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1. Instrument RESP d o check Comm Port comi miss check Multidrop No miss held Baud Rate 2400 corrected miss Modem Area under curve Dial No Resp rate mlss Decay 1 rate Decay 2 rate Decay 3 rate Decay 4 rate Last decay rate temperature STATUS Checking data 22 Apr 1994 RLG18 0 144 6656001 1724816 1421654 1086810 2031617 49152 8114177 1724816 1421654 10 Once the Pinfo has been fetched the screen will look something like that shown above The program will now continue to fetch data until all the data requested that is present on the instrument has been fetched and written to the selected disk drive During this time various information will be shown in the Status Send and Status Receive boxes When all the information has been fetched from an instrument the program will either repeat the procedure for the next instrument on the site to be fetched or will return you to the main menu where you can select another site from which to fetch data or you can exit the program If there are any communications problems during the transfer for example a reply received is garbage the program will try the command twice more before giving up on the communications The program allows plenty of time for a reply to a request from the PC to be serviced by the instrument the so called Timeout period If no reply is received within this period the program will abort the data transfer attempt In this circumstance you w
2. CAPITAL CONTROIS FT transferring File Transfer Options Help testresp BET Instrument RESP d o check Comm Port comi miss check Multidrop No miss held Baud Rate 2400 corrected miss Modem Area under curve Dial No Resp rate mlss Decay 1 rate Decay 2 rate Decay 3 rate Decay 4 rate Last decay rate temperature STATUS Checking data 22 Apr 1994 00 00 RLG18 0 144 6656001 1724816 1421654 1086810 2031617 49152 8114177 1724816 1421654 10 USER S MANUAL MSL FT For Windows Release 2 0 September 2000 223 6010 2 CAPITAL Ltpes These instructions describe the installation operation and maintenance of the subject equipment Failure to strictly follow these instructions can lead to an equipment rupture that may cause significant property damage severe personal injury and even death If you do not understand these instructions please call Severn Trent Water Purification for clarification before commencing any work at 215 997 4000 and ask for a Field Service Manager Severn Trent Water Purification Inc reserves the rights to make engineering refinements that may not be described herein It is the responsibility of the installer to contact Severn Trent Water Purification Inc for information that cannot be answered specifically by these instructions Any customer request to alter or reduce the design safeguards incorporated into Severn Trent Water Purification equipment is conditioned on
3. OUR is specific to MSL respirometers For Detailed data files the directory structure where data is stored is unchanged from FT DOS However with FT for Windows the name of the subdirectory under which the Daily average files are stored has been changed to a more meaningful name These are the Windows new and DOS old directory naming conventions for daily data files FT Windows version FT Dos version DATA DAILY site year Month DATA RAW site yearn Month In other words daily data will be stored under DATA DAILY rather than DATA RAW CAPITAL CONTEOAS We suggest that when you upgrade to FT For Windows you rename the existing DATA RAW directory to DATA DAILY You can do this within Windows by opening File Manager selecting the correct drive then highlighting the DATA RAW directory in the directory tree and then clicking the Rename sub menu from the File main Menu If you do this correctly in the rename From box you should see RAW Into the To box enter DAILY without quotes The dialogue box should look something like this if you have done everything OK Rename Current Directory D DATA From RA To DAILY If so just click the OK button If you do not rename the Daily file directory in this way the new Windows FT will be storing its data in a different place to the old DOS FT and GFX For Windows will not be able to build up days of continuous d
