NXsensor
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XML Meta-DTD Definition for NXsensor.xml
This follows the XML Meta-DTD Definition format and can be downloaded from http://svn.nexusformat.org/definitions/tags/PRE_NXDL/base_classes/NXsensor.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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URL: http://www.nexus.anl.gov/classes/xml/NXsensor.xml
Editor: NIAC
$Id: NXsensor.xml 4 2005-07-19 04:10:26Z rio $
This class describes a sensor used to monitor an external condition - the
condition itself in described in NXenvironment
-->
<NXsensor name="{Name of sensor}">
<model type="NX_CHAR">
{Sensor identification code/model number}?
</model>
<name type="NX_CHAR">
{Name for the sensor}?
</name>
<short_name type="NX_CHAR">
{Short name of sensor used e.g. on monitor display program}?
</short_name>
<attached_to type="NX_CHAR">
{ where sensor is attached to ("sample" | "can") }?
</attached_to>
<NXgeometry name="">
{Defines the axes for logged vector quantities if they are not the global instrument axes}?
</NXgeometry>
<measurement type="NX_CHAR">
{ what we measure "temperature | pH | magnetic_field | electric field | conductivity | resistance | voltage | pressure | flow | stress | strain | shear | surface_pressure" }?
</measurement>
<type type="NX_CHAR">
{ The type of hardware we use for the measurement e.g. Temperature: "J | K | T | E | R | S | Pt100 | Rh/Fe" pH: "Hg/Hg2Cl2 | Ag/AgCl | ISFET" Ion selective electrode: "specify species; e.g. Ca2+" Magnetic field: "Hall" Surface pressure: "wilhelmy plate" }?
</type>
<run_control type="NX_BOOLEAN">
{ Is data collection controlled/synchronised to this quantity: 1=no, 0=to "value", 1=to "value_deriv1" etc.}?
</run_control>
<high_trip_value type="NX_FLOAT" units="{}">
{Upper control bound of sensor reading if using run_control}?
</high_trip_value>
<low_trip_value type="NX_FLOAT" units="{}">
{Lower control bound of sensor reading if using run_control}?
</low_trip_value>
<value type="NX_FLOAT[n]" units="{}">
{nominal setpoint or average value - need [n] as may be a vector}?
</value>
<value_deriv1 type="NX_FLOAT[n]" units="{}">
{Nominal/average first derivative of value e.g. strain rate - need [n] as may be a vector}?
</value_deriv1>
<value_deriv2 type="NX_FLOAT[n]" units="{}">
{Nominal/average second derivative of value - need [n] as may be a vector}?
</value_deriv2>
<value_log type="NXlog">
{Time history of sensor readings}?
</value_log>
<value_deriv1_log type="NXlog">
{Time history of sensor readings}?
</value_deriv1_log>
<value_deriv2_log type="NXlog">
{Time history of sensor readings}?
</value_deriv2_log>
<external_field_brief type="NX_CHAR">
{ along beam | across beam | transverse | solenoidal | flow shear gradient | flow vorticity }?
</external_field_brief>
<external_field_full type="NXorientation">
{For complex external fields not satisfied by External_field_brief}?
</external_field_full>
</NXsensor>
Tabular Representation of XML Meta-DTD
(automatically generated from http://svn.nexusformat.org/definitions/tags/PRE_NXDL/base_classes/NXsensor.xml)
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NXsensor
Name Type Description Attributes model NX_CHAR Sensor identification code/model number name NX_CHAR Name for the sensor short_name NX_CHAR Short name of sensor used e.g. on monitor display program attached_to NX_CHAR where sensor is attached to ("sample" | "can") NXgeometry Defines the axes for logged vector quantities if they are not the global instrument axes measurement NX_CHAR what we measure "temperature | pH | magnetic_field | electric field | conductivity | resistance | voltage | pressure | flow | stress | strain | shear | surface_pressure" type NX_CHAR The type of hardware we use for the measurement e.g. Temperature: "J | K | T | E | R | S | Pt100 | Rh/Fe" pH: "Hg/Hg2Cl2 | Ag/AgCl | ISFET" Ion selective electrode: "specify species; e.g. Ca2+" Magnetic field: "Hall" Surface pressure: "wilhelmy plate" run_control NX_BOOLEAN Is data collection controlled/synchronised to this quantity: 1=no, 0=to "value", 1=to "value_deriv1" etc. high_trip_value NX_FLOAT Upper control bound of sensor reading if using run_control units="{}"
low_trip_value NX_FLOAT Lower control bound of sensor reading if using run_control units="{}"
value NX_FLOAT[n] nominal setpoint or average value - need [n] as may be a vector units="{}"
value_deriv1 NX_FLOAT[n] Nominal/average first derivative of value e.g. strain rate - need [n] as may be a vector units="{}"
value_deriv2 NX_FLOAT[n] Nominal/average second derivative of value - need [n] as may be a vector units="{}"
value_log NXlog Time history of sensor readings value_deriv1_log NXlog Time history of sensor readings value_deriv2_log NXlog Time history of sensor readings external_field_brief NX_CHAR along beam | across beam | transverse | solenoidal | flow shear gradient | flow vorticity external_field_full NXorientation For complex external fields not satisfied by External_field_brief
