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8. Test Results and Reports
8.1 Reviewing, Saving, and Printing Test Results
You can review any of the completed individual test results after the test sequence is complete or after
you click on the Stop Test button. Select the test flow and the appropriate repeat number from the
selection boxes which appear at the bottom center of the Meter Test screen once all tests are completed
and/or the prover is stopped.
Additionally you can view, save or print test results in a test report format. From the Meter Test Screen, click
on the View report button to display the Meter Test Results screen. The test report format may be customized
here, by entering desired labels for the report headers such as Customer Name, Location, etc. Unless they are
changed, the current labels will remain as default entries. Press the <TAB> key once the desired text appears
in the entry field. If the <TAB> key is pressed before any other key, the current text displayed in the text entry
field will be accepted. All entries made to the text entry fields will be retained
as defaults for subsequent reports until they are changed.
Pressing <Shift+Tab> will return you to the previous field and allow you to correct any entry errors.
If you selected the Double Field Meter Serial Number Entry option in the Set Prover Options screen,
you must type the Field Meter serial number twice and ensure that both entries matchidentically. If you
accept the old value by pressing the <Enter> key before pressing any other keys, the second entry will
also accept just the <Enter> key which causes no change to the Field Meter serial number.
Once the report headers have been filled in, you may save test sequences by clicking on the Save Report
button. This will create a time-stamped Model 5 Prover file with a .DAT extension to be saved in the
current Default Directory. This test report file is saved in a comma-delimited format which can be
accessed from this software or any database or program capable of reading this type of file.
Print test results by selecting the Print Report button at the bottom of the Meter Test Results screen.
This program can access any properly configured printer either local or via network. A printer must be
configured properly, paper loaded properly, cabled and powered properly in order to generate a printed
report. The printer settings can be configured in the Windows printer configuration subroutine.
To exit the Meter Test Results screen, click on the Close button to return you to the Meter Test screen.
8.2 The Report Manager
This application is used to manage the test data that is generated by the Prover. From the Main Startup
screen click on file and select Report Manager, or from the Set Prover Options screen, click on Prover
Operations at the top left of the window and select Report Manager.
The Folder box shows the default path and directory where the test data files are saved. This path
and directory can be changed to search for test report files in other directories by clicking on the
"Change" button.
When choosing a new directory, do not select the "Open" button but instead click on the
Select Cur Dir (Select Current Directory) button.
