wp34S TICKS Command: How Much Time?

[Jake Schwartz]

Hi,

What is the granularity of the wp34S TICKS command? I could not find this info in the manual, nor in a search of the HP Museum Forum. It appears that a time "TICK" is around 0.1 second, but I wanted to be sure.

Thanks,
Jake

[Marcus von Cube, Germany]

You got it. TICKS should be accurate to .1 seconds. This depends of course on the accuracy of the oscillator.

I'm pretty sure, Walter will answer with a page in the manual.

[Paul Dale]

The granularity is 0.1 seconds give or take the oscillator.

In float mode, a value in seconds is returned.

In integer mode, ten times this value is returned.

- Pauli

Edited: 12 July 2011, 5:34 p.m.

[Walter B]

Hmmmh, I hate to tell you, but that contradicts the documentation. The command is called TICKS after all, not SECONDS [;-)

Walter

[Paul Dale]

The documentation is wrong then :-) We discussed this and the consensus was what is implemented....

- Pauli

[Walter B]

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consensus was what is implemented....

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... which is what is documented since v1.17. Just check d:-)

Walter