4. 6 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 8 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 9 Detailed _ Daily OUR Instrument 10 Detailed _ Daily OUR Instrument 11 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 12 Detailed _ Daily OUR Instrument 13 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 14 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 15 Detailed _ Daily OUR It shows a list of up to 15 instruments with a small tick or a blank square box corresponding to the type of data that is to be read from each instrument This information is initially taken from the FT DET file when a new site is selected and there will be ticks in the fields of this form for whichever instruments were selected for data to be fetched from them You can override these settings by clicking the appropriate boxes in the options form For example in the form above if you were click the OUR tick the tick will be turned off and the OUR data would NOT be fetched However if the data from instrument 1 had already been fetched any changes to this form would be ignored for that instrument If you tick the OUR option and the corresponding instrument is not a respirometer the program will ignore the request for OUR data About Menu Clicking the about menu pops up a small window showing the version number of FT For Windows and an MSL copyright message CAPITAL CONTES Automatic running of FI For Windows In Order to automate the running of FT
5. For Windows two things are required 1 The ability of FT For Windows to accept a command line parameter specifying a site to fetch 2 A program to automatically run a command line version of FT For Windows at times specified by the user in other words a PC version of the Unix cron utility Command line parameter FT For Windows version 1 12 onwards supports a command line parameter The parameter that should be passed on the command line is a single string of text being the name of a single site you want FT For Windows to fetch If you invoke FT For Windows like this as soon as it starts it will try to connect to and fetch data from the site you specified on the command line This means that you do not have to go through the operation of selecting the site and telling FT For Windows to start a transfer it is all done automatically How to add a command line parameter To add a command line parameter you use Windows Program Manager To illustrate this assuming you accepted the default directories and folder when installing FT For Windows 1 2 Open the MSL Applications folder in Program manager Click on the FT For Windows icon do not double click this would launch the program Click on the Copy sub menu in the Program Manager File menu In the dialogue box labelled Copy Program Item click in the drop down list of folders that appears and scroll down to the one labelled MSL Applications Click
6. GET 212 GET 313 GET 414 SITE BIOUNIT2 ROUTE RING1 GET 511 GET 612 GET 713 GET 814 SITE BIOUNIT1 ROUTE RING1 GET 911 GET 1012 GET 1113 GET 1214 In this example we would also need to have a single route file called MSL ROUTES RING1 RT which would be used for all three sets of entries in FT DET Data fetched from these original 12 instruments loggers would be automatically placed in directories DATA TYPE BIOUNIT1 YEAR MONTH DATAFILES original instruments 1 4 still 1 4 DATA TYPE BIOUNIT2 YEAR MONTH DATAFILES original instruments 5 8 now 1 4 DATA TYPE BIOUNIT3 YEAR MONTH DATAFILES original instruments 9 12 now 1 4 CAPITAL Ltpes GETDT The GETDT keyword instructs FT For Windows to retrieve detailed data from the specified instrument Like GET it is normally qualified by a single number For example GETDT 3 means Fetch detailed data from instrument 3 So in the FT DET Details File example on page 8 FT For Windows will be retrieving detailed data from instrument number 2 at the site min resp and from instrument number 1 at the site wpark but no detailed data would be fetched from the site sanfran There is a corresponding special case to GET where GETDT can have 3 numbers rather than 1 number following it see the notes above on ZGET ZALL The qualified keyword ALL instructs FT For Windows to retrieve 15 minute average data from all instruments up to the nu
7. appear Modem dialling has failed 4 If this message box appears it may simply mean the phone line is engaged or is of bad quality and you should close down FT For Windows and try again later If this is not the case you should check the obvious things Is the modem switched on Is it plugged in to the phone line Is the communications cable between the PC and the modem OK Is the modem set up correctly CAPITAL Ltpes Direct Connection or connection from modem to instrument at the site If the Route file specifies a direct connection or if a modem is being used and the connection has been established between the PC s modem and the site s modem the program will now try to talk to the specified instrument s The Status Send box will contain something like Checking Type and the Status Reply box something like CFG Numbers may precede these commands if there are a number of instruments multidropped on the site and other commands may be sent before the CFG command If the program receives no reply or a garbage reply from the requested instrument you will see the following message box P If you see this message it means that the program cannot establish communications with the instrument s If this happens check the obvious things first If a direct connection is the cable link intact Is the bade rate parity etc set correctly on the PC via the FT DET file and on the instrument Is the instr
