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20090049928 | FLOW METER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CABLE FAULT IN A CABLING OF THE FLOW METER - A method for detecting a cable fault in a cabling of a flow meter is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The method includes testing one or more first pickoff wires and one or more second pickoff wires of the cabling for pickoff open wire faults. The method further includes testing the first pickoff wires and the second pickoff wires for pickoff connection orientation faults if no pickoff open wire faults are determined in the first pickoff wires and the second pickoff wires. The method further includes testing one or more driver wires of the cabling for driver open wire faults. The method further includes testing the driver wires for a driver connection orientation fault if no driver open wire faults are determined in the driver wires. | 02-26-2009 |
20100275703 | FLOW DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLOW DEVICE - The present invention relates to flow devices that measure a characteristic of a flowing substance and methods for operating flow devices. In one embodiment, a drive ( | 11-04-2010 |
20110113173 | PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL - A method for executing a processing routine that utilizes an external memory is provided. The processing routine requires more than one external memory access. The method comprises the step of distributing the external memory access after a predetermined number of external memory accesses. | 05-12-2011 |
20110121794 | BUS INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVELY LIMITED POWER CONSUMPTION IN A TWO-WIRE INSTRUMENTATION BUS - A bus instrument ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110138205 | OPTIMIZING PROCESSOR OPERATION IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING ONE OR MORE DIGITAL FILTERS - A method for optimizing processor operation in a processing system including one or more digital filters is provided according to the invention. The method includes generating initial filter coefficients for the one or more digital filters of the processing system, determining one or more initial filter coefficients for at least one digital filter of the one or more digital filters that can be dropped and dropping the one or more initial filter coefficients. Dropping the one or more initial filter coefficients reduces a total number of filter coefficients to be used by the processing system. | 06-09-2011 |
20110185822 | FLOW METER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CABLE FAULT IN A CABLING OF THE FLOW METER - A method for detecting a cable fault in a cabling of a flow meter is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The method includes testing one or more first pickoff wires and one or more second pickoff wires of the cabling for pickoff open wire faults. The method further includes testing the first pickoff wires and the second pickoff wires for pickoff connection orientation faults if no pickoff open wire faults are determined in the first pickoff wires and the second pickoff wires. The method further includes testing one or more driver wires of the cabling for driver open wire faults. The method further includes testing the driver wires for a driver connection orientation fault if no driver open wire faults are determined in the driver wires. | 08-04-2011 |
20110196849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING DATA RECORDS - A data compression method is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The data compression method comprises receiving a first data record and at least a second data record. The first data record is compared to the second data record. The second data record is compressed as a difference between the first data record and the second data record. | 08-11-2011 |
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20120125124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A ZERO OFFSET IN A VIBRATING FLOW METER - A method and apparatus for operating a vibrating flow meter is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving sensor signals from the vibrating flow meter and determining a current zero offset for the vibrating flow meter. The current zero offset can be determined based on the received sensor signals. The method also comprises the step of determining one or more current operating conditions. The one or more current operating conditions can be compared to one or more previous operating conditions of the offset correlation. The method also includes the step of generating an average zero offset if the offset correlation includes a previously determined zero offset corresponding to the current operating conditions. The average zero offset can be based on the current zero offset and the previously determined zero offset. | 05-24-2012 |
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