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1.0 Product Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Data Scout Advanced........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Overview of Data Scout Advanced Functionality ...........................................................................................1
2.0 Installation and Setup......................................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Installing Data Scout Advanced .......................................................................................................................5
2.1.1 Installing Data Scout Operations Manual .....................................................................................6
2.2 Configuring the PC For a Serial Network .......................................................................................................6
2.3 Managing/Discovering Transducer Addresses................................................................................................6
2.4 Making Data Scout Advanced Learn and Forget ............................................................................................8
2.5 Reconfiguring Transducer Options with Run window ..................................................................................8
2.5.1
Changing Pressure Units in Transducer(s) .............................................................................8
2.5.2
Changing Temperature Units in Transducer(s) .....................................................................9
2.5.3
Changing Other Options in Transducer(s).............................................................................9
2.6 Managing Other Common Data Scout Advanced Activities..........................................................................9
2.6.1
Configuring a Favorite Text Editor for Report Viewing/Printing/Etc...................................9
2.6.2 Configuring Data Scout Advanced to Have An Archive Base Path .............................................9
2.7 In Case of Difficulty ........................................................................................................................................10
2.7.1 Problems installing Data Scout Advanced..................................................................................10
2.7.2 Data Scout Advanced Does Not Recognize One or More Transducers....................................10
2.7.3
Data Scout Advanced Windows Do Not Appear When Started................................................10
2.7.4 Data Scout Advanced Indicates Multiple Copies Running When Started ................................10
3.0 Configuring and Querying a Site ..................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Frequently Used Terms and Abbreviations...................................................................................................11
3.2 Use of Colors in Windows..............................................................................................................................11
3.3 Main Data Scout Advanced Window and Site Net Map ..............................................................................11
3.3.1
The Site Net Map Context Menu.................................................................................................12
3.3.2 The Empty Site Net context menu and Auto Discovery.............................................................13
3.4
The File Menu Functions .....................................................................................................................14
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