
Section 11. Glossary
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RMS
Root‐meansquare,orquadraticmean.Ameasureofthemagnitudeof
waveorothervaryingquantitiesaroundzero.
RS‐232
RecommendedStandard232.Aloosestandarddefininghowtwo
computingdevicescancommunicatewitheachother.The
implementationofRS‐232inCampbellScientificdataloggerstoPC
communicationsisquiterigid,buttransparenttomostusers.
ImplementationofRS‐232inCampbellScientificdataloggertoRS‐232
smart‐sensorc
ommunicationsisquiteflexible.
samplerate
Therateatwhichmeasurementsaremade.Themeasurementsample
rateisprimarilyofinterestwhenconsideringtheeffectoftimeskew
(i.e.,howcloseintimeareaseriesofmeasurements).Themaximum
sampleratesaretheratesatwhichmeasurementsaremadewhen
initiatedbyasingleinstructionwithm
ultiplerepetitions.
scaninterval
ThetimeintervalbetweeninitiatingeachexecutionofagivenScan()of
aCRBasicprogram.IftheScan()Intervalisevenlydivisibleinto24hours
(86,400seconds),itissynchronizedwiththe24‐hourclock,sothatthe
programisexecutedatmidnightandeveryScan()Intervalthereafter.
Thepro
gramisexecutedforthefirsttimeatthefirstoccurrenceofthe
Scan()Intervalaftercompilation.IftheScan()Intervaldoesnotdivide
evenlyinto24hours,executionwillstartonthefirstevensecondafter
compilation.
scantime
WhentimefunctionsareruninsidetheScan()/NextScanconstruct,
timestampsarebasedonwhenthescanwasstartedaccordingtothe
CR1000clock.Resolutionofscantimeisequaltothelengthofthescan.
Seesystemtime
(p.468).
SDI‐12
SerialDataInterfaceat1200bps.Communicationprotocolfor
transferringdatabetweendatarecordersandsensors.
SDM
Synchronousdeviceformeasurement.Aprocessor‐basedperipheral
deviceorsensorthatcommunicateswiththeCR1000viahardwireover
ashortdistanceusingaproprietaryprotocol.
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