Flowlink 5.1 Software Instruction Manual - Isco

Isco Flowlink 5.1 ® Software
Menu Commands
Graph Default
Options
Miscellaneous
Options
The Utilities>Options Graph Defaults tab is used to set graph
defaults. New and Quick graphs will use the settings to open the
Graph window. Once the graph is open, you can customize the
appearance with the Properties.
• Colors: Select default colors from the pull-down menus
for the various graph elements.
• Grid Lines: Click on your choice of none, horizontal,
vertical or both.
• Grid in front of data/Display shadow: Select the check
boxes to enable these options.
• Change ‘Average’ label for volume: Select this check box
to report a total volume, deselect this box to report an
average volume.
• Date and Time Range: Select today, this week, this
month, yesterday, last week, last month, or absolute Date
and time.
• Graph Font Size: Click on small, medium or large.
• Change Table Font: Opens the Change Font dialog box,
where you can select a specific font, font style, and font
size that will be used when displaying a table.
• Timespan: Enter a number and select hours, days, weeks,
months, or years.
• Summary Interval: The summary interval works with
the statistical functions to recalculate the data to be
displayed.
The Misc tab (Utilities>Options) contains settings for the Editor,
Log File size, and the Database maintenance frequency.
Editor default timespan - This is the timespan displayed when
editing a data set using the Item>Edit menu command (see page
22). Both the graph and the table of readings use the default
settings from this tab. To set the timespan:
1. Enter a value in the number-entry box.
2. Select a time unit from the pull-down list. The two fields
will then read the new timespan.
3. Click OK at the bottom window.
Table Max No. of Rows - This sets the maximum number of
rows that will appear in the editor window. The default is 1440,
which is a day of readings at one-minute intervals. Up to 16,000
readings can be displayed in the table. However a large number
of displayed readings may affect your computer’s performance.
Database maintenance - You can instruct Flowlink to perform
database maintenance at regular intervals. The maintenance
will help keep the structure of the database intact, and
defragment the database to keep the file size as small as
possible. If you perform database maintenance, Flowlink can also
prevent the log file (Iscolog.txt) from growing too large.
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