Campbell CR6 - Timer Input NAN Conditions; Quadrature Measurements

6.5.4.3 Timer input NAN conditions
NAN is the result of a TimerInput() measurement if one of the following occurs:
l Measurement timer expires
l The signal frequency is too fast
For more information, see:
l Pulse measurement specifications (p. 221)
l Digital input/output specifications (p. 222)
l Period-averaging measurement specifications (p. 219)
6.5.5 Quadrature measurements
The Quadrature() instruction is used to measure shaft or rotary encoders. A shaft encoder
outputs a signal to represent the angular position or motion of the shaft. Each encoder will have
two output signals, an A line and a B line. As the shaft rotates the A and B lines will generate
digital pulses that can be read, or counted, by the data logger.
In the following example, channel A leads channel B, therefore the encoder is determined to be
moving in a clockwise direction. If channel B led channel A, it would be determined that the
encoder was moving in a counterclockwise direction.
Terminals U1-U12 can be configured as digital pairs to monitor the two channels of an encoder.
The Quadrature() instruction can return:
l The accumulated number of counts from channel A and channel B. Count will increase if
channel A leads channel B. Count will decrease if channel B leads channel A.
l The net direction.
l Number of counts in the A-leading-B direction.
l Number of counts in the B-leading-A direction.
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