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5 output format considerations – Campbell Scientific CMP3 Pyranometer User Manual

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6: If time is (P92)

1: 0

Minutes (Seconds --) into a

2: 60

Interval (same units as above)

3: 10

Set Output Flag High (Flag 0)

7: Set Active Storage Area (P80)

1: 1

Final Storage Area 1

2: 101

Array

ID

8: Real Time (P77)

1: 1220

Year,Day,Hour/Minute (midnight = 2400)

9: Average (P71)

1: 1

Reps

2: 3

Loc [ Solar_Wm2 ]

10: If time is (P92)

1: 0

Minutes (Seconds --) into a

2: 1440

Interval (same units as above)

3: 10

Set Output Flag High (Flag 0)

11: Set Active Storage Area (P80)

1: 1

Final Storage Area 1

2: 102

Array

ID

12: Real Time (P77)

1: 1220

Year,Day,Hour/Minute (midnight = 2400)

13: Resolution (P78)

1: 1

High

Resolution

14: Totalize (P72)

1: 1

Reps

2: 4

Loc [ Solar_MJ ]

15: Resolution (P78)

1: 0

Low

Resolution

5.5 Output Format Considerations

When using the Campbell Scientific floating point data format to store data,
the largest number the datalogger can store in Final Storage is 6999 in low
resolution mode (FP2) and 99999 in high resolution mode (if available). If the
measurement value is totalized, there is some danger of over-ranging the
output limits, as shown in the following example:

Example

Assume that daily total flux is desired, and that the datalogger scan rate is 1
second. With a multiplier that converts the readings to units of kJ m

-2

and an

average irradiance of 0.5kWm

-2

, the maximum low resolution output limit will

be exceeded in less than four hours.

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