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„ Each transducer should respond correctly to its address, after which it is automatically added to the Site Net Map.
Do not click the Stop button until the auto-discovery process has found each transducer and added its row to the
map.
„ Use Query button to verify that the new transducer is working correctly.
„ Be sure to use the File | Save Site Net As command to give the new working site network a unique name. This will
allow the user to Open it later.
„ If any one transducer fails (times out), the user will have to isolate it again and try one of the above methods to
correct the problem.
2.4 MAKING DATA SCOUT ADVANCED LEARN AND FORGET
After Data Scout Advanced has operated for a while on a particular host PC with a particular set of transducers, it tends to remember
the configurations of its various windows and functions, and even the way specific transducers are configured on the network. This is
useful, in that the user doesn’t have to remember to manually reconfigure it each time Data Scout Advanced is started.
These “memories” of Data Scout Advanced are kept as a series of small text files, most with the .ini or .net file extensions. Most such
files are located in subfolder Ini of the Main Base Path (i.e., Data Scout Advanced install path). These files may be viewed with the File
| View Files (DSAdv) menu function on the Data Scout Advanced main window. If for some reason these initialization files should
become corrupted, or you simply don’t like the way Data Scout Advanced has remembered your settings, you can easily erase its
memory by deleting all these .ini files. Erasing the file is best accomplished when Data Scout Advanced is not running. After deletion,
Data Scout Advanced starts over, doing things the way it did when first installed. If you have invested some time in developing site
network definition files (*.net) unique to your configuration these may also be selectively deleted as needed.
The following table indicates which specific files are created for which memory function. Refer to the table to only delete selected .ini
or .net files without losing the entire past configuration work. Modifying their contents with a text editor is not recommended.
File Name Purpose
DSAdv.ini
Main Data Scout Memory: remembers Data Scout Advanced
main window size, location, site net map column widths, and all
its persistent Configure menu parameters.
DSAdv.net
or
<anyname>.net
Default Data Scout Advanced Current Network Memory. It
remembers the last network loaded into Data Scout Advanced
main window. This network will be restored automatically when
Data Scout Advanced is restarted, unless the Open function
chooses another explicitly named .net file.
Run.ini
Remembers the size and position and all other persistent options
on auxiliary pop-up windows of the Run window.
2.5 RECONFIGURING TRANSDUCER OPTIONS WITH RUN WINDOW
The procedures described in this section are transducer options that can be changed with the Run window’s Configure menu. Such
option changes are described more fully (with pictures and examples) in Chapter 4.
2.5.1 CHANGING PRESSURE UNITS IN TRANSDUCER(S)
From the Data Scout Advanced main window, start the Run window by selecting Run | All Xducers’ from the menu. In the Run
window, select (highlight) one of the transducers by clicking its row # on the Site Net Map. Normally, transducer #1 will be selected by
default. Then select the Run window’s menu item Configure | Pressure Units (HiLi Xdcr). A window will appear showing the selected
pressure units. Select the desired units option button to change units and then select the OK button to execute the change only for the
highlighted transducer. Alternately, select the option All Xducers in the Apply To frame, and then select OK to make this same change
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