Campbell Scientific SR50A Distance Sensor User Manual
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SR50A Sonic Ranging Sensor
 
5: Z=SQRT(X) (P39) 
 1: 6 
X Loc [ Mult1 ]
2: 6
Z Loc [ Mult1 ]
 
;Distance to the Snow Surface is obtained by multiplying the temperature correction 
;to the Raw Distance value 
6: Z=X*Y (P36) 
 1: 3 
X Loc [ Raw_Dist ]
2: 6
Y Loc [ Mult1 ]
3: 7
Z Loc [ DistToSnw ]
 
;Set the initial distance from the SR50A to the ground in meters: 
7: Z=F x 10^n (P30) 
 1: 2.5 
F
2: 00
n,
Exponent
of
10
3: 2
Z Loc [ DisToGnd ]
 
8: Z=X-Y (P35) 
 1: 2 
X Loc [ DisToGnd ]
2: 7
Y
Loc
[
DistToSnw
]
3: 8
Z Loc [ SnowDepth ]
 
;Hourly Data Output 
9: If time is (P92) 
 1: 0 
Minutes (Seconds --) into a
2: 60
Interval (same units as above)
3: 1
Set Output Flag High (Flag 0)
 
10: Set Active Storage Area (P80)^28428 
 1: 1 
Final Storage Area 1
2: 60
Array
ID
 
11: Real Time (P77)^30811 
 1: 1220 
Year,Day,Hour/Minute
(midnight
=
2400)
 
12: Sample (P70)^20443 
 1: 1 
Reps
2: 8
Loc
[
SnowDepth
]
 
;The SR50A signal quality value can optionally be stored as well 
13: Sample (P70)^22572 
 1: 1 
Reps
2: 4
Loc [ Sig_Qual ]
 
*Table 2 Program 
 02: 0.0000 Execution 
Interval
(seconds)
 
*Table 3 Subroutines 
 
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