FlowTalk-3

FIELD MANUAL

FLOWTALK PROGRAM
USER GUIDE
Version 1.13

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 FIELD MANUAL

FLOWTALK PROGRAM
USER GUIDE

Field Manual FlowTalk-3

April 2004

For use with Operating System

Software version 1.13 or higher

Prepared By Date

Engineering Date

FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: FOR GENERAL INFORMATION:

Call: (800) 275-8480 Website: www.controlotron.com

(631) 231-3600 E-mail: info@controlotron.com
Fax: (631) 231-3334 Or: sales@controlotron.com
E-mail: TSG@controlotron.com

Copyright©2004 Controlotron Corp. All Rights Reserved Made in the USA

Printed April 2004

Table of Contents FlowTalk-3

Table of Contents
Sect./Page
Section 1
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1-1

Section 2
2. What You Will Need To Run FlowTalk .......................................................... 2-1

Section 3
3. Running FlowTalk ............................................................................................. 3-1

Section 4
4. FlowTalk Menu Commands ............................................................................. 4-1
4.1 Alter Delimiters .................................................................................................. 4-1
4.2 Communications Setup ..................................................................................... 4-2
4.3 Dialup Operations .............................................................................................. 4-2
4.4 Network ID........................................................................................................... 4-3

Section 5
5. Operations Commands ...................................................................................... 5-1
5.1. Terminal Mode .................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 1010 Data Save, Verify and Restore Commands ......................................... 5-2
5.3 Extracting Datalogger Data ............................................................................ 5-4

Section 6
6. General Hints, Tips and Cautions .................................................................. 6-1

Appendices

Appendix A Conventional Serial Port Assignments For PC’s ........................................ A-1

Appendix B Communications Cable Part Numbers ......................................................... A-1

Tables and Illustrations

Table 1. Special Keyboard Characters for 990 and 1010 Menus ............................. A-2

Figure 1. 1010 & 990 To PC Serial Cable Diagram (Cable pin-outs) ........................ A-3

Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... G-1

INDEX

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1. INTRODUCTION
Controlotron customers have requested a PC program that allows them to use their computers
to work with 990 or 1010 family instruments. In the past, shareware or commercially available
programs have been used to set up or make adjustments to flowmeters or collect data for
spreadsheet analysis, and even to dial up remote flowmeters.

FlowTalk, developed specifically to interface to our equipment, allows you to connect your
PC to your meter simply and directly. We have removed or pre-set the telecommunications
parameters that generic serial communication programs often require.

You will find that FlowTalk is very simple to use. Its menu structure is limited to essential
items and very few of these are more than two levels deep. In addition to allowing you to do
all the things that generic programs do, FlowTalk provides a number of unique features having
to do with saving and restoring 1010 family sites.

Since FlowTalk is not a Windows application, it will run on ANY PC with a serial port from
the DOS prompt AND it will run in DOS mode if you are running Windows. The inconvenience
of having to go through an intermediate text file in order to import data to the Windows
environment is a modest cost for the flexibility and universality that DOS provides.

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2. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO RUN FLOWTALK

z Any type of PC with a serial port.

z The executable program, Flowtalk.exe, residing in your working directory. Be sure its
version number is 1.13 or higher.

z Help files, if desired (files with .MSH extension).

z An appropriate serial cable (see 1010 & 990 PC Serial Cable diagram for details).

z Add a line in your PC’s config.sys file which installs the DOS ANSI.SYS driver. See
operating system choices below:

Windows 98 - add this line to the C:\config.sys file:

device=C:\Windows\Command\ansi.sys

Windows 2000 and Windows NT - add this line to the config.nt file:

C:\WINNT\system32\config.nt\device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys

Windows XP - add this line to the config.nt file:

C:\Windows\system32\config.nt\device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys

NOTE: The 990 and 1010 portables possess nine pin RS-232 ports configured as Data
Terminal Equipment (DTE)—you will need a null modem cable to connect to
your PC. Also note that the gender of the meter end of the cable should be
selected appropriately: male in the case of the 990 and female in the case of
the 1010. For Nema equipment you must purchase or construct a cable in
accordance with the appropriate drawing—see Table 1 or Figure 1. For
communicating remotely over a modem connection, please also read the
Modem Guide.

