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Transducer instrument

Transducer instrument
 
One transducer object can define 1 to 4 sensors of different type. Each of these can be active or not.
There is only one NMEA 0183 formatter available: the $--XDR sentence formatter.
If you need more than 4 sensors you can create as many Transducer objects in NemaStudio as you require.
 
 
 
1

Tag

1. Tag
Any name you like to give to this transducer set
2

Sensor is active

2. Sensor is active
Check if this sensor is active and should transmit its values,
uncheck if the sensor is inactive and data is not sent
3

Sensor type

3. Sensor type
Defines the sensor type:
 
  • temperature C
  • angular displacement A
  • linear displacement D
  • frequency F
  • force N
  • pressure P
  • flow rate R
  • tachometer T
  • humidity H
  • volume V
4

Sensor reading value

4. Sensor reading value
Sensor reading value
 
Can be positive or negative, 4 decimal places are allowed.
(Note: the up/down control increases with 1/10, if you need more precise
values you need to enter the value manually here.)
5

Units of Measure

5. Units of Measure
Measuring Unit:
 
  • C = degrees Celsius
  • D = degrees ("-" = anticlockwise)
  • M = meters ("-" = compression)
  • H = Hertz
  • N = Newtons ("-" = compression)
  • B = Bars ("-" = vacuum)
  • l = liters/second
  • R = RPM
  • P = Percent
  • M = cubic meters
 
Note: there is no validity checking against the sensor type,
so it is quite possible to have a frequency sensor to output in liters per minute or so.
 
 
6

Identifier

6. Identifier
Give any name as identifier for this sensor