Measurement Computing TempScan/1100 User Manual
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To Compute the MultiScan/1200 Scan Interval
To compute the time interval for the MultiScan/1200 to acquire one scan, use the following formulas:
• For a 60-Hz Line Cycle: Scan Interval equals:
Is-m = Cv x (Wv + 12) x R3
• For a50-Hz Line Cycle: Scan Interval equals:
Is-m = Cv x (Wv + 12) x R4
Where:
Is-m
= Scan Interval for the MultiScan/1200, milliseconds.
Cv
= Channels, variable number of configured channels in the scan.
Wv
= Sampling Weight, variable number of samples per channel.
R3
= Sampling Rate, constant of 0.52083 milliseconds (per sample) for a 60-Hz line cycle.
R4
= Sampling Rate, constant of 0.62500 milliseconds (per sample) for a 50-Hz line cycle.
For example, if 148 channels are configured, the disposition of these channels will not be a factor. Using
the scan interval formula for a MultiScan/1200 system with a 60-Hz line cycle, if the system is configured
to take 1 sample per channel, gives:
Is-m = 148 x (1 + 12) x 0.52083 millisec.
Is-m = 148 x 13 x 0.52083 millisec = 1002 millisec = 1.002 seconds.
Meanwhile, the following table shows how the fast mode scan rate varies when the number of configured
channels increases where these MultiScan/1200 channels are all adjacent to each other, and are using the
default sampling weight of 32 samples per channel.
Variations of the MultiScan/1200 Fast Mode Scan Rate
Number of
Number of
Scan Rate (Hz)
12-Channel
Selected
60-Hertz Line Cycle
50-Hertz Line Cycle
Blocks
Channels
Hertz
seconds
Hertz
seconds
1
12
3.636 0.275 3.030 0.330
2
24
1.818 0.550 1.515 0.660
3
36
1.212 0.825 1.010 0.990
4
48
0.909 1.100 0.758 1.320
5
60
0.727 1.375 0.606 1.650
…
…
… … … …
10
120
0.3636 2.750 0.3030 3.300
…
…
… … … …
50
600
0.0727 13.750 0.0606 16.500
…
…
… … … …
60
720
0.0606 16.500 0.0505 19.800
61
732
0.0596 16.775 0.0497 20.130
62
744
0.0587 17.050 0.0489 20.460
Note: (1) The number of selected channels refer to configured channels which are all adjacent to
each other. (2) These values were obtained from the above MultiScan/1200 scan interval
equations.