Artificial dynamic simulations

If you want to avoid static values but were not able to capture realistic data, you can configure in the simulation file that the simulator should return random values in a certain range for a certain parameter, or that it should follow a certain pattern. To do that, change the ReturnValue attribute:

You can add simple random values to a given ReturnValue using the following syntax:
```
ReturnValue= "{INS}RandomInt;[min];[max]{INS}"
```
Example:
```
ReturnValue= "{INS}RandomInt;309;409{INS}".
```
Note

"max" is inclusive, so the above would produce random values ranging from 309 to 409.

You can add commands in the ReturnValue attribute of the Definition tag to create other varying responses. This can be useful to instantly create trend data, to toggle alarms, etc. You can use the following syntax for this:

ReturnValue = "{INS}increment;[start];[end];[step];[behaviour];[cycle behaviour]{INS}"

The table below shows the different possibilities:

Attribute	Possible values	Sub-attribute	Possible values
start	decimal	-	-
end	decimal	-	-
step	decimal	-	-
-	rand([min]-[max])	min	decimal
-	-	max	decimal
behaviour	inc	-	-
-	dec	-	-
cycle behaviour	rollover	-	-
-	bounce	-	-
-	stop	-	-

Examples:

Each poll returns an increasing value from 1-100 in a random step of 1-5 and resets to 1 when cycle reaches 100.
```
ReturnValue = "{INS}increment;1;100;rand(1-5);inc;rollover{INS}"
```
Each poll returns a decreasing value from 100 with a fixed step of 2 and starts to increment back to 100 when cycle reaches 1.
```
ReturnValue = "{INS}increment;100;1;2;dec;bounce{INS}"
```

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Artificial dynamic simulations

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