Flowlink 5.1 Software Instruction Manual - Isco

Isco Flowlink 5.1 ® Software
Getting Started
Click on any tab in the site window to access the instrument
settings. If you are familiar with programming the instrument,
the settings on the tabs will be easy to recognize.
To make changes to an instrument’s settings, you must first be
connected. Then, modify the settings and click the Apply button
at the bottom of the Site Window. Flowlink will update the
database and send the new settings to the instrument.
Getting Started -
Graphing Data
Graphing Data
To graph the readings in the data set, do the following.
1. Using the mouse, click once on a data set to highlight it.
2. Double-click the data set or click the Quick Graph
button on the Flowlink toolbar.
Flowlink opens the Graph Window (see page 109) and displays
the data as a graph. The graph toolbar should also appear beside
the main toolbar. The graph toolbar will help you navigate (page
112) through the display. If data is not present in the graph, click
the End of Data button on the graph toolbar to jump to a
time span that contains data.
Flowlink used its default graph settings to display the quick
graph. You can change these by selecting Utilities>Options from
the Flowlink menu and choosing the Graph Defaults tab (see
page 39).
Right-click in the Graph Window and a menu appears. Select
Properties, you will find that there are many options that allow
you to customize the appearance of the graph (see page 113).
Graph Window
Getting Started -
Editing Data
Editing Data
To view or edit the readings in the data set, you must open the
editor.
1. Using the mouse, click once on a data set to highlight it.
2. Click on the Edit Data Set button on the Flowlink
toolbar.
Flowlink opens the Editor Window and displays the data as a
graph and as a table. The graph toolbar should also appear
beside the main toolbar. The graph toolbar and the Actions menu
will help you navigate (page 112) through the readings.
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