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Omron PLC Analog Input Scaling using SCL Function
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May 23, 2025
Learn how to use the SCL (Scaling) function in Omron PLC to convert raw analog input signals (like 4-20mA or 0-10V) into real engineering values. This tutorial explains step-by-step scaling in CX-Programmer with practical examples. JOIN OMRON FULL COURSE HERE: https://learn.automationcommunity.com/courses/omron-plc-training-course-using-cx-programmer/ #scaling #scl #plc Tags: omron plc,omron scl instruction,omron analog scaling,omron plc analog input,omron plc analog signal scaling,scl function in omron plc,scaling 4-20ma signal,scaling 0-10v signal,omron cx-programmer tutorial,omron plc programming,analog input to engineering value,plc analog input scaling,scl instruction cx programmer,omron plc analog example,omron plc training,industrial automation,plc analog sensor,omron scl example,plc input scaling
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hello everyone welcome to automation
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community In this session we are going
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to see about one of the most important
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and you know useful instruction in
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homegrown PLC which is called as
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SC scaling function So this is one of
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the most important instruction in PLC
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programming Why because whenever we are
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going to deal with some analog values we
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have to do this scaling function Correct
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for example let's take you have a water
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tank over there in your industry So you
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are having the level transmitter there
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So what will be the output of the level
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transmitter it will be in terms of uh
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you know 4 to 20 milliamps Level
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transmitter is giving the output as 4 to
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20 milliamps But you want to uh you know
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calculate that in the percentage like
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how much percentage uh my water is
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filled in the water tank Okay you are
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you know calculating that as a 0 to 100
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in terms of 0 to 100 percentage right so
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now you want to write a program so that
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the level transmitter output 4 to 20
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milliamps can be readed in the form of
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percentage Can you understand the
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concept so this is called a scaling You
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can able to
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scale any input to the required
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output All right So let's see that in
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the program So this is how ACL will be
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instruction will be like ACL in the
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overall and the first one is having the
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source word So which is the data you
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want to transfer like your level
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transmitters input is the source word
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here Okay And what is your result word
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result word will be your percentage
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output Okay So you are going to read 4
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to 20 milliamps any any any value in
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between 4 to 30 milliamps and your
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output is any value between 0 to 100 All
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right So now what is this P1 so this P1
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is going to uh you know play the vital
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role So what it is going to do means you
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have to tell the scaling function that
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you're going to convert 4 to 20
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milliamps to 0 to
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100% or for example 0 to 10 volt to 4 to
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20 m or 0 to 10 volt to some degree uh
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you know 30° to 500° like that you can
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fix any range according to your
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application So you have to tell the Sccl
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that this is my input range input
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minimum and maximum range and this is my
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output input and maximum range like that
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you have to tell the SCL so that it will
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calculate the you know output and it
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will it will give the output according
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to your application All right I hope you
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have understand the basic concept of CI
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So look at this This is your input
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source Okay Imagine this is your 4 to 20
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milliamps This is your unsigned BCD
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output This is our okay result So this
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is
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your 0 to 100
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percentage So now this as S is the
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minimum range in your input So what is
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the minimum range of our input which is
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four Correct minimum value not range
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sorry it's a value So four BS
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is your 20 milliamps Correct And how
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about this A R which is your zero BR is
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100 Look at this So P is having some
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address Let's take D
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100 Okay So B
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100 is having a R A R is nothing but the
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lower minimum value of your output Okay
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Which is zero What is a as minimum value
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of your input which is what
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four Are you following it's easy to
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understand now So a R is the minimum
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value of your output AS is the minimum
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value of your input BR is maximum of
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output Maximum of output And BS is
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minimum of your input Sorry maximum of
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your input Okay So by using this SCL
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will be knowing that okay this is the
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range and this is the input I have to
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convert like that so that can understand
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the concept and it will give you
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the okay so I'll explain you in the
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program so that you can understand in a
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very better
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way This is my running
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condition and let's take AC L What is my
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source address let's take D00
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uh
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input
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data
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Okay And we have to
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give this parameter address now So this
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is D200
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And the next fellow code is
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D parameter minimum maximum This is
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output
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in
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percentage Okay
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It's
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correct All right So go for the
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simulation Let's take a watch table
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I'm going to give D
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100 D
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200 D 2 not 1 2 3 and this is going to
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be my 300 Okay So why I'm taking all
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these because I have to give the minimum
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and maximum H correct
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Now what is this value this is
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my outputs minimum
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Correct this is my outputs minimum First
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value is the output minimum This is
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output
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maximum Output minimum
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beginning
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board Okay
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So
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then okay I'm giving this
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as zero Okay And this fellow is going to
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be your 100 Correct 100
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This is going to be your
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four This is going to be your 20
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milliamps All right So you have given
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the value So this is your parameters
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first address So that is going to be
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your outputs minimum This is output
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maximum This is input minimum This is
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input maximum Why I'm telling you this
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we can see
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this conversion 4 to 20 milliamps to 0
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to
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100% So if it is input is if your level
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transmitter is giving 4 milliamps that
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means what there is no water inside that
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is a 0% water If your level transmitter
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is giving 20 milliamps then we get to
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know there is a 100% loaded and in
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between 50%age half water tank is per
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mills Okay So we'll apply this input
