Catch Wire Levels Spacing Calculator

Audit actual observed vertical catch-wire levels under caller gap band; not equal-level layout, horizontal post bay loads or wire tension/safety design.

Description

Catch-wire vertical spacing is measured between ordered levels.

Catch-wire vertical spacing is measured between ordered levels. A chosen gap band can identify deviations from a local plan.^[1]

Enter at least two strictly increasing nonnegative heights and ordered nonnegative limits. Return gaps and zero-based pair indices outside the inclusive band.

When to use Catch Wire Levels Spacing Calculator

Use Catch Wire Levels Spacing Calculator when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. No equal-level layout, wire tension or structural adequacy is determined.

Prepare the measured vineyard records, aligned lists and independently verified local limits or catalog requested. Keep units, crop stages and observation periods consistent.

How to use Catch Wire Levels Spacing Calculator and understand its results

Prepare the measured vineyard records, aligned lists and independently verified local limits or catalog requested. Keep units, crop stages and observation periods consistent.
Enter observedCatchWireHeightsM, callerMinimumVerticalWireGapM, callerMaximumVerticalWireGapM using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read observedVerticalCatchWireGapsM, wireGapPairsOutsideCallerBand. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
observedCatchWireHeightsM	Observed catch wire heights m	list of number	Required
callerMinimumVerticalWireGapM	Caller minimum vertical wire gap m	number	Required
callerMaximumVerticalWireGapM	Caller maximum vertical wire gap m	number	Required

Enter at least two strictly increasing nonnegative heights and ordered nonnegative limits. Return gaps and zero-based pair indices outside the inclusive band.

gap=nextHeight−priorHeight; outside if gap<minimum OR gap>maximum

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
observedVerticalCatchWireGapsM	Observed vertical catch wire gaps m	list of number
wireGapPairsOutsideCallerBand	Wire gap pairs outside caller band	list of number

json

{
  "input": {
    "observedCatchWireHeightsM": [
      0.5,
      1,
      1.8
    ],
    "callerMinimumVerticalWireGapM": 0.4,
    "callerMaximumVerticalWireGapM": 0.6
  },
  "output": {
    "observedVerticalCatchWireGapsM": [
      0.5,
      0.8
    ],
    "wireGapPairsOutsideCallerBand": [
      1
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

No equal-level layout, wire tension or structural adequacy is determined.

Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Numeric lists are limited to 10,000 entries; string lists to 128 strings of at most 128 characters each. The rules above may impose smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Foliage Wire Raise Height Per Pass Calculator: Wire-raising records describe changes across dated passes. Negative changes and elapsed time affect rate interpretation. For a complementary task, use Tucking In Catch Wire Passes Counter: Tucking completion is a row-by-pass record. Pass counts describe recorded work rather than retained-shoot condition.

References

Catch Wire Levels Spacing Calculator — tool.io

Similar or alternative tools

Foliage Wire Raise Height Per Pass Calculator
Wire-raising records describe changes across dated passes. Negative changes and elapsed time affect rate interpretation.
Tucking In Catch Wire Passes Counter
Tucking completion is a row-by-pass record. Pass counts describe recorded work rather than retained-shoot condition.