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E.2 cqr log (rf link) – Campbell Scientific LoggerNet Datalogger Support Software User Manual

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Appendix E. Log Files

E.2 CQR Log (RF Link)

The CQR log contains information about the quality of communication each

time an RFBase is dialed. (Note that information on an RFBase-TD link is not

contained in the CQR log). The CQR log is written to the <working

directory>\Logs directory. By default, this is C:\Campbellsci\LoggerNet\Logs.

Each time an RF link is shutdown, an entry will be written to the CQR Log.

The first line in each entry is the timestamp and the name of the datalogger

being communicated with. The remaining lines are the RF Link Quality

Accumulators (RLQA) for each modem in the link. The RLQA are

representative of the active period of the link. The line for each modem will

contain three numbers:

xxxx yyyy zzzz

where

xxxx = Number of communication failures

yyyy = Noise Level Indicator

zzzz = Noise Level Indicator

A communication failure occurs when a signature of a block of data does not

match its original signature. These blocks are subsequently retransmitted. The

noise level indicators should be 102 (±70) at 3.0K baud rate or 124 (±70) at

2.4K baud.

Example CQR log entry

“10/14/2010 12:10:35”,CR10XTD

0002 0128 0055

0000 0129 0063

The first line is the timestamp and name of the datalogger being communicated

with. The next line is the RLQA for the EOL (End of Link) modem. This is the

remote modem connected to the datalogger. The last line is the RLQA for the

SOL (Start of Link) modem. This is the base modem. (This entry is for a link

that contains no repeaters. A link with repeaters would show an additional line

for each repeater between the EOL line and the SOL line.) The 0002 indicates

that two interruptions occurred on the EOL modem while the link was active.

All noise level indicators are within acceptable bounds in this example.

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