I agree with Chuck. Now that I know the 241 can probably only handle 5hz, I'll probably go for the FBM207, it's not that expensive and it has 16 channels Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestions! Dirk -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cleddon@xxxxxxx Sent: woensdag 18 april 2012 14:51 To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM241 - input pulse rate Seems to me that you will end up with a much more reliable solution with less engineering time if you purchase the the module designed to do the task as opposed to rolling your own. What happens if you leave and someone else has to modify the code you wrote? As I get older (50 < x < 100) I am less inclined to use customs as opposed to off the shelf components. You will burn through the cost of the FBM in engineering hours while you are testing code. Chuck Leddon -----Original Message----- From: Ken Heywood <KHeywood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: foxboro <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 12:59 pm Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM241 - input pulse rate Ah, the horse lives. Yes you can count pulses, but then you must determine rate. ou are still at the mercy of the BPC. At such slow rates as 10Hz, it may be etter to measure the period of the on or off state (assuming 50% duty cycle) nd then calculate the rate in a CALC block as the inverse of that period. hank You, en Heywood alibration Laboratory Manager PROCESS CONTROL SERVICES, INC. stablished in 1983 http://www.processcontrolservices.com mailto:KHeywood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx elephone: 734-453-0620 ireless: 508-241-2040 =============================================== -----Original Message----- rom: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ehalf Of Douglas G. Lloyd ent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:23 PM o: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ubject: Re: [foxboro] FBM241 - input pulse rate Ken/Dirk, Not to beat a dead horse, but you could use PLB logic in the FBM241 to avoid the P BPC issue. Pulse capture resolution (using PLB counters) is then up to the rocessing speed of the PLB logic (5-10msec?) and the actual FBM ardware/software... Regards, oug ______________________________________________________________________ his mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process ystems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at our own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html oxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro o subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join o unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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