This information is part of the Business Simulation Library (BSL).

The parameter value is used to set the continous output y making it a constant-valued signal. The output will always give rates per second, but rates can be entered in non-SI-units of time using the parameter timeBaseString.

Notes

• In the default setting ValueType is chosen to be Types.Reals so that the entered rate will be a fractional rate (1 per unit of time). A different choice for ValueType may give more convenience: Selecting ValueType = Amount allows to use `displayUnit = "thousand"` and we can enter value = 1 and timeBaseString = "year" to come up with a rate of 1 thousand per year nicely converted internally into an equivalent rate per second.


• One can further use ValueType to select say a basic physical quantity like energy (not EnergyFlowRate!). With value = 1000, displayUnit = "kW.h", and timeBaseString = "year" we will thus obtain a rate of 1000 kw.H per year that is internally converted into SI-units of 114.155 J/s.


• There is no direct link between OutputType (default = Rate) and ValueType. The value entered will have unit = ValueType.unit/s and the selected OutputType should be set to make sure that y.unit reflects this: In the energy example above, the user should have selected OutputType = EnergyFlowRate to have units for input and output match.

See also

ConstantConverter, ConstantConverterTime