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Calculate and set gains (command 'z') – Pressure Systems 98RK-1 User Manual

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CALCULATE AND SET GAINS (Command 'Z')

Purpose:

Instructs a module to calculate new gain coefficients, with either full-scale

pressure

(or

a

specified pressure) applied to the specified internal channels.

These new coefficients update part of the module’s internal calibration coefficient

database, used to convert any subsequent raw data (from any of the specified

channels) into engineering units data. The new gain values are also returned in

the response. This command is sometimes called a Gain calibration.


Command

Zpppp[ vv.vvvv]

‘Z’ is the command letter
pppp’ is the position field
vv.vvvv’ is an [optional] pressure value, preceded by a space character.


Response

g.gggg[ g.gggg]...

g.gggg’ are the actual gain data values returned, each preceded by a
space.


Description: The position field may have 0 or 4 characters. If no position field is specified,

gain coefficients for all internal module channels (16-1) will be calculated and

returned. If a position field is specified, gain coefficients for only the channels

whose bits are set (=1) will be calculated and returned. If the optional pressure

value [ vv.vvvv] is specified, the position field must be 4 characters, even when

all channels are to be specified. Gain values are returned in the response in

order

of

highest specified channel to lowest specified channel, with data

formatted

per

an

implied decimal format (f=0).

NOTE: This command may only be applied to the sixteen (16) internal channels.

It is not applicable for the external 98RK-1’s purge/supply (P & S) channels.

Normally this command requires that the exact full scale input pressure be
applied to the affected channels. The optional pressure value [ vv.vvvv] allows
the user to specify any suitable upscale pressure in the current engineering units.
For best results, pressures in excess of 90% of full scale should be applied. A
leading space character must precede the pressure value parameter. The
desired calibrating pressure must be applied to all of the specified channels (and
allowed to stabilize) before this command is executed. Such a pressure is
presumably generated by a separate Model 903x calibrator module or suitable
user-supplied substitute.

Internal 9816 firmware limits the allowed values for the calculated gain
coefficients between 0 and 100. If internal calculations result in gain coefficients
outside of this range, a default value of 1.00 will be used.

Notice that unlike the Calculate and Set Offsets (‘h’) command, this command
does not automatically move the module’s calibration valve to its CAL position. A
command to do this must precede this command. The reader is referred to
Chapter 4, Section 4.3 for additional details concerning the performance of a
Span Calibration.

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