ViscoSite VL800 Viscometer
Operating Manual
ViscoSite VL800 Viscometer
Galvanic Applied Sciences, Inc.
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Phone: (978) 848--2701
Operating Manual Rev: 2.0E
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Selecting an Appropriate Time Averaging Span
for Your Process
To determine an optimal time averaging span, begin with low values
and increase the averaging time span to a value where the resultant
ViscoSite readings are most representative of the aspects of the
process behavior with which you are concerned while monitoring and
controlling your process.
5.9 Other
Understanding the “Unsaved Changes” Prompt
Once changes have been made to parameters within a given menu, the
changes must be uploaded to the transmitter. These changes are stored
locally in the PC software until the user exits a software menu.
If the user wishes to exit a menu page
,
pressing another toolbar button
will bring up the
“Unsaved Changes”
prompt shown in Figure 5-24.
Figure 5.24: Unsaved Changes Prompt
The three options --
Save
,
Continue
, or
Cancel
–
are described below.
•
Save
–
Click this button to save all changes made within the current
menu to the transmitter.
•
Continue
–
Click this button to
leave the current menu
without
saving changes
(and switch to a different menu.)
•
Cancel
- Press this button to
remain on the current menu
in the
software. Any changes made to parameters or values remain on the
screen, but
they have not yet been saved to the transmitter.
•
•
When data is being saved to the transmitter, the
red FAULT light
will illuminate for approximately 8-15 seconds during data transfer.
This behavior is by design and does NOT indicate a fault of any kind.
Monitoring System Performance via the LCD
Screen
It is sound practice to periodically observe the ViscoSite transmitter
LCD screen to ensure satisfactory performance of the system. This is
especially true if alarms have been configured
ONLY
to display on the
