CIRAS-3 Operation Manual V. 1.09  88  support@ppsystems.com 
 
 
 
The following selections are available: 
Response Curve Scripts Editor 
Several scripts are included with CIRAS-3 by default.  You can use them as 
templates to edit on the console, or export them for external editing and 
renaming.   
These fields are the starting and ending points of your response curve, 
representing the total number of steps.  If your response curve has 15 steps 
enter 1 of 15 in the fields.  Each entry from this point forward will apply 
uniformly to the entire response curve, through all Levels.  By doing this you 
create the basic structure of the curve, before you enter the specific changes 
you want to introduce (independent variable) at each successive Level.  
Decide how many data points you want to record at each Level.  Entering 
more than 1 will allow for averaging and other summary statistics, but will 
extend the total time of the response curve.  
Enter the time in seconds that the leaf must acclimate to the conditions you 
create in the leaf chamber.  This is not as easy as it may seem as it is 
dependent on the initial physiological state of the plant, the response curve 
parameter being changed, and the magnitude of that change.  Determining 
suitable acclimation times often requires one or more test runs of the 
response curve. 
Enter the time in seconds between recorded data points, assuming Records 
per Level n>1.