CONFIGURATION AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE ENSUITE
Information for general use
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GasLab Q2
Step
Creating a new unit in enSuite
1.
Open the branch
Basic System
–
Unit Service
–
User-defined units
.
Click the Add symbol
on the
Parameter
tab. The area
Unit <x>
is added to the table.
2.
In the parameter
Name
enter a unique identifier
–
default
is
Unit <x>
.In the area name,
the name entered is displayed instead of the
<x>
:
Unit <Name>
>
3.
In the parameter
Symbol
enter a unique symbol.
After saving this, identify the user-defined unit with a
Name
and
Symbol
. They are displayed
together in the drop-down menu in the format
<Name> (<Symbol>)
–
in contrast to this, in the case
of pre-defined units only the symbol is displayed
.
5.
In the parameter
Physical quantity
enter the physical quantity for which you want to add
a new unit.
6.
In the parameter
Derived from
enter the pre-defined unit from which the new unit is to
be derived.
7.
►
In the parameter
Gradient m
enter the factor by which the value in the pre-defined unit
is to be multiplied to convert to the new unit
.
8.
In the parameter
Offset n
enter the offset which is added during the conversion
(optional).
9.
In the parameter
Format string
enter the representation format for the user-defined unit
on the device
In this parameterization, the new unit is available in the set of units for the physical quantity
indicated.
User-defined units cannot be derived from the default unit
Please note that you can only derive a user-defined unit from
a "normal" pre-defined unit (<Unit>) but not from the default unit (<Unit *>).
Since a default unit is always also available as a "normal" unit for a physical quantity,
select this entry in this case