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3. RUNNING FLOWTALK
Once you have your flowmeter powered up, check its RS-232 settings. If you are connected
with a cable, we suggest you set in 9600 baud, Odd Parity, 7 bit words and 1 stop bit. This will
result in rapid communication and, since noise is usually not a problem, no errors should be
seen. (Don’t worry if you cannot select word length and stop bits for your 990 meter.)

Connect the appropriate serial cable between the flowmeter and the free serial port of your
PC. You will have to make sure that you actually have a free serial port since your computer’s
mouse, modem and other devices often consume these resources. FlowTalk can be set up to
use any of the four conventional DOS serial ports COM1 through COM4. It is a good idea to
make sure your serial port works before proceeding to interface to the flowmeter. You may
wish to try interfacing to another computer or an external modem. (Remember that cables for
external modems are incorrect for the flowmeter.) Once you are sure that your serial port is
operational and communicating, connect the flowmeter and the PC with the proper cable.

In order to invoke the FlowTalk program, simply type “FlowTalk” while in the directory
where the program resides. The program responds by clearing the screen and briefly
identifying itself. It then requests that you decide whether you’ll be working with 990 or 1010
equipment for this session. After this, it writes its main menu (see below). If you see some
strange characters, you probably have not installed the ANSI.SYS driver in your PC’s config.sys
file.

Flow Meter
≡> 1010
990

The RS-232 default settings given above, which you installed in your flowmeter, correspond
to FlowTalk’s defaults, so it is now very easy to quickly see if the program is communicating
with the meter:

Just press <Enter> and then press <Enter> again, indicating that you do not wish to log
interactions to a named file, and the screen will clear. If your very next <Enter> produces a ?
for Help message, it means that you have successfully interfaced to the instrument.

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4. FLOWTALK MENU COMMANDS

In general, menu items are accessed and selected by pressing <Enter>. You can cancel selections
and move to higher levels of the menu by pressing the <Left Arrow>. You can use the first
character of any FlowTalk command as a shortcut to execution of the command. For example, to
leave the FlowTalk program, simply type [Q] at the main system menu or press <Enter> while
your cursor highlight is on [Quit]. The <ESC> key terminates any command that seems to have
failed or “locked up.” The <?> key activates the [Help] subsystem that displays help text files
associated with each menu item. Note, however, that you must simultaneously key <Alt> and
<X> in order to leave terminal mode.

Flowtalk Version 1.13

Flowtalk Version 1.13
≡> Terminal Mode
Save Flow Meter Data ≡> Terminal Mode
Verify Flow Meter Data Communications Setup
Restore Flow Meter Data Alter Delimiters
Communications Setup Quit
Alter Delimiters
Quit
990 Style Main Menu
1010 Style Main Menu
You will see these menus on your PC just after the program is invoked. The commands are
essentially divided into two groups—Setup Commands and Operations. We will cover the Setup
Commands first.

4.1 ALTER DELIMITERS

Alter Delimiters

≡> Date Separator [.]

Time Separator [.]
Delimiter [,]

You may press <Enter> to access the content of any of these three items and install your prefer-
ences. The defaults reflect the current standard formatting of the 990 or 1010 Datalogger report.
Only the output generated by FlowTalk is effected. You need not be concerned with these items
unless your Datalogger reports contain date and time fields. The date separator item determines
the character that is used between the month, day, and year fields of the date item of the Data-
logger. The time separator similarly selects the character used between hours and minutes (and
seconds if applicable) in the time field. The delimiter item determines the character used to
actually separate each individual field in the report. In most cases, the default comma (,) is the
best choice. Note that files using such formatting can be read directly as DATA statements by
BASIC programs and are generally known as CSV (comma separated values) files by Excel and
other spreadsheet software.

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4.2 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP

This menu is one of the few that is more than one level deep.

Communications Setup

≡> Com Port (1, 2, 3, 4) [1]

Baud Rate (12, 24, 48, 96, 19) [96]
Parity (n, o, e) [o]
Data Bits (7, 8 [o]
Stop Bits (1, 2) [7]
Echo [ ]
Modem Dialup
Hangup Modem
Network Id [0]

Pressing <Enter> while your cursor bar is in the [Com Port] menu item provides access to a
screen which permits you to select among the four conventional serial ports with which a PC
might be equipped. You should select the port that you have already determined is connected to
your flowmeter by a correct serial cable.
The next items permit you to determine the serial communications settings used on the selected
port. Make sure that these match those selected on your flow meter. If you are using modems,
these parameters should also match those of the modem link. Note that many modems set these
parameters in accordance with the port configuration of the PC with which you set them up. The
defaults used in FlowTalk will be found to match the defaults used in the 1010 family serial
ports.
The [Echo] menu item determines whether your keystrokes are written to your console screen
directly or only after being “echoed” back from the flow computer. If you see double characters
when typing, uncheck this box by pressing <Enter>. The 1010 family normally echoes characters.

