YSI Data Scout Advanced User Manual

YSI Software

Y S I I N C O R P O R A T E D

DATA S C O U T A DVA N C E D

Software for the Level Scout

OPERATIONS MANUAL

Table of contents

Document Outline

1.1 DATA SCOUT ADVANCED
1.2 OVERVIEW OF DATA SCOUT ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY
2.1 INSTALLING DATA SCOUT ADVANCED
- 2.1.1 INSTALLING DATA SCOUT OPERATIONS MANUAL
2.2 CONFIGURING THE PC FOR A SERIAL NETWORK
2.3 MANAGING/DISCOVERING TRANSDUCER ADDRESSES
2.4 MAKING DATA SCOUT ADVANCED LEARN AND FORGET
2.5 RECONFIGURING TRANSDUCER OPTIONS WITH RUN WINDOW
- 2.5.1 CHANGING PRESSURE UNITS IN TRANSDUCER(S)
- 2.5.2 CHANGING TEMPERATURE UNITS IN TRANSDUCER(S)
- 2.5.3 CHANGING OTHER OPTIONS IN TRANSDUCER(S)
2.6 MANAGING OTHER COMMON DATA SCOUT ADVANCED ACTIVITIES
- 2.6.1 CONFIGURING A FAVORITE TEXT EDITOR FOR REPORT VIEWING/PRINTING/ETC.
- 2.6.2 CONFIGURING DATA SCOUT ADVANCED TO HAVE AN ARCHIVE BASE PATH
2.7 IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY
- 2.7.1 PROBLEMS INSTALLING DATA SCOUT ADVANCED
- 2.7.2 DATA SCOUT ADVANCED DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ONE OR MORE TRANSDUCERS
- 2.7.3 DATA SCOUT ADVANCED WINDOWS DO NOT APPEAR WHEN STARTED
- 2.7.4 DATA SCOUT ADVANCED INDICATES MULTIPLE COPIES RUNNING WHEN STARTED
3.1 FREQUENTLY USED TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
3.2 USE OF COLORS IN WINDOWS
3.3 MAIN DATA SCOUT ADVANCED WINDOW AND SITE NET MAP
- 3.3.1 THE SITE NET MAP CONTEXT MENU
- 3.3.2 THE EMPTY SITE NET CONTEXT MENU AND AUTO DISCOVERY
3.4 THE FILE MENU FUNCTIONS
- 3.4.1 SITE NETWORK MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS
- 3.4.2 OVERALL DATA SCOUT ADVANCED FUNTIONS
3.5 THE CONFIGURE FUNCTIONS
- 3.5.1 CONFIGURING THE TRANSDUCER SITE NETWORK
- 3.5.2 CONFIGURING GENERAL OPTIONS OF DATA SCOUT ADVANCED
- 3.5.3 CONFIGURING TRANSDUCERS/ROWS OF THE SITE NET MAP
- 3.5.4 CONFIGURING OTHER OPTIONS OF THE HIGHLIGHTED TRANSDUCER
3.6 THE RUN FUNCTION
3.7 THE TEST FUNCTION
- 3.8.1 HELP TIPS
- 3.8.2 HELP ACCESS TO OPERATIONS MANUAL
- 3.8.3 HELP ACCESS TO YSI WEB SITE
- 3.8.4 OTHER HELP
- 3.9.1 THE PROPER WAY TO “HOT-SWAP” A TRANSDUCER
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 THE RUN WINDOW’S FUNCTIONS
- 4.2.1 RUN WINDOW’S FILE MENU
- 4.2.2 RUN WINDOW’S ACQUIRE MENU AND CONTROLS
- 4.2.3 RUN WINDOW’S DISPLAY MENU AND CONTROLS
- 4.2.4 RUN WINDOW’S RECORD MENU AND CONTROLS
- 4.2.5 RUN WINDOW’S AUTOLOG FEATURE
- 4.2.6 RUN WINDOW’S CONFIGURE MENU FOR TRANSDUCER OPTIONS
  - 4.2.7 RUN WINDOW’S TRANSDUCER FIRMWARE UPDATE FUNCTION
  - 4.2.8 RUN WINDOW’S HELP MENU
5.1 THE EXECUTE SCRIPT WINDOW’S CONTROLS
- 5.1.1 SCRIPT FORM’S COMMAND (SCRIPT) FILE SELECTION FRAME
- 5.1.2 SCRIPT FORM’S LOG FILE SELECTION FRAME
- 5.1.3 SCRIPT FORM’S EXECUTION CONTROL FRAME
- 5.1.4 SCRIPT AND LOG EXAMPLE
6.1 THE PLAYBACK FUNCTION
- 6.1.1 PLAYBACK DISPLAY MODES AND DATA FILE FORMATS
6.2 THE CONVERSION MENU
- 6.2.1 FORMAT CONVERSION
- 6.2.2 CHANGE SELECTED PRESSURE/TEMPERATURE UNITS
- 6.2.3 COMPENSATE SELECTED ABSOLUTE PRESSURES PER BAROMETER
- 6.2.4 CONVERTING LARGE DATA FILES
7.1 WARRANTY
7.2 SPECIFICATIONS
5.3 ACCESSORIES
7.4 ORDERING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT
7.5 SERVICE INFORMATION
LEVEL SCOUT CONNECTION DIAGRAMS
SDI-12 COMMUNICATION
EXECTUTING TEST SCRIPTS
SCRIPT FILE FORMAT
LOG FILE FORMAT
META-COMMANDS
OTHER FEATURES OF EXECUTE SCRIPT
EXAMPLE OF COMPLETE SCRIPT FILE