8. demo FT DET file that the FT For Windows set up program places on your disk CAPITAL Ltpes The Routes Files Like DOS FT FT For Windows requires that each site s entry in the FT DET file has a corresponding route file DOS FT will have Routes files in the directory ENVIRON ROUTES JB with names which corresponds to the SITE entry in FT DET FT For windows expects these files to be stored in MSL ROUTES Providing you let the set up program install FT For Windows in the suggested MSL directory a directory called MSL ROUTES will be created for you automatically and a few demonstration Routes files will be placed in this directory If you decided to install FT For Windows to a directory other than MSL you must manually create a MSL ROUTES directory you can use File Manager to do this FT For Windows requires Routes files to reside in MSL ROUTES Users of DOS FT must copy all their Routes files from ENVIRON ROUTES JB into MSL ROUTES FT For Windows requires Routes files to have the file extension HI This was not the case for DOS FT This means that once you have copied the existing Routes files into MSL ROUTES you must rename them all to have a RT extension For example if the routes file was RESPIROM you must rename it to RESPIROM RT You will need to do this for all the Routes files you have copied into MSL ROUTES You should not alter the SITE entry in FT DET In other words if FT DET had the li
9. detailed data from address 4 head 1 and store as instrument 4 GETDT 5215 Get detailed data from address 4 head 2 and store as instrument 5 Zend CAPITAL CONTROLS Example 2 Respirometer Optical ammonia monitor Single D O This example is for Stream switching respirometer at address 1 Optical ammonia at address 2 Double D O at address 3 This first subset of example 2 is for fetching all the data in one go SITE audit_tr STORE audit_tr ROUTE audit_tr GET 111 15 min av data from respirometer at address 1 store as instrument 1 GET 212 15 min av data from AmmN monitor at address 2 store as instrument 2 GET 313 15 min av data from D O at address 3 store as instrument 3 11 Details from respirometer at address 1 store as instrument 1 12 Details from optical AmmN at address 2 store as instrument 2 GETDT 3513 Details from D O at address 3 17 head store as instrument 3 GETDT 5114 Details from D O at address 3 2 head store as instrument 4 end This second subset of example 2 is for fetching the different types of data individually as we chose SITE audit_tr_resp STORE audit_tr ZROUTE audit tr GET 111 15 min av data from respirometer at address 1 store as instrument 1 GETDT 33 1 1 Details from respirometer at address 1 store as instrument 1 end P SITE audit_tr_amo STORE audit_tr ZROUTE audit tr ZGET 212 15 min av data from AmmN at addres
10. dongle This dongle is not necessary in versions of FT supplied after October 1999 and you can ignore the following paragraph If you are using an earlier version of FT then to install the dongle make sure your PC is turned OFF saving any work first if necessary Disconnect any devices or cables from the Parallel Centronics printer port LPT1 plug in the dongle it will only plug in one way then plug any cables or devices that were originally plugged into the printer port into the back of the dongle You should not plug in or remove the dongle while the PC is switched on When the dongle has been installed power up the PC in the normal way If there is a printer connected it must be switched on for the dongle to be recognised correctly Observe the following steps to get FT For Windows up and running 1 Insert the supplied floppy disk into the appropriate floppy disk drive of your PC 2 Make one backup copy of the original disk Put the original disk away in a safe place and follow the subsequent instructions using this backup copy of the supplied disk If you do not know how to copy a disk look up the DISKCOPY command in your DOS System Manual or the Microsoft amp Windows File Manager Disk Copy Disk menu if you are running Windows 3 Start up Microsoft amp Windows in the normal way if it is not already running 4 If using Windows 3 x maximise Program Manager and click the File menu item If using Windows 95 or 9
