Campbell CR850 - Page 429

Section 11. Glossary
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neighbordoesnotcommunicateforaperiodoftimeequalto2.5xthe
CVI,thedevicewillsenduptofourHellos.Ifnoresponseisreceived,
theneighborisremovedfromtheneighborlist.
dataloggersupportsoftware
CampbellScientificsoftwarethatincludesatleastthefollowing
functions:
o Datalogger telecommunications
o Downloading programs
o Clock setting
o Retrieval of measurement data
IncludesPC200W,PC400,RTDAQ,andLoggerNetsuite.Formore
information,seeDataloggerSupportSoftware
(p.76)andtheappendix
DataloggerSupportSoftware
(p.547).
datapoint
Adatavaluewhichissenttofinalstorage
(p.432)astheresultofan
outputprocessing(datastorage)instruction.Stringsofdatapoints
outputatthesametimemakeuparecordinadatatable.
dc
SeeVdc
(p.447).
DCE
Datacommunicationsequipment.Whilethetermhasmuchwider
meaning,inthelimitedcontextofpracticalusewiththeCR800,it
denotesthepinconfiguration,gender,andfunctionofanRS‐232port.
TheRS‐232portontheCR800andonmanythird‐party
telecommunicationsdevices,suchasadigit
alcellularmodems,areDCE.
InterfacingaDCEdevicetoaDCEdevicerequiresanull‐modemcable.
desiccant
Amaterialthatabsorbswatervaportodrythesurroundingair.
DevConfig
DeviceConfigurationUtility
(p.92),availablewithLoggerNet,RTDAQ,
PC400,orawww.campbellsci.com.