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Dynamic Fluid Measurement SFC3 Liquid Pulse Manual Data Entry 2-1
Date: 8/1/2019
CHAPTER 2: Data Entry
and Configuration Menus
Introduction to the Smart Flow Computer Software
Introduction to the Flow Computer Software
Your SFC3 software is constructed around a menu-driven organization. Begin your software and, across
the top of your screen, you see a bar like this:
This is called the menu bar . It consists primarily of series of topics–
Port
,
Diag
, and so forth. When
you move the cursor to a topic you will see a list–we will call it a menu list
– of topics related to the main
topic on the menu bar.
At the bottom of the screen is the
prompt bar . It informs you of appropriate actions that you can perform
while your cursor is at its present location. In this example:
you are informed that your valid choices are the four arrow (

,

,

, and

)keys, the

ENTER key,
and the

key.
Another important area of the screen is the filename area . This is the rightmost section of the menu bar; it
informs you what configuration file you are presently viewing and editing. In the example above, you are
editing the file mainunits. When you first begin the SFC sotware, however, it will display
because no file has yet been chosen. Until you choose a file to edit or view, by opening either an existing
file or a new one, you will not be able to move from the
File
menu item.
The center portion of the screen is simply called the viewing area . Here you view either various menu lists
or the prompt window associated with an item in a menu list after it is selected (that is, after you press

ENTER
). When you are in a prompt window the message appears in the filename area.
Under certain conditions you will have a screen where the viewing area takes up the whole screen and the
menu and/or prompt bars disappear. Examples of these are: the wiring diagrams, the calibration windows,
and the
Diag
windows.
ABOUT
Displays the version number of EPROM and PC configuration menu. Press <Esc> to Exit.