11. file to an entry for the site like the ones in the example on page 8 2 Create a Route File for the site like the one given for example for Test rig on page 12 The Route File must go into the directory MSL ROUTES and must have the file extension RT and the stem the same as the ZSITE entry in FT DET Note that the order in which the sites appear in the Site Selection box in FT is governed by the order in which they appear in the FT DET file They are not alphabetically sorted Therefore it is convenient if you place the sites most recently accessed at the beginning of the FT DET file CAPITAL CONTROLS FT For Windows Start Up This manual assumes you are familiar with the basic operations required to use whichever version of Microsoft Windows you are running If you are not you are recommended to run the appropriate Windows Tutorial and or read the manual before proceeding To start FT For Windows 1 Start up Windows in the normal way 2 Open Program Manager Explorer or your substitute Windows shell program in the normal way 3 Open the folder containing the MSL applications by default the install program will have created a folder called MSL Applications 4 Double click on the icon for the FT For Windows Program The icon shows a blue grey pole with a yellow or orange ball attached representing a floating probe The program will now load and the Start Up form will be displayed It will look something like
12. file will be displayed in the Settings box If there is more than one entry in FT DET these boxes will only show a site and its settings once you have selected a site via the File Select Site drop down menu The Site Loc Box Once the program has communicated with an instrument the site and location read from the instrument will be displayed in this text box The Instrument Box Once the program is communicating with an instrument the instrument number being addressed will be displayed in the instrument number box The Settings Box When you start the program if there is only one entry in the FT DET file its settings taken from the corresponding Routes RT file will be displayed in the settings box and the corresponding site name will be displayed in the Selected Site box If there is more than one entry in FT DET these boxes will only show a site and settings once you have selected a site via the File Select Site drop down menu CAPITAL Ltpes The Pinfo Box When communications between the program and an instrument have proceeded far enough the Pinfo Parameter Information data stored in the instrument will be displayed in the pinfo box The Pinfo holds the names of the signals logged on an instrument their engineering units and their scale range The Status Send Box The status send box displays the status of the communications while communications are in progress the queries being sent to the instrument
13. on a different hard disk However we recommend you accept the suggested directory FT For Windows Setup If you want to install FT For Windows in a different directory and or drive type the name of the directory Install To EALE To quit Setup choose the Exit button The set up program will now decompress and copy the necessary files from your backup installation disk to your hard disk Partway through a message box will appear telling you that the program is shelling to DOS so that it can copy some of the configuration files Click the OK button in this box The installation will then continue automatically When it has finished a box like that overleaf will be displayed Click the OK button to clear this box Note that the program uses the DOS XCOPY command f this file is not on you hard disk or the DOS PATH is not set to include the directory in which the XCOPY file is located the installation will be incomplete If this occurs contact MSL for instructions on how to proceed with the installation by manually copying the missing files from the floppy disk CAPITAL CONTES MSL FT For Windows Setup T MSL FT For Windows Installation is Complete Installation should now be complete If a folder called MSL Applications was not already on your system a new folder with that title will have been added to Program Manager In this folder will be a new icon labelled something like MSL FTW V1 13b If the fol
14. on this then click the OK button When you look at the MSL Applications folder you will now see two icons for FT For Windows Single click on one of them its title text will become highlighted Click on the Program Manager File Properties sub menu You will see a dialogue box like that below Program ltem Properties Description Command Line C MSL FTW_EXE Working Directory CIAMSL Shortcut Key None SE C Run Minimized Change Icon CAPITAL Ltpes 7 Edit the text in this dialogue box as follows Description Change it to FTW Sitename e g FTW Test_rig Command Line Change it to C MSL FTW EXE Sitename e g CAFTWAFTW EXE Test ig Working directory Leave alone Then click the OK Button Note that in the command line option Sitename must be the name of a site specified in the FT DET file with a corresponding RT Route file There is a single space between FTW EXE and Sitename The instructions above tell you how to create an icon for FT For Windows such that when you click on it it will automatically invoke FT For Windows which will automatically select the specified site go and fetch data from it and then close itself down If you want to automate this procedure so that this happens daily every four hours or whatever you need a Windows program similar to the Unix cron facility see the next section CRON Running programs automatically at user specified times To automatical
