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3.1 FREQUENTLY USED TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
The word transducer is abbreviated xducer (or xdcr) on all Data Scout Advanced windows, menus, and ToolTips.
The abbreviation <xdcr#>, or transducer number, is used to uniquely identify each transducer line (or row) on the Site Net Map of the
main Data Scout Advanced window and as a shorthand name for that transducer in certain reports and logs. It is not a characteristic
of the transducer itself. For example: #3 means the transducer that appears on the third row of the Site Net Map spreadsheet.
The abbreviation <xdcrid>, or transducer identifier, is a characteristic of every transducer itself, and is obtained from the transducer by
reading two values from its ID string: <model#> and <serial#>. These values are connected with a hyphen separating them. For
example: “AS2-019035”.
The abbreviation <yourxdcrname> is any 0 to 16-character descriptive name that is assigned to a transducer describing it (or its
physical site location) with the various “site net” editing functions. It is saved in Data Scout Advanced internal site net definition file(s)
and not in the transducer itself. For example: “Settle Tank 2”.
3.2 USE OF COLORS IN WINDOWS
Several background colors used in Data Scout Advanced have common meanings:
„ A light green color means that a control (text box, check box, radio control) contains data meant to be modified by
the user. A light pink color indicates modified. A white color indicates data for display only (i.e., the field cannot be
modified by the user).
„ Other bright colors (red, green, yellow) have conventional meanings like Stop (or Test Failed), Go (or Test
Successful), or Caution (or Test Successful but some measurement is out-of-tolerance or requires your attention).
Light (pale) versions of these colors usually decorate simple status boxes or spreadsheets.
„ The (foreground) color of a message’s text, when written to a status bar, also has meaning: black text for status or
general information, red text for error messages.
3.3 MAIN DATA SCOUT ADVANCED WINDOW AND SITE NET MAP
When Data Scout Advanced is started, it opens a single window. This window, titled Data Scout Advanced (DSAdv), is simply referred
to as the main Data Scout Advanced window throughout this manual (figure 3.1).
Figure 3.1
Starting at the top, it has a title bar, menu bar, and status bar. Below the status bar is a blank area containing a single button, normally
labeled Query, and a long label below the button describing the “current” site network of the transducer(s) selected. This long label
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