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condition and we'll check whether we are
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getting the
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output I'm going to
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give four here 4 milliamps is given by
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my level
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transmitter Output have to be
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what it have to be zero Right so we are
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getting
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zero Okay
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Now we'll give 12 which is 50%
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So we are
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getting 32
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over okay let's give 20% let's see
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whether it is giving it's giving
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64 so the answer is in BCD that one also
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we have to see the answer is in BCD
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So this is
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0 100 4
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20
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less So if I give 20 millia I should get
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100 Okay I'm giving I'm getting 64
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64 is in
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BCD is 100 Yes See here look at this 064
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is nothing but the 100 So it's giving
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the correct value
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Okay
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So try to change the data type of this
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so that you can
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understand Okay Can you see here
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100 I'll give
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12 So it should give 52 Can you see it's
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giving
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50 That's a problem with run on because
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we cannot able to see the expected uh
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way If you want you can make use of such
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options in the home run software Okay
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It's showing in the BCD You have to
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understand
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that we are we are expecting the answer
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in the decimal See 12 you know 0 to 100
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is nothing but the decimal value right
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here it is showing the BCD you have to
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understand okay 32 BCD is nothing but 50
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in the decimal that's what you can
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convert
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here you can convert all so that you can
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see everything in the
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integer
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Okay this is how scaling will be
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working and this is like in the
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practical way we have taken the example
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like 4 to 20 milliamps to you know
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percentage
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So you can make use of any
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application There are so many
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conversions people will be calculating
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uh the same 4 to 20 milliamps to some
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you know uh to the voltage 0 to 5 volt
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or 0 to 20
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volt or in temperature range like that
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they will be calculated correct look at
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this 0 to 100 4 to 20 milliamps the
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answer is 50 Okay What if if you're
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giving
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16 16 is nothing but nearly it will be
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75% so it is giving
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72
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okay you give
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18 8 milliamps answer is
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22 okay so for this it should be
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actually 25 this is giving 22 no this
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should be some offset value you have to
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add offset according to
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the
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answer Okay So this is the offset we
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usually call it as you can add the
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three it should be the 25 So you can add
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or subtract the offset according to
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the
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okay So if again you give over to giving
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zero the exact percentage are coming So
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12 is giving
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50 and 20 is giving
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100 All
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right So let's see what 19 is giving 19
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is giving 96 is the most
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close Okay So this is called as a
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scaling application in industry So
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scaling is most important instruction
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So you can apply this to
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any scaling function anything like 4 to
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20 millia as I have told you I have
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taken the level transmitter you can uh
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you know take the temperature
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transmitter or pressure transmitter that
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to convert to the you know some other
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value So this conversion is mostly used
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for processing it is used to uh help in
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processing the
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data Okay So this is scaling function
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and one more application over here that
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is the reverse
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scaling We'll see that
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also What is reverse
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scaling so reverse scaling is your B r
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is less than a
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R So what does that mean
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your sometimes what will happen no let's
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take the same example 4 to 20 milliamps
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is converting to 0 to 100 uh percentage
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Sometimes the requirement will be like
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zero have to be I mean four have to be
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matched to
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100 20 have to be matched to zero In
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that case what you will do you have to
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reverse the range What is this
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application
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means let's take uh you know flow flow
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of some liquid or something is there
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Okay according to your level transmitter
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value You are going to close the val or
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open the
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valve Okay So there are two types of val
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that is normally closed val or normally
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open val So for this you are going to
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give the instruction whether that may be
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the 100%age or zero percentage So you
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can fix whether four is matching with
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the 0 percentage or four is matching
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with
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100% 20 is matching with 100 or 20 is
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matching with 0 percentage
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Okay So suppose in the previous scaling
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function what we have done 4 is equal to
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0 and 20 is equal to 100 In your some
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other application you want four have to
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be equal to 100 In that case what you
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will do you can do the reverse scaling
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Okay So it's simple You can see the
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difference Here a R is down BR is up Now
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so here also A R is BR is down AR is up
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That means what the lower range have to
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be up Lesser range have to be
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down So what you can do in the
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instruction
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is you can interchange the 100 and zero
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That's it Nothing
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big How the output you want like that
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you can put So here I'm giving
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100 Here I'm giving zero This is reverse
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scaling nothing big Okay I'm doing
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force Now see you are giving 20
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milliamps but your output is zero 0% 0
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percentage here 0% you give 4
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milliamps your answer is output is 100
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100%age open valve is 100% open Now for
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empty empty tank what is 4 milliamps
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there is empty tank so you have to open
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the work you know fully so you are
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giving
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100%age correct so like this you can
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make use of scaling and reverse scaling
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in your application I hope you have
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understood this concept I'll meet you in
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a session with another interesting topic
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thank
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