15. the centre is the caption FT On the left is the control button and on the right are the maximise and iconise buttons The caption bar is a standard feature of Windows and will not be described further except to say that you should NOT close down FT For Windows from the caption bar control button You should always use the File menu Exit submenu because otherwise the communications port will not be closed properly and the errors log file will not be created The Menu bar The menu bar contains the main menu items Clicking on one of these produces a drop down menu with further options you can select Clicking refers to the process of positioning the mouse cursor over an object and pressing and rapidly releasing the left mouse button Double clicking refers to the process of positioning the mouse cursor over an object and pressing and rapidly releasing the left mouse button twice The Drive Selector Box This shows the drive onto which your data files will be stored By default it will show the drive from which FT For Windows was run f this is not the drive on which the data files are to be stored click the arrow at the right of the Drive selector box then double click on the drive letter on which you want files to be stored The Selected Site Box When you start the program if there is only one entry in the FT DET file its site name will be displayed in the selected site box and the corresponding settings read from its Route RT
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17. to DATAMypeMAthens year month ZGET 7 15 min av data from NOX monitor at address 7 store as instrument 7 GETDT 3917 Details from NOX at address 7 store as instrument 7 CAPITAL CONTREOIS Example 4 D O Phosphate monitor Nitrate Nitrite monitor This example is for A single D O at address 3 A Stream switching PO4 monitor at address 6 A Stream switching NOX monitor at address 7 SITE athns367 athns367 will appear in the site selection menu in FT ROUTE UOG ATHN It will use a route file named MSL ROUTES UOG_ATHN RT STORE uog_athn GFX Data will go to DATA type uog_athn year month GET 3 15 min av data from D O at address 3 store as instrument 3 GETDT 3513 Details from D O at address 3 store as instrument 3 GET 6 15 min av data from PO4 monitor at address 6 store as instrument 6 GETDT 3816 Details from PO4 at address 6 store as instrument 6 ZGET 7 15 min av data from NOX monitor at address 7 store as instrument 7 GETDT 3917 Details from NOX at address 7 store as instrument 7 Zend Example 5 D O MLSS Ammonia Stream Switching tank respirometer This example is for A Double D O MLSS at address 1 An optical ammonia at address 2 A Stream switching respirometer at address 3 SITE dsm ROUTE dsm STORE dsm GET 111 15 min av data from both heads on DO at address 1 store as instrument 1 GET 212 15 min av data from AmmN at addres
18. used unless a MODEM option is present in which case a default appropriate to the modem is used Supported values for BAUD are 75 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 For example BAUD 9600 would tell FT For Windows to communicate at 9600 baud unless the ZMODEM option decreed otherwise Note that the ability to use the higher baud rates depends on your PC system and especially the quality of the UART in the serial port card There is usually no point using very high baud rates because MSL instruments normally communicate at 1200 9600 baud depending on configuration and cabling quality ZPARITY The PARITY option is used to specify the parity bit of data bytes of the connection For example PARITY EVEN would decree that FT For Windows should communicate at even parity If no PARITY option is given then a default of EVEN parity is used unless a MODEM option is present in which case a default appropriate to the modem is used Acceptable values for PARITY are EVEN ODD or NONE must be upper case ZDBITS The ZDBITS option is used to specify the number of data bits in a communicated byte For example DBITS 7 would specify 7 data bits for the connection If no DBITS option is given then a default of 7 bits is used unless a MODEM option is present in which case a default appropriate to the modem is used Allowable values for DBITS are 5 6 7 or 8 ZSBITS The ZSBITS option is used to specify th
