Teledyne M300EM User Manual

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Advanced Features 
Teledyne API – Technical Manual - Model 300E Family CO Analyzers 
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The SAMPLE PERIOD and REPORT PERIOD intervals are synchronized to the beginning and end of the 
appropriate interval of the instruments internal clock.   
If SAMPLE PERIOD were set for one minute the first reading would occur at the beginning of the next full 
minute according to the instrument’s internal clock.   
If the REPORT PERIOD were set for of one hour, the first report activity would occur at the beginning of the 
next full hour according to the instrument’s internal clock.   
EXAMPLE:  
Given the above settings, if the iDAS were activated at 7:57:35 the first sample would occur at 7:58 and 
the first report would be calculated at 8:00 consisting of data points for 7:58, 7:59 and 8:00. 
During the next hour (from 8:01 to 9:00), the instrument will take a sample reading every minute and 
include 60 sample readings. 
 
NOTE 
In AVG, SDEV, MIN or MAX sample modes (see Section 7.1.5.3), the settings for the Sample Period and 
the Report Period determine the number of data points used each time the parameter is calculated, 
stored and reported to the COMM ports.   
The actual sample readings are not stored past the end of the chosen report period.   
When the STORE NUM SAMPLES feature is turned on, the instrument will store how many 
measurements were used to compute the AVG, SDEV, MIN or MAX Value, but not the actual 
measurements themselves. 
 
 
 
7.1.5.5. Report Periods in Progress When Instrument Is Powered Off 
If the instrument is powered off in the middle of a REPORT PERIOD, the samples accumulated so far during that 
period are lost.  Once the instrument is turned back on, the iDAS restarts taking samples and temporarily stores 
them in volatile memory as part of the REPORT PERIOD currently active at the time of restart.  At the end of this 
REPORT PERIOD PERIOD,
 only the sample readings taken since the instrument was turned back on will be 
included in any AVGSDEVMIN or MAX calculation.   
Also, the STORE NUM SAMPLES feature will report the number of sample readings taken since the instrument 
was restarted. 
 
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