{"id":3791,"date":"2019-02-12T16:09:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyflexdoc.wpengine.com\/usage-help-manual\/1-utilities-and-user-commands\/multi_lb_ctrl\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:53:07","slug":"multi_lb_ctrl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/16-smart-instrument-interfaces\/multi_lb_ctrl\/","title":{"rendered":"multi_lb_ctrl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Purpose:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p>Control load banks by setting digital outputs based on specified configurations and events.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Enter:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p><strong>multi_lb_ctrl<\/strong> &lt;priority&gt; &lt;loop_time&gt; &lt;lb_number&gt; &lt;spec_filename&gt; &amp;<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Where:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>priority<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the priority of this task. Specify a priority higher than that of the priority of the DO transfer layer so that all requests are set before output begins.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>loop_time<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the number of milliseconds between executions of this task. Typical values are 100-500.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>lb_number<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the number of this load bank. Specify 1-4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>spec_filename<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Specify the specification filename that configures this task.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p><strong>multi_lb_ctrl<\/strong> 18 100 1 \/specs\/kw_load_specs.1 &amp;<br \/>\nThe above command spawns the multi_lb_ctrl program and runs it in the background. It reads the specification file \/specs\/kw_load_specs.1 and then waits for events to tell it what actions should be performed. The priority is set to 18 and the program runs every 100 ms.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Notes:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p>1. This task is normally spawned in scripts or procedures to manage load bank control.<\/p>\n<p>2. Once this task is spawned, it runs continuously until terminated.<\/p>\n<p>3. Load adjustments can be handled through ramping mechanisms or variable settings.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>See Also:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Multi-Load-Bank-Control-Program.pdf\">Multi-Load Bank Control User Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose: Control load banks by setting digital outputs based on specified configurations and events. Enter: multi_lb_ctrl &lt;priority&gt; &lt;loop_time&gt; &lt;lb_number&gt; &lt;spec_filename&gt; &amp; Where: priority Specify the priority of this task. Specify a priority higher than that of the priority of the DO transfer layer so that all requests are set before output begins. loop_time Specify the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1955,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3791\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}