19. 8 click the start button in the task bar 5 In the File drop down menu of Windows 3 x or the Start button sub menu of Windows 95 or 98 click Run 6 In the form that now appears enter the path to the disk drive drive containing your backup installation disk and the program to be run which is called setup In Windows 3 x the form should look like the one below Command Line a SETUP Cancel CI Run Minimized Browse CAPITAL CONTEOAS In Windows 95 98 the form will be something like that below Whether using Windows 3 x or 9x the procedure is broadly similar Run HEI Type the name of a program folder or document and 3 Windows will open it for you a SETUP EXE Cancel Browse If the floppy disk drive containing the backup installation disk is drive b the command line should be changed to read b setup When you have entered this information click the OK button After a short delay a box will appear in the middle of the screen saying Initialising setup The cursor will change to an hourglass shape and there will be a delay of about 20 seconds while some of the files from the installation disk are decompressed and transferred to the hard disk A form like the one below will now appear It suggests that the directory where the FT For Windows program files should be placed will be named MSL on hard disk drive C Edit this text if you wish the files to be placed in a different directory or
20. Do not install damaged equipment SEVERN TRENT SERVICES COLMAR OPERATIONS COLMAR PENNSYLVANIA USA IS ISO 9001 2000 CERTIFIED Copyright Capital Controls Group MSL 8 Hawksworth South Mead Industrial Park Didcot Oxon 0X11 7HR UK TEL 44 0 1235 512000 FAX 44 0 1235 512020 e mail mslsales capitalcontrols co uk Web site http www capitalcontrols net CAPITAL CONTROLS TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE FT FOR WINDOWS PROGRAM ee ee eee seen rose seen oeste tn sese osson eanas enose ensa 1 BASIC INSTALLATION 2 UPGRADING FROM FT FOR DOS TO FT FOR WINDOWS ccccssssscssssscccssssccessscccssscccssceccesscccesssceceessssecees 5 THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE IN WHICH FILES ARE STORED 0 cccssssscsssssccsssscceesscecesssccscsssecseesscesceses 5 THE CONFIGURATION FILE FT DET AND THE ROUTES FILES ss sss ee eee eee eese enne ette sesta sese ee ense 6 THE ROUTES FILES M s 7 CONFIGURING MSL FT FOR WINDOWS sss ss ss ss sss sss sss ss sees sees senesan enose sese ees seen Pes seen see ense aasan 8 THE CONFIGURATION FILES E 8 The main configuration file FT D I 9 re KN ec C E I 9 Gn EE 10 EIER RU EEN 12 EI RE 12 EE 12 FOUR soos hoes ead secs toes eiut INI DIE PuLIM IN LNIDM II NNI IRI IM I gaccnaue
21. Eile Transfer Options Help testresp Instrument RESP Comm Port COM1 Multidrop No Baud Rate 2400 Modem Dial No STATUS CAPITAL LONTRDIS If you see a window like that below it means the program required an MSL software protection key but none was detected Early versions of MSL programs will not run without this key If a dongle is plugged into the LPT1 printer port and the printer is not switched on switch the printer on and re run EI For Windows f no dongle is plugged in and the software version requires a dongle close down Windows saving any work if necessary then power down the PC plug in the dongle power up the PC run Windows then FT For Windows If the dongle is still not recognised contact MSL This program will not run without the Dongle Please make sure that it is attached to the printer port LPT1 Under normal circumstances the Start Up window will be displayed when you run EI For Windows The major parts of the Start Up window are labelled below and will now be described in turn Help Menu Bar Drive selector testresp Instrument Site Loc Instrument Comm Port Multidrop Baud Rate Modem Dial STATUS RESP COMI No 2400 No Selected site Pinfo Settings Send Reply CAPITAL CONTRORS The caption bar Not labelled above this is the standard Windows application caption bar above the menu bar In
22. For Windows at the same time However if MSL have not installed the program for you or you purchased the software at some later date the following information allows users to configure the program for themselves FT For Windows requires certain configuration files to know which instruments to communicate with how to communicate with them and what type of data to retrieve These files have to be named in a special way and kept in specific directories where the program and other MSL programs expect to find them The configuration files Simple ASCII text files control the complete configuration of FT For Windows You can change the configuration of FT For Windows by editing these files using any standard ASCII text editor such as DOS s Ed program or Windows Notepad program You should not use a word processor to edit these files unless it allows you to save files as plain ASCII text because it may insert non ASCII characters into the saved file The main configuration file is named FT DET There is only one FT DET file and it must be kept in the directory MSL of the drive onto which you installed ET For Windows The other type of configuration file is the Route File There must be one Route File for each site named in the FT DET file These Route Files are all kept in the directory MSL ROUTES The names of Routes Files always end in RT that is they have names of the form SITENAME RT A detailed description of the requi
