Electron Plus CTL503, User Manual

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CTL503 User Manual (using EPIC 21 software) - work in progress
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Check for updates
Once per day EPIC will check if there is a newer version available. This feature maybe
disabled or re-enabled here:
UTILITIES > DAILY UPDATE CHECK
Tick will enable EPIC to perform the daily update check, unticking will prevent EPIC from
performing the daily update check.
Technical Note
In "settings.txt": CheckWebsiteForUpdate=1 or 0 determines if this
function is enabled/disabled. DateOfLastUpdateCheck=04/11/2021 is
self-explanatory.
If function is enabled and date <> today a small file called
"version.txt" is downloaded from "http://www.electron.plus/wp-
content/". This contains the current revision of EPIC also the current
revision for each product where a change/update has been made.
Calibration loading
When the CTL503 is first connected during an EPIC session it will automatically download
all the necessary calibration coefficients. This happens in the 'background' and the user
need not think about it.
The status of the background download from the CTL503 is displayed in the Status window
(seen below).
If a particular CTL503 has not been used with a particular installation of EPIC, then the
calibration download must complete before accurate results can be obtained.
Technical Note
EPIC will wait for two copies of the calibration file to download before
comparing them with each other and the existing copy of
"CTL_cal.txt" in the EPIC folder, if both downloaded copies are
identical and there is a discrepancy with "CTL_cal.txt" EPIC will