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Intuitive Mercury 6-5M Controller with TDB
Warning
Please Note
The specifications of the product detailed on this
Set-Up Guide may change without notice. RDM
Ltd. shall not be liable for errors or for incidental
or consequential damages, directly and indirectly,
in connection with the furnishing, performance or
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Ensure that all power is
switched off before
installing or maintaining
this product
The filter block can be used as a damping factor.
Rate How often the calculation occurs (in seconds).
T Const. The time constant used
Min Value Minimum value expected.
Max Value Maximum value expected.
Input The accumulator block samples the value at the input and adds it to the running total count,
this sample/calculation is fixed and is carried out every second.
Total This is the running total. The accumulation process will start as soon as the TDB program is
running.
Time The time output is in seconds and provides the total elapsed time from last power on or
reset.
Reset The total value count and time elapsed will be set to zero when the reset input is activated.
In the example below, a flow meter with a litres per second analogue output is connected to the input
of the accumulator block. Every second, the instantaneous litres per second value is added to the total.
The total litres used and the total time, in seconds, is displayed on the right.