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24. anager AA 19 Q quality monitor seen 15 R resplrometer ee eee e 15 route file H Route file sss 18 23 Route File 14 S scheduling essen 33 Select Site 23 CAPITAL CONTROLS selected site box 21 serial port 14 settings DOX eee bead anon 21 sitename RT er teretes bres boc eee eaves 23 software protection key 20 Start subsmienu 3 ertet teres 26 status reply se ener ete 22 status send box 22 Status Recelve c eret Pte Sheed 28 Status Send WEE 28 Status Send box tee hoes 27 SLOP IC 16 T telephone number 17 TEE 28 Transfo ood hatin Sees 23 Transfer MENU NEEN 26 H VE EEN 17 W WIndOWS tnter 19 CAPITAL CONTES FT For Windows and its associated manual is Copyright Capital Controls Minworth Systems Ltd MSL 1993 2000 If you have any problems with the program or any comments or queries about this program and its manual or any MSL program or manual or any enquiries about MSL Products please contact MSL at O Capital Controls Group MSL 8 Hawksworth South Mead Industrial Park Didcot Oxon 0X11 7HR United Kingdom TEL 44 0 1235 512000 FAX 44 0 1235 512020 e mail mslsales capitalcontrols net Web Site http www capitalcontrols net SEVERN Design improvements may be made without notice Represented by 08 06 223 6010 2 TRENT SERVICES CAPITAL CONTROLS Severn Trent
25. are displayed in this window The Status Reply box The status reply box displays the status of incoming communications while communications are in progress the replies received to queries being sent to the instrument are displayed in this window Some data is compressed on the instrument to maximise the amount it can store locally Therefore the data read back will not always be simple textual data and will not be readily interpreted visually However the FT For Windows program understands the format of the encrypted data and translates it to the format required by GFX For Windows CAPITAL CONTREOIS Step by step sequence for operating FT For Windows You are recommended to follow this sequence to operate FT For Windows successfully in its basic mode 10 11 12 Before powering up the PC ensure that the MSL software protection dongle is plugged in to the printer port LPT1 if your version of software requires a key Pre October 1999 Also ensure that if a printer is connected to the dongle that the printer is switched on If you have not already done so ensure the MSL FT DET file has the correct format and contains entries for all the sites from which you may wish to collect data Ensure there is a valid Route file sitename RT for each site which has an entry in the FT DET File Ensure all these routes files reside in MSL ROUTES Ensure your communications link is physically connected If you are using a
26. ata overlapping from the time you were using the DOS FT to the time you started using the new Windows FT You are STRONGLY urged to rename the daily files directory as explained above The configuration file FT DET and the Routes files The FT DET File Like the DOS version the Windows version of FT relies on configuration files The main configuration file is FT DET which is probably in the directory MSL on your hard disk If this is so provided you ran the FT For Windows set up program according to the supplied manual and allowed it to install itself into the subdirectory MSL you need do nothing with the FT DET file If however you install the program to a directory other than MSL you should copy your old DOS FT DET file into the directory into which you install the new FT For Windows program You can use Windows File Manager to copy the FT DET file from another location if necessary FT expects to find your FT DET file in the same directory as the FT program By default the set up program will install the FT For Windows program and an example FT DET file in the MSL directory You are strongly urged not to install FT For Windows to a different directory allow it to install to MSL If you have been using DOS FT there will already be an FT DET file from the DOS FT installation in the directory into which you installed the DOS FT In that case you should copy that existing FT DET file allowing it to replace the new