4.3 DIALUP OPERATIONS

When you wish to communicate with a modem-equipped remote flowmeter, you must first be
sure that the serial port selected above corresponds with the modem’s serial port assignment
(COM1 through COM4). Then confirm that the parameters match both those of the remote and
local modems and the remote flowmeter. The Modem Dialup item brings up the menu below:

Telephone Number
Type Remote Modem Phone Number Here

Enter the telephone number of the remote, modem-equipped flowmeter, press <Enter> and the
FlowTalk program will dial up and establish the connection. This item, of course, should only be
accessed and invoked when modems are used for communication. The [Hangup Modem] menu
item should be used when the serial communications via modem work is completed and the user
desires to finish the session. While connected via modem all the FlowTalk functions can be
invoked by appropriate menu commands described below. Of course, altering the RS-232
parameters while connected disables communication.
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4.4 NETWORK ID
You may access the [Network Id] command by pressing the <Enter> key on your keyboard.
However, the FlowTalk console should only be assigned a non-zero Network ID when the program
is being used to access instruments that share a common communications link across a network.
For the majority of users, this item should be left in its default, zero, state.
Note that when this parameter is non-zero you cannot place the FlowTalk console in Terminal
Mode. You may only execute Site Save, Verify, and Restore Operations in Network mode.

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5. OPERATIONS COMMANDS
5.1 TERMINAL MODE
You will spend most of your FlowTalk time with the PC console in Terminal Mode. When you
invoke this command by pressing <Enter>, the following submenu will be seen:

Redirect output from the FDC to a File?

≡> No
Yes

If you are not going to be saving data to a named text file, simply press <Enter> and the
program will proceed to Terminal Mode.
If you wish to save all the subsequent meter output to a text file, move your highlight cursor
to [Yes] and press <Enter>. The program will now ask you for the file name to which the data
should be saved by displaying:

File Name

(Enter Name Here)

You may type in any alternate file name you wish. This file will be created in the PC’s current
default directory—that is the directory in which you were when you invoked the FlowTalk
program. Note that this may be a floppy disk or other media having a drive letter but that the
media must not be in a read-only state. We suggest that you place a copy of FlowTalk in the
directory where you’ll be doing the current session’s work.
The Terminal Mode has a couple of very nice features:
z If you select an already existing file name, the program will append the data to the end of
that file. This is useful for cases where data taking and setup work occur intermittently.
z FlowTalk, instead of waiting for your [Alt X] command to close the data file and write it
out to disk, writes and closes the current file in 512 character blocks. This means that you
need never worry that a multi-day session of datalogging will be lost due to a power glitch
that shuts down the PC. The data collected until the time of the outage will be safely
stored in the named data file.

Useful Tip: Since the flowmeters only respond to the series of commands that are listed
when you type “?”, you can annotate your data files by simply typing on your PC key-
board. The flowmeter will echo the sentence with a question mark after it, since it
corresponds to no known command. This is a useful way of commenting special events
right in the body of the collected data.

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Further description of the facilities and features available in Terminal Mode are available in
your flowmeter’s field manual. You will find that your access to the instrument via Terminal
Mode is every bit as complete and responsive as the flowmeter’s integral display/keypad
interface. Consult Table 1 for details on PC keyboard to flowmeter keypad correspondence.
To exit the Terminal Mode, simultaneously key <Alt> and <X> and the program will close the
current data file and return to the Main Menu Screen.

5.2 1010 DATA SAVE, VERIFY AND RESTORE COMMANDS

NOTE: Many users employ Flowtalk’s “Terminal Mode” to access their meter’s setup menu
and display functions when communicating over the serial data link. As such, it is
easy to forget to leave the menu or display mode when moving on to Flowtalk’s Data
Save and Restore modes. The Data Save, Verify and Restore functions explained in
this section require that the meter be in “Command” mode (out of the menu), other-
wise the meter will not be able to properly interpret these commands.. To ensure you
are in command mode, press the left arrow repeatedly until the Flowtalk screen is
blank. Now pressing enter on the PC will generate the message “? for Help”. If you
were in display mode (observing flow readings on PC), press “Ctrl + L” simultaneously
to return to the menu, then exit the menu as described above. Always be sure you see
the ? for Help message to indicate you are out of menu mode.

