Manual – Starflow Ultrasonic Doppler Instrument
Model 6526
Unidata Manual - 6526 Starflow User Manual Issue 17 01 2020.docx
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6.1.3.3 Log Intervals
The Log Interval is the time between logs. Only the Main Buffer has a Log Interval setting. Event
Buffers do not have a Log Interval because logging into them is always triggered by events. At
each log, all the Instrument Channels ticked will be recorded into the Log Buffer.
In the screenshot below, the raw internal Battery will be logged every 10 minutes.
The maximum log interval is limited by the scan rate. The maximum log interval is 65535 times the
scan rate. For example, if you set the scan rate to 1 second, the maximum logging interval is
65535 seconds, or 18 hours 12 minutes 15 seconds. If you want a log interval of 1 day, you would
need a scan rate of at least 2 seconds.
6.1.3.4 Sub Intervals
The Sub Interval setting only relates to the “avg” column of Instrument Channel checkboxes (not
the “AVG” column, or any other column). Rather than take samples at each scan like the “AVG”
column, the “avg” column only takes samples during the Sub Interval. The Sub Interval is always
the time immediately before a Log. Event Buffers do not support the Log Interval or Sub Interval
settings.
For example, if the Log Interval is 60 seconds, and the Sub Interval is 20 seconds, for the first 40
seconds of the 60 second log cycle only the “MIN”, “MAX”, and “AVG” channels will take samples.
For the remaining 20 seconds before the log occurs (the Sub Interval), all channels, including the
“avg” channel, will be taking samples.
6.1.3.5 Buffer Sizes
Event Buffers must have their size manually allocated. The Main Buffer size equals to whatever
memory is left after memory has been allocated to the Event Buffers. Click the
Set Size
button to
configure the buffers.
As you tick channels to log, or adjust the Log Interval, the software will automatically update the
Memory Time to show you an estimate for how long the memory will last. The estimate does not
take into account logging forced by events.