
1
Up to eight SM192 or SM716 Storage Modules can be connected to a CR10X. The
address of a CSM1 Card Storage Module is always 1, and only one CSM1 can be
connected.
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