CAUTION: Only 1010 instruments with Op System version 3.00.11 and higher prop-
erly support the Site Save, Verify, and Restore commands. The use of these
features with older Op Systems will cause unpredicable results, includ-
ing loss of stored sites and Datalogger content.

FlowTalk provides some commands that are unique to the 1010 family of flow measurement
instruments. These commands allow you to save, verify and restore site setups. The menu
items that invoke these commands are:

Flowtalk Version 1.13

}
Terminal Mode
≡> Save Flow Meter Data These are the 3
Verify Flow Meter Data Site Memory
Restore Flow Meter Data Commands
Communications Setup
Alter Delimiters
Quit

Each of these accomplishes its function in a symmetrical manner, requiring the user to inform
the system of the identity of the data object to be operated upon prior to execution. Additionally,
the flowmeter must contain only inactive sites when these maintenance functions are
performed. Therefore, prior to Saving, Verifying or Restoring, you must access the [Site Enable]
menu cell of your flowmeter’s menu and select [No] for all active channels. If you do not do
this, these operations may fail to execute properly. In addition, the site to be saved must be
saved in the 1010’s site storage memory (Save Site Menu). FlowTalk will not save a site that is
only resident in the flowmeter’s active memory area even if you have given it a site name.

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We will exemplify these operations by Saving a Site. Select the [Save Flow Meter Data]
command by pressing <Enter> when the highlight is on that menu item. The program will
request a file name:

File Name

(Enter Name Here)

At this time you must enter a name, with no extension, that corresponds to the name of the
object (site) that you are going to be working upon. The FlowTalk program will assign an
extension in accordance with the site type. Prior to beginning this type of work, it is a good
idea to note down the names of all the sites that you will be saving, verifying and/or restoring.
The names are case sensitive and may be up to 8 characters long. The files will be saved to the
current default storage device and directory. If you plan on saving sites, do not create site
names containing a period (.) or a space ( ) since DOS conventions do not permit them to be
used as part of file names

Once you enter the file name, the following menu list is presented:

Data Type

{
≡> Single/Dual/Multi-Channel
SavMulti Beam
Clamp-On Types Ch 1+n Flow
Ch 1-2 Flow
Reflexor

{
FlowTube
Special Types Aerospace
FlexTube

Move your cursor bar and press <Enter> to select the object type that FlowTalk will be operating
upon. Once this selection is made, the program will extract the desired data and place it
inside the file you named above. Note that if the object type does not correspond with the
name provided, the save, restore and/or verify operation will fail.

The other two operations, Verify and Restore, operate in a similar manner: select the operation,
enter the object file name, select the object type and simply watch the program and flowmeter
interact. Sites are between 1 and 21 Kbytes in size, depending upon their type.

These three commands permit you to securely save flow calibrated sites and expand the site
storage capacity of your PC/flowmeter combination. Needless to say, the actual content of
these data files is dependent upon your flowmeter’s operating system. Sites saved under one
Op System version and restored to another version will not run properly and may require you
to reset your instrument using the F4-Reset command. Information on your 1010 flowmeter’s
software version is accessible in the Meter Facilities menu area under the category [System
Info]. For 990 Systems it can be found in the Diagnostic Menu under the menu item [Version].

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5.3 EXTRACTING DATALOGGER DATA

You may extract datalogger data from your instrument by using the [logger] command while
in Terminal Mode and saving to a file. This command prompts you to provide a file name. You
may provide the file name with an extension—we suggest .CSV. (NOTE: You may elect to
specify delimiters (see paragraph 3. Running FlowTalk.)

