Watson Industries, Inc.
SPS-P230 Rev A 10/17/2017
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Appendix A
The following outputs are available via the RS-232 serial link. Their full-scale ranges are listed for decimal format.
Inertial Output
Label
Decimal Range
Time
TM
000.1 to 999.9 s
Tilt Angle
TA
±89.9º
Pan Angle
PA
±179.9º
X Accelerometer
XA
±9.99 g
Y Accelerometer
YA
±9.99 g
Z Accelerometer
ZA
±9.99 g
Tilt Axis Angular Rate
TR
±99.9 º/s
Pan Axis Angular Rate
PR
±99.9 º/s
Power Supply Voltage
PS
00.0 to 35.0 VDC
Tilt Potentiometer
PT
±179.9º
Pan Potentiometer
PP
±179.9º
Tilt Current
TC
±9.99 Amps
Pan Current
PC
±9.99 Amps
Tilt Joystick Rate
TJ
±49.9 º/s
Pan Joystick Rate
PJ
±49.9 º/s
Temperature
TP
-40º to 88ºC
Status Bits
ST
3 ASCII chars representing
Octal digits
Flag Bits 1
F1
2 ASCII chars representing
Octal digits
Flag Bits 2
F2
3 ASCII chars representing
Octal digits
Status Bits:
The status bits provide operational information that is presented as two ASCII octal digits. The
first digit is made up of one bit as follows:
First Digit
Mode
1
Position
0
Inertial
The Second digit is made from three bits as follows:
1) Initialization mode equals a value of 1 during start up.
2) Tilt Error Flag equals 1 when Tilt angle is in error
3) Pan Error Flag equals 1 when Pan Angle is in error
Second Digit
Pan Error
Tilt Error
Initialization
7
Yes
Yes
Yes
4 + 2 + 1
6
Yes
Yes
No
4 + 2
5
Yes
No
Yes
4 + 1
“4” Pan Error
4
Yes
No
No
4
“2” Tilt Error
3
No
Yes
Yes
2 + 1
“1” In Initialization
2
No
Yes
No
2
1
No
No
Yes
1
0
No
No
No