5 power supplies, 1 overview – Campbell Scientific CR800 and CR850 Measurement and Control Systems User Manual
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Section 10. Troubleshooting
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queue, 14 bigfreeq packets are free (one in use), and 28 lilfreeq are free (two in 
use). These three pieces of information are also reported in the IP trace
(p. 434)
information every 30 seconds as lilfreeq, bigfreeq, and recvdq. If lilfreeq or 
bigfreeq free packets drop and stay near zero, or if the number in rcvdq climbs 
and stays high (all are rare occurrences), please contact a Campbell Scientific 
application engineer as the operating system may need adjustment. 
CommsMemFree(3) is encoded as follows:
CommsMemFree(3) = lilfreeq + bigfreeq*100 + rcvdq*10000 + 
sendq*1000000 
where,
lilfreeq = number of small TCP packets available
bigfreeq = number of large TCP packets
rcvdq = number of input packets currently waiting to be serviced
sendq = number of output packets waiting to be sent
The following expressions can be used to pick the values out of the 
CommsMemFree(3) variable: 
lilfreeq = CommsMemFree(3) % 100 
bigfreeq = (CommsMemFree(3) / 100) % 100 
rcvdq = (CommsMemFree(3) / 10000) % 100 
sendq = (CommsmemFree(3) / 1000000) % 100 
10.5 Power Supplies
10.5.1 Overview
Power-supply systems may include batteries, charging regulators, and a primary 
power source such as solar panels or ac/ac or ac/dc transformers attached to mains 
power. All components may need to be checked if the power supply is not 
functioning properly. 
Diagnosis and Fix Procedures
(p. 415)
includes the following flowcharts for
diagnosing or adjusting power equipment supplied by Campbell Scientific:
• Battery-voltage test 
• Charging-circuit test (when using an unregulated solar panel) 
• Charging-circuit test (when using a transformer) 
• Adjusting charging circuit 
If power supply components are working properly and the system has peripherals 
with high current drain, such as a satellite transmitter, verify that the power supply 
is designed to provide adequate power. Information on power supplies available 
from Campbell Scientific can be obtained at www.campbellsci.com. Basic 
information is available in the appendix Power Supplies
(p. 542).
