Xylem System 5000 User Manual - Manual (Page 59)

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is actually reaching the GOES Radio. For example if scanning occurs every 15 minutes, the
Transmit Rate is set to every hour, and the Self-Timed Transmit Time is set to 00:22:15, the radio
buffer would be visible after the scanning at the 15 minute mark (e.g. 00:15:00) has completed
until the transmission is sent just after the 22nd minute. The radio buffer wouldn’t be filled again
until the end of the next hour’s 15 minute scan time (e.g. 01:15:00).
Task Options
Tasks may be added, edited, and removed from GOES transmissions with the options provided
here. Some options may be grayed out if a Task is not selected. Only selected Tasks may be
modified or removed.
Task Order
The ordering of Tasks can be changed
through use of the Move Up and Move
Down buttons. The order of the Tasks
indicates the order in which they will
appear in the GOES transmission.
Depending on the Data Format (SHEF
or Binary), one of the following Edit
Task Format screens will appear when
the Edit Task button is pressed. The
Edit ASCII Task Format screen allows
a desired format, SHEF Code and
Function to be chosen for the selected
Task. If the entered SHEF code does
not appear on the Data Setup screen,
the SHEF Headers option may need to
be enabled within Data Settings.
Left of the Decimal
Sets the number of digits to display to the left of the decimal. The user can choose a data display
format for each GOES data value transmitted. The format indicates how many digits should be
displayed on each side of the decimal point. The default is XX.XX which is 2 digits on each side
of the decimal point. This gives a range of -9.99 to 99.99. If the value is outside the range, then
the most significant digits are displayed and the decimal point is shifted as
needed. For example a value of 123.45 would be displayed as 123.4 if the XX.XX format was
used. Some GOES decoding programs must have data in a fixed format so it is important to
choose a format that fits the range of data expected for that column. Also choosing a format that
displays several digits like XXXX.XX will waste space and transmission time if the data for the
column never uses that many characters.
Right of the Decimal
Sets the number of digits to display to the right of the decimal.