Flowlink 5.1 Software Instruction Manual - Isco

Isco Flowlink 5.1 ® Software
Menu Commands
• Label - the type of reading
• Units - the units of measure for the data type
• Resolution - the possible number of places to the right
of the decimal point
• Significant digits - the total number of digits that may
be used to express the data
Click OK to close the Properties window.
Actions Commands
Actions>Connect
Actions>Retrieve
Data
Actions>Diagnostics
Actions>Disconnect
Actions>Apply
Actions>Cancel
Actions>Switch to
Tab
The options available on the Actions menu will vary according to
what is active on the Flowlink desktop. The options allow you to
make selections from the keyboard instead of using the mouse.
When a site is opened on the desktop, selecting Actions>Connect
or pressing F7 starts Flowlink’s communications with the site.
When connected to a site, selecting Actions>Retrieve Data from
the menu or pressing F8 starts the transfer of data from the site
to Flowlink’s database.
Select Actions>Diagnostics from the Flowlink menu to download
and display a text file from a 2100 Series site. This file reports
the performance of the module and its sensor. The measurement
type will determine which information is included in this report.
When connected to a site, selecting Actions>Disconnect from the
menu or pressing F2 stops Flowlink’s communications with the
instrument.
When connected to a site, selecting Actions>Apply from the
menu, clicking the Apply button on the site window, or pressing
the F9 keyboard button sends new program settings to the
instrument. This updates the instrument so it will match
Flowlink’s site window settings.
When connected to a site, selecting Actions>Cancel from the
menu or clicking the Cancel button on the site window restores
the displayed site window settings to the program settings stored
in the instrument. No changes to the instrument’s program
settings will be made.
The Actions>Switch to Tab menu options select tabs in a Site
window. These allow you use the keyboard to easily move about
the tabs. For example, to view the Data Storage tab of the Site
window press “Alt+A, S, 4,” or use the Ctrl+4 shortcut.
You can also scroll through the Site window tabs by pressing
Ctrl+Tab or Shift+Ctrl+Tab.
Actions>Maximize To maximize a graph, click on the Maximize button on the
graph toolbar, or select Actions>Maximize from the menu. You
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