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Stability Parameters
Stability ParametersStability Parameters
Stability Parameters 
  
 
Damping 
Damping  is  used  to  damp  the  display,  to  enable  it  to  keep  up  with  the 
process but ignore minor surface fluctuations. 
P870 Fill Damping 
This parameter determines the maximum rate at which the unit will respond 
to  an  increase  in  level.  It  should  be  set  slightly  higher  than  the  maximum 
vessel fill rate. Default = 10.000 metres/minute 
P871 Empty Damping 
This parameter determines the maximum rate at which the unit will respond 
to  a  decrease  in  level.  It  should  be  set  slightly  higher  than  the  maximum 
vessel empty rate. Default = 10.000 metres/minute 
Filters 
The following two parameters can be used to filter out unwanted changes  of 
level caused by a ‘rippled’ or agitated surface. 
P881Fixed Distance 
This parameter determines the width of gate to be used in tracking an echo 
and  under  normal  circumstances  will  not  require  changing,  but  it  can  be 
increased in the cases where the surface is moving extremely fast (in excess 
of 10m/min) to ensure smooth processing of the changing level. 
 P882 Process Filter 
This parameter determines the number of ‘cycles’ that will be taken before a 
change in level is processed and the display updated. 
level will be updated every cycle 
level will be updated every 8 cycles
level will be updated every 16 cycles