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...we’re currently taking the PLC’s internal encoder numerator, which is a floating point number less than zero, multiplying it by 10^6, and sending it as an integer. So, the “unit” of the output is baked into the protocol.
Data Format 2.0.
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0
Version 2.0.0 of encoder_channel_t adds a uint16_t field 'scaleDenom.' If nonzero, it is the denominator of a rational scale value.
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Viewing Encoder Value in AMI
Run Encoder Sim on Remote Host
Earlier (2022) the sim was limited to localhost.
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-bash-4.2$ hostname
drp-tst-acc01
-bash-4.2$ nc -lvu 172.21.148.201 5006
Ncat: Version 7.50 ( https://nmap.org/ncat )
Ncat: Listening on 172.21.148.201:5006
Ncat: Connection from 172.21.148.110.
sim_updencodersim_updencodersim_updencodersim_updencodersim_updencoder |
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(ps-4.5.26) -bash-4.2$ hostname
daq-tst-dev03.pcdsn
(ps-4.5.26) -bash-4.2$ sim_udpencoder -r 0 -a 172.21.148.201 | head -4
Version PulseID TimeStamp Markers BeamReq BsaInit BsaActiv BsaAvgD BsaDone
10000 374b0fc41f 3e4f023b73138 10040 0 0 0 0 0
10000 374b0fc420 3e4f023b7356d 10040 0 0 0 0 0
10000 374b0fc421 3e4f023b739a2 10040 0 0 0 0 0 |