Displaying 21 - 33 of 33 articles tagged with: CRBasic
Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 12/30/2015 | Comments: 2
We all know that Campbell Scientific data loggers are really good at taking measurements and storing data. But did you know that they can also make decisions and control other devices? Often, device control is done based on a time interval. This article briefly illustrates...
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Author: Gary Roberts | Last Updated: 12/09/2015 | Comments: 1
Have you ever wanted the ability to control your Raven cellular modem with your data logger? Would it be nice to be able to get data on the health of your cellular modem and its data network? Maybe you even want to reset your Raven...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 11/11/2015 | Comments: 0
When you view your measurement data in tabular format, such as in View Pro or similar software, are your column headings, or field names, helpful to you? At a glance, do your field names quickly identify the data in the columns? If not, you may...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 10/07/2015 | Comments: 2
CRBasic has a full menu of instructions to help you write or edit your data logger program. This article offers a main course of scheduling your data logger actions using the RealTime() instruction with a side dish of making your program easier to read with...
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Author: Barbra Utley | Last Updated: 08/12/2015 | Comments: 3
You’ve collected your measurement data, but how do you easily make sense out of it? How can you simplify the post-processing of your data and start analyzing it sooner? In this article, I’ll explain how adding some code to your CRBasic program can save you...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 08/05/2015 | Comments: 0
Why should you use a Constant declaration in your CRBasic program? What is a Constant anyway? In a previous article ("Going Public with Your Variables in CRBasic"), we talked about the Public and Dim variable declarations. Variables are just that—variable; they change. Constants, on the other hand, don’t change;...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 07/21/2015 | Comments: 0
Copying or transposing has become easier with OS 28 (CR6 OS 1). This new operating system enables you to copy portions of an array to a new location, such as when transposing rows and columns.
In this example we start with A(3,2) (3 rows, 2 columns) initialized as...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 07/01/2015 | Comments: 0
You can perform more complex scaling in an array without needing a For/Next loop. To take advantage of this feature, use OS 28 (CR6 OS 01) or later.
In this example program, a unique set of multipliers and offsets is applied to the column of an...
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Author: Jacob Davis | Last Updated: 06/17/2015 | Comments: 3
Through programming, relatively slow SDI-12 measurements can coexist, without problems, alongside fast measurements. To illustrate the need for accommodations in your data logger program, I will share the story of the worst sunburn I ever got. Southern Peru is near the Pacific Ocean, yet is...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 06/10/2015 | Comments: 0
Initializing variables within an array is more flexible than ever with OS 28 (CR6 OS 1). You can think of a single dimensioned array as numbers in a column. Two dimensions, in comparison, puts numbers in rows and columns. The third dimension is a page.
For example:...
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Author: Dana Worley | Last Updated: 05/29/2015 | Comments: 0
When you live in a cold-weather climate like we do here in northern Utah, it’s a welcome reprieve to spend a few days away enjoying someplace sunny and warm. A couple of days ago, as I was uploading photos of sunshine and blue skies from...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 05/29/2015 | Comments: 0
When programming your Campbell Scientific data logger, have you ever wondered whether you should be using a Dim variable declaration or a Public one? What is the difference between them, and when is it best to use each one?
Dim and Public variables are temporary holding...
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Author: Janet Albers | Last Updated: 05/29/2015 | Comments: 0
The newest operating system released by Campbell Scientific for its data loggers is OS 28 for the CR800, CR1000, and CR3000. (The comparable operating system version for the CR6 datalogger is OS 01.) This powerful data logger OS has been enhanced so that you can...
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