27. be used as the name of a subdirectory Although a directory name can be 8 characters 3 characters you should restrict the ZSITE entry to 8 characters or less Also the site entry cannot contain spaces Y or any other character not allowed in a DOS directory name FT For Windows uses the name provided with ZSITE to automatically create the directory tree and filenames expected by the data viewing and manipulation package GFX For Windows CAPITAL CONTREOIS GFX For Windows assumes that your data files will be resident in a Directory Subdirectory system configured as follows DRIVE NAME By default the drive the software is installed on DATA ALWAYS named DATA DATA TYPE DAILY DETAILED MGMT etc Se NAME 8 Characters or less e g TESTRESP Se As YYYY e g 1993 E First 3 characters e g JAN FEB MAR DATA FILES Named as explained later For example a pinfo file might be named C DATA DAILY TESTRESP 2000 SEP 01092000 P1 GET The keyword GET instructs EI For Windows to retrieve 15 minute average data from the specified instrument It is normally qualified by a single number For example GET 3 means Fetch 15 minute average data from instrument number 3 So in the example FT DET details file on page 9 FT For Windows is being told to retrieve 15 minute average data from instrument number 2 at the site min_resp from instrument numbers 1 and 2 at the site wpark and from instrument
28. der already existed the new icon will have been added to any existing icons in the folder Your screen will look something like that below To run FT For Windows you simply double click this new icon but do not do this just yet 20 Apr 1304 Program Manager File Options Window Help MSL Apuplicvaliuus v Bk 2 Teininal Translate Boland sual Network Solutions Pack Note that the installation process places a number of files on your hard disk If files with the same names are already on the disk in the appropriate directory they will not be replaced UNLESS the new files have a later Time Date stamp or Microsoft version number code than those files already on your disk However if files already on the disk have been made read only for some reason the set up program will be unable to install the newer files and the installation will be incomplete If the installation is incomplete for any reason a message box will appear warning you of that fact If your hard disk already has an ft det file explained later in the manual this will NOT be replaced even if it is older than the one on the installation disk This is done so you do not lose any settings you might have already made Should you have any problem with the installation of the software or installation of the software please contact MSL for advice Please now refer to the main manual that follows for how to use FT For Windows CAPITAL CONTREOIS Upg
29. direct link ensure the cable is plugged in to the correct port on the PC and is connected to the instrument at the other end If using a modem link ensure the modem is plugged in to the correct port on the PC is powered up correctly configured and is plugged in to the telephone line Start up Microsoft amp Windows then start FT For Windows see p 16 If you want to store the data on a disk drive other than that from which the program was started click the arrow to the right of the drive selector box then double click on the drive you want to use Click the File entry on the menu bar Click the Select Site entry from the drop down menu Click the site from which you wish to retrieve data from the list of sites displayed then click the OK button Click the Transfer entry in the main menu bar FT For Windows is now ready to proceed to fetch the required data from the required instruments on the selected site using the settings specified in the FT DET file and the site s ROUTE RT file FT For Windows will now connect to the selected site and to the instrument s from which data is to be retrieved and will check what data is stored on the instrument but is not stored on the selected disk drive It will then proceed to fetch data from the instrument until the data stored on the disk corresponds to the data stored on the instrument ET For Windows is intelligent in that it only fetches the data needed to bring the informati
30. e number of stop bits appended to a communicated byte For example SBITS 1 would specify 1 stop bits for the communications If no SBITS option is given then a default of 1 stop bit is used unless a MODEM option is present in which case a default appropriate to the modem is used Allowable values for SBITS are 1 or 2 CAPITAL LONTRDIS ZMOPT The entries that can be put in the MOPT option are specific to each supported modem In the example on page 8 it is used to indicate to FT For Windows to use the specified modem in V22BIS mode These options are modem specific and their positioning is modem specific Contact MSL if you need to incorporate modem specific commands PH The PH option specifies the telephone number and is only required where a modem is being used For example PH 01235512000 This is Capital Controls MSL s phone number it is not a modem line If no PH option appears in the route file FT For Windows will assume that the site is connected directly regardless of whether the MODEM and or MOPT options are present end A end line must appear as the final line of the file Note the word end is lower case Example end CAPITAL LONTIDIS FT For Windows Configuration Adding a new site To add a new site to the list of sites that FT For Windows can fetch you need to do