Flowlink 5.1 Software Instruction Manual - Isco

Isco Flowlink 5.1 ® Software
Getting Started
Getting Started -
Data
Convert existing site
data
Connect to an Isco
Instrument
To create a new database, select Database > New. The default
location for a database is in your computer’s local directory.
Name your database and click OK.
Note: If you have just installed Flowlink, your database will be
empty. You will not be able to open any folders in the workspace
until the database contains some records. There are many ways
to add data, but in this tutorial, we will discuss just two of them.
If you have upgraded from Flowlink 3, 4, or 5.0, you most likely
have many site files containing instrument settings and data
from interrogations. If you need to convert data created in
Flowlink 3 for use with Flowlink 5.1, contact Teledyne Isco for
assistance.
If you need to convert data created in Flowlink 4 or 5.0 for use
with Flowlink 5.1, open the Database Converter. (From the
Windows Start button, choose Programs>Flowlink 5.1>Database
Converter.) For Flowlink 5.1, the Database Converter will
convert .MDB and .SDB databases and archived .ZIP files; for
Flowlink Pro, the Database Converter will convert the file types
mentioned above, as well as central server databases (Microsoft
SQL or Oracle). The Database Converter will also convert .zip
files (leaving them in zipped format) and data transfer files
(.sdb).
Connecting to an instrument will add the site information and
instrument settings to the database. While connected, Flowlink
can retrieve data from the instrument and save it in the
database.
Getting Started -
Connecting to
Instruments
To connect to an Isco instrument (see page 3 for a list of
compatible instruments), you must first determine the method
you will be using. Flowlink calls the serial or USB port
connection a direct connection. Select a direct connection when
using an Isco interrogator or communication cable, or a shorthaul
modem attached to your computer.
Select the modem connection when you want to communicate
with an Isco instrument equipped with its own modem, through
your computer’s telephone modem. Select wireless when you are
using 2102 Wireless Communication Modules. Select TCP for
remote serial communication with a 2100 CDMA modemequipped
module, or CDMA/GSM modem-equipped 6712
sampler, via a static IP or public domain address.
Once you have selected the method, make any necessary physical
connections between your computer and the instrument. You are
now ready to start communications.
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