Flowlink 5.1 Software Instruction Manual - Isco

Isco Flowlink 5.1 ® Software
Automate Flowlink
tasks
You can use schedules to automate many of Flowlink’s
operations. Schedules allow you to accomplish a variety of tasks
without being present at the computer. Flowlink can
automatically interrogate remote instruments, print graphs or
tables, update documents in your word processing application,
etc. Schedules let you control the workflow and save both time
and money. For example, you can interrogate instruments at
night or on weekends when rates are cheaper, or send print jobs
to network printers when the demand is lower.
Before setting up a schedule, create the items that Flowlink will
be working from.
• To schedule a site interrogation the site must be set up
correctly in the workspace.
• To print a graph the graph must be predefined and saved
in the workspace.
• To import a file, a CSV, IGD, or ADFM data or station file
must be present in the location specified.
To set up a schedule:
1. Create a Schedule time. Click the New button.
2. Select Schedule from the New list and click OK. Flowlink
opens the Schedule Time settings window.
3. Enter the Start time and error handling settings and
click OK. Flowlink adds the time to the Schedules folder
in the workspace.
4. Create a Schedule task. Click the New button.
5. Select Schedule Task from the list and click OK. Flowlink
opens the Schedule Task settings window.
6. Follow the yellow instructions that appear on the screen.
7. Click OK. Flowlink adds the task to the schedule time in
the workspace.
Hint: You can add tasks to a schedule directly from the
workspace. To interrogate a site or print a graph, click and drag
the site or graph icon to a schedule time.
Flowlink now has the information it needs to process the tasks,
but your computer requires an application to monitor its clock
and start this process at the schedule time. To run a schedule,
your computer must be running WakeUp Monitor in the
background. Look for an alarm clock icon in the status area of the
windows task bar. If it is not present, start the WakeUp Monitor.
To start the WakeUp Monitor, locate the Windows Start button.
Click on the Start button and select Programs>Flowlink
5.1>Wakeup Monitor. Teledyne Isco recommends that you place a
shortcut to the WakeUp Monitor in your Windows Startup folder
if you will be using schedules regularly.
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