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6. GENERAL HINTS, TIPS AND CAUTIONS

z When working with a remote meter’s menu do not issue commands that cause your modem
to lose communication with the instrument. These include changing the RS-232 parameters
and giving the meter a Site ID number. Should this occur, you will have to visit the meter to
recover operation.

z Avoid commands that require physical intervention in order to execute properly. These
include:

a. Actual Empty Set (unless someone is on site).

b. Re-installation where there is a possibility of a re-Spacing requirement.

c. Commanding a Reversal Zero operation when there is no one to switch around the
transducers.

z When you import a .CSV file into an Excel spreadsheet and you have not converted the
time and date decimal point (.) delimiters into (:) and (/) via FlowTalk, you will find it
easier to re-format these cells if you import them as text rather than values.

z Your FlowTalk distribution disk should have a series of text files with .MSH extensions.
These contain the text that the program displays in response to a (?) entry while in a
particular menu cell. Note that the file name corresponds to the first 8 characters of the
command being described. It is easy to customize these help files by editing them with a
simple text editor such as Windows NotePad.

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GLOSSARY

<ESC> The Escape Character usually found at the upper left of the PC keyboard.
Its digital code is decimal 27 and hexadecimal 1B. This code is frequently
used as the lead-in code for screen control command sequences.

Active Site The data arrangement that currently controls a particular channel of a 990
and/or 1010 flowmeter. This data can be stored, recalled and deleted under
a site name by the user. It is generally understood that such a site has been
successfully installed, however, sites may be saved even if they have not yet
been installed.

ANSI.SYS A driver program, usually installed by a command line in the PC’s config.sys
file, which provides supplementary cursor position and display control for
the system console screen.

Bit A binary digit.

Byte A series of 8 bits.

Config.Sys A file which is read by the PC on power up, which contains a number of
fundamental commands and settings.

CSV A file format which uses commas to delimit individual, usually numeric data
fields—stands for Comma Separated Values. The names of these files often
take the form ‘Filename’.CSV.

Cursor Bar A line or phrase of characters which is highlighted by the operating program.
Generally, pressing <Enter> while the cursor bar is highlighted invokes the
command or action described.

Datalogger A facility which collects and stores flowmeter data reports into memory,
which may later be viewed or transferred to a user device.

DCE [Data Communications Equipment] A modem, line driver or similar device

equipped with a serial port. The transmit pin of the serial connector is an
input while the receive pin is an output.

Default The location within your disk drive’s directory structure where files will be
Directory read or written unless affirmatively directed to do otherwise.

Delimiter A character used to separate items in a Datalogger record.

DOS Acronym for Disk Operating System referring to the set of programs that
provides the basic operating environment for personal computers prior to
the advent of Windows.

DOS mode A means by which the Windows TM operating system can assume the
characteristics (emulate) a DOS (Disk Operating System) environment or
style of operation.

DOS prompt The string of characters appearing on a PC console screen that tells the
operator that the operating system is ready to respond to a command.

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Drive Letter The letter assigned by DOS to refer to a particular mass storage device. In a
PC, “C” is usually the hard drive from which the system “boots” or begins
operation. The “A” drive is often the removal storage device, frequently a
floppy disk.

Driver A special purpose program designed to control a particular device.

DTE [Data Terminal Equipment] A terminal or computer equipped with a serial

port. The transmit pin of the serial connector is an output while the receive
pin is an input.

F4 Reset In a 990 or 1010 instrument, this is a system reset. Site and Datalogger storage
are not erased by means of an F4 reset in a 990. In the 1010 family, site and
Datalogger storage ARE reset by a [Clr Dynamic Memory]—[Yes] command.
See individual instrument manuals for details.

File Name A label by which a related collection of data is stored and recalled from a
mass storage device such as disk or tape.

Flow A process whereby the intrinsic calibration factor of a flowmeter is

Calibration adjusted to produce the best possible measurement performance.

Inactive Site An active site that has been saved into site storage by the user.

Interface Circuits that allow the interconnection of different devices.

Invoke To call forth or command often used in conjunction with a computer program
or command word.

Media The physical object used to store data—this can be floppy disk, hard disk, or
even paper.

Menu An arrangement of textual material used to provide user access to an

instrument’s setup parameters and options.

Modem A device which can convert between digital serial data and audio tones which
can be communicated over telephone lines.

Mouse A computer user input device which controls the position of the screen cursor
by means of being moved over a flat surface. It is also equipped with one or
more command buttons.

Network ID In 990 and/or 1010 family flow computers, the identifier used to control the
destination and origin of flowmeter communications when more than one
instrument shares a common communication link.

