Campbell Scientific CR6 CR6 Measurement and Control System - Page 490

Section 11. Glossary 490 For example, a 14 AWG wire is often used for grounding because it can carry large currents. 22 AWG wire is often used as sensor leads since only tiny currents are carried when measurements are made. Term. baud rate The rate at which data are transmitted. Term. beacon A signal broadcasted to other devices in a PakBus® network to identify "neighbor" devices. A beacon in a PakBus® network ensures that all devices in the network are aware of other devices that are viable. If configured to do so, a clock-set command may be transmitted with the beacon. This function can be used to synchronize the clocks of devices within the PakBus® network. See also PakBus (p. 503) and neighbor device (p. 501). Term. binary Describes data represented by a series of zeros and ones. Also describes the state of a switch, either being on or off. Term. BOOL8 A one-byte data type that hold 8 bits (0 or 1) of information. BOOL8 uses less space than 32-bit BOOLEAN data type. Term. boolean Name given a function, the result of which is either true or false. Term. boolean data type Typically used for flags and to represent conditions or hardware that have only two states (true or false) such as flags and control ports. Term. burst Refers to a burst of measurements. Analogous to a burst of light, a burst of measurements is intense, such that it features a series of measurements in rapid succession, and is not continuous. Term. calibration wizard The calibration wizard facilitates the use of the CRBasic field calibration instructions FieldCal() and FieldCalStrain(). It is found in LoggerNet (4.0 or higher) or RTDAQ. Term. Callback A name given to the process by which the CR6 initiates telecommunication with a PC running appropriate Campbell Scientific datalogger support software (p. 604). Also known as "Initiate Telecommunications." Term. CD100