
Flow Tool
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A.1
Flow Tool
Prerequirements
In order to commission the water meter, it is necessary to install the Flow Tool program/
software on your computer and connect the IrDA communication adaptor in the built-in IrDA
communication interface on transmitter. The Flow Tool software is compatible with Windows
2000, Windows XP, and Windows 7 32/64 bit.
Read Flow Tool FAQ and Release Note installed with the Flow Tool software.
Go to www.siemens.com/flow (www.siemens.com/flow). Click on "Product overview". Then
click on "Battery-Operated Watermeter" in the list to the right. Click on the link "Product Page".
Extend the list under "Product support" to the right and select "Software downloads" in order
to get to the support homepage and the latest downloads.
Device driver
The Device Drivers are related to meter version and is automatically selected in "Automatic"
mode. In "Manual" mode, meter version is manually selected and version check is
automatically made when data is uploaded or downloaded.
Data backup
Meter information is stored in an internal data prom that secures data in case of power failure.
Information like totalizer 1 and 2, date and time, and the statistic data in Advanced version is
stored every 10 minutes. Every 4 hours battery consumption is calculated and remaining
battery capacity is updated together with "operation time since first power up" and "battery
operation time".
See also
www.siemens.com/flow (
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A.2
Initial commissioning via Flow Tool
This chapter describes how to start up commissioning via Flow Tool software.
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