CONFIGURATION AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE ENSUITE
Information for general use
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GasLab Q2
Every physical quantity is allocated a precise unit or set of units in enSuite. Of these, one unit is
defined as a default unit. A display format is preset for each combination of physical quantities and
physical units. Default units and display formats can be parameterized.
In each parameterization, there are values for which you can select the desired physical unit in
enSuite. There are also values for which the physical quantity must be indicated first. For example,
in the case of a measurement via the input channel, the physical quantity depends on the type of
measurement device connected. In other cases, the physical quantity is fixed but the unit may need
to be adapted for the display or the further processing of the value.
As soon as you change the unit for a value, this measurement will be displayed in the amended unit.
A measurement will automatically be calculated in the new unit.
Step
Changing default units in enSuite
1.
Open the branch
Basic System
–
Unit Service
The tab
Parameter
lists all physical quantities in the area
Default units
which are typically used by enCore devices. The
column
Value
displays the default unit currently allocated to
each physical quantity.
2.
Mark the corresponding
row.
The drop-down menu in the
Value
column contains all pre-
defined and user-defined units for this physical quantity.
3.
Select the desired unit
and save your changes.
As soon as you save your change, the unit selected is set as
the default unit across the entire parameterization for this
physical quantity. Parameters which use this default unit
automatically use this new default unit. There are two entries
for this unit in the drop-down menus: there is one entry as the
default unit
<Unit> *
and one as a "normal" unit
<Unit>
.
Example:
The default unit for the physical quantity
temperature
is degrees Celsius (
°C
). To allocate the unit
Fahrenheit as the default for temperature (°
F
) mark the
temperature
row. In the
Value
column, in
the drop-down menu select the entry °
F
.
As soon as you save the change, Fahrenheit (°
F
) is the default unit for temperature values.
If you need an additional unit not provided as a standard for a physical quantity, you can easily
define this based on a pre-defined unit. A user-defined unit is useful for example if you...
•
... need various display formats or unit symbols for a unit. In this case, the value itself is not
converted, just displayed in a different way.
•
… want to use a unit based on a decadic factor –
a single, ten, hundred times the value etc.
–
for counter values and for example want to derive the unit centimeters from the unit
millimeters.
A user-defined unit is defined from a pre-defined unit by indicating a gradient and an optional
offset. To do this, the gradient and offset for the linear conversion of a value in the pre-defined unit
to the value in the user-defined unit must be determined.
The formula is as follows:
Value in user defined unit= gradient × value in predefined unit+Offset