Using the context-sensitive help system, Disabling fifo buffers – Flowserve SoftTools Suite 7.0 User Manual

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Figure 15 Security Administrator Edit User window

8. Type a name into the User Name edit box. Using the Security Level combo box,

select a user level designating access permissions. Type a password for the
edited user into the Password edit box and re-type the same password into the
Verify Password edit box. Click on OK.

9. To delete a user, click on the Delete tool button. A confirmation window displays.

Click on Yes to delete the user.

Figure 16 Security Administrator Confirm window

Using the Context-Sensitive Help System


To access the SoftTools 7.0 help system:

From any SoftTools menu, click on the Help menu item.
Click on Contents and Index to view the Contents and Index window of the help
system, or…

Select a control on which you wish to receive help and press F1 (it must be a control
that can receive focus). A pop-up window containing help displays.
From the keyboard, access the Contents and Index window of the help system by
pressing F1.

Disabling FIFO Buffers

With the advent of advanced serial port hardware, Microsoft

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Windows gives

the user the ability to configure how data is transferred out a serial port. A
communication port works in units of characters. A single character is represented by
a variable number of bits. The new hardware is capable of caching several characters
before actually transmitting them out the port. The concept works well for devices that
can handle more than one character at a time. Here-in lies the problem. Due to timing
constraints in the HART protocol, the Logix positioner can only receive one character at

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