Null Modem A serial data communications cable or adapter used to connect two DTE’s
Cable instead of a pair of DCE’s. The transmit/receive wires in such cables are
reversed with respect to each other. Other status/command terminals may
also be similarly “crossed.”

Op System In a 990 or 1010 instrument, the permanently stored program which is

executed by the system computer (SysCom), providing all of the flowmeter’s
functionality.
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APPENDIX A

Conventional Serial Port Assignments FOR PCs

PORT NAME IRQ ASSIGNMENT I/O ADDRESS
Com1 4 3F8
Com2 3 2F8
Com3 4 3E8
Com4 3 2E8
NOTE: Com3 and Com4 are frequently assigned other IRQs and/or I/O addresses.

APPENDIX B

COMMUNICATIONS CABLE PART NUMBERS

Cables for communicating between a PC and Controlotron Flowmeters can be ordered
directly from Controlotron. The part numbers are as follows:

Meter Type RS-232 Cable Part Number

1010WP/WDP 1015CPC-WP
1010P/DP 1015CPC-P
1010N/DNEN/EDN 1015CPC-N
1010X/DX 1015CPC-N
990 All Models 994-93

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TABLE 1. SPECIAL KEYBOARD CHARACTERS FOR 990 AND 1010 MENUS
1010 Keyboard VT100 (PC keyboard) 990 Keyboard VT100 (PC keyboard) Description
<Up Arrow> <Up Arrow> <Up Arrow> <Up Arrow>; U; u Move up one menu cell
<Down Arrow> <Down Arrow> <Down Arrow> D; d; V; v Move down one menu cell
<Right Arrow> <Right Arrow> <Right Arrow> <Right Arrow>; R; r Move right one menu cell
<Left Arrow> <Left Arrow> <Left Arrow> <DEL>; <BS>; L; l Move left one menu cell
<F1> <F1> <F1> ! (exclamation point) Channel 1 Cmd Lead-in
<F2> <F2> <F2> @ (‘at’ symbol) Channel 2 Cmd Lead-in
<F3> <F3> <F3> # (pound sign) Channel 3 Cmd Lead-in
<F4> <F4> <F4> $ (dollar sign) Channel 4 Cmd Lead-in
<Menu> ^L (Cntrl L) <Menu> <ESC> M or m Toggle Menu Access
A-2

<Datalog> ^D (Cntrl D) <Datalog> ? (question mark) Generate Datalogger Report

<CLR> <BS> (Backspace) <CLR> C or c (character C) Deselect List Selection
<HELP> ? (question mark)
<+/-> (chg sign) | (bar, above backslash) <+/-> (chg sign) ~ (tilde, above ‘) Can also use subtract from 0
<ENT> <CR> <ENT> <CR> Enter Key
Digits Digits Digits Digits Numerals zero through 9
/ / / / Divide by
X * (upper case 8) X * (upper case 8) Multiply by
+ + + + Plus
- - - - Minus
= = = = Equals
. . . . Decimal Point

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Index
Symbols

<?> key 4-1

‘logger’ command 5-4
<ESC> key 4-1
1010 family 5-3

<Alt> and <X> keys 4-1

annotate 5-3
ANSI.SYS 2-1, 3-1, G-1

cable 3-1
Com Port 2-1, 4-2
config.sys 3-1, 4-1
CSV 4-1
customize G-1

date separator 4-1

default settings 3-1
delimiter 4-1
Dialup 4-2
double characters 4-2

Echo 4-2
Empty Set G-1
Excel 6-1
extension G-1
extract datalogger G-1

F4-reset 6-2
file name 5-1, 5-2
flow calibrated sites 6-2

Hangup Modem 5-1

help 2-1, 3-1, 4-1

modem 4-2, G-1

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MSH extension 6-1

Network Id 4-3, G-2

Operations 4-1
Op System version G-2

Quit 4-1

remote flowmeter 4-2

re-Spacing 6-1
Restoring, 5-3
Reversal Zero 6-1
RS-232 parameters 6-1
RS-232 settings 3-1

Saving 5-9
serial cable 2-1, 4-2, 4-3
Serial Communications 3-1, 4-2, 4-3
serial port 3-1, 4-2
Setup Commands 4-1
shortcut 4-1
Site ID 6-1
spreadsheet 6-1
strange characters 3-1

telephone number 4-2

Terminal Mode 4-1, 5-1
text file 5-1
time separator 4-1

Verifying 5-3

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