YSI PC6000 - Manual (Page 16)

SECTION 4 PC6000 MENUS
4.1 FILE MENU
The File menu option of PC6000 software allows you to specify and customize reports and plots
based on data that has been captured from the sonde. Select File from the PC6000 menu bar, and
press Enter.
Sonde File Setup Real-Time Exit PC6000
The following prompt appears on the monitor screen.
Filename: *.dat
At this prompt, press Enter. A list of all data files in the current directory will be displayed.
Highlight the file you wish to retrieve from the list. If only one data file exists, that file will be
loaded automatically.
SAMPLE.DAT 38046 2/06/92 11:11 am
CLRLAKE.DAT 21035 10/30/93 6:00 am
RIVER2.DAT 1926 7/23/96 10:22 pm
NOTE: To retrieve files stored on another drive or directory, at the filename: prompt, type the
source drive and directory, then press Enter. For example, when you type A:\PC6000\ at the
prompt, you will view a list of all files located in the directory named PC6000 and stored on a disk
in the A: drive.
When you choose a file, the following screen will appear. Highlight the option you prefer, then
press Enter. Use the Tab or Arrow keys to move through the options. There are 10 options, the
first being “Parameters”. MODIFY, VIEW and SYSTEM are column headers only. The figure
below shows “Parameters” is highlighted as an example.