Mark, Just so we don't leave you hanging I will make a few statements which hopefuly you do not already know. 1. I really don't know the specific Foxboro answer. The EDOC shows the complex equation used when this form is enabled and it would probably take me two days to resolve for " y " unless I could find a recent graduate who remembers how to do all that stuff. 2. The standard lead-lag block uses LAGTIM that specifies the time constant for a "first order" lag. 3. A quadratic equation is one that uses a higher power (you know, like George Bush) perhaps squared or fourth power or something else. The LAG2 operation seems to cause the output to take a different form than first order lag and that varrying the parameters can change the shape of the response. 4. My last recollection of using such equations was for open flow measurement such as on river flood water. Hope this helps. Terry ________________________________ De: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx de la part de Clement, Mark (Kiddmetallurgical - Copper) Date: mer. 2007-07-04 07:15 À: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Objet : Re: [foxboro] LLAG Block Trying this again -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Clement, Mark (Kiddmetallurgical - Copper) Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 1:35 PM To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [foxboro] LLAG Block Hi All, Has anyone ever run across documentation on how the LAG2 parameter works with the LLAG block ? Specifically interested in knowing what "quadratic lag time " is and how it could be used Thanks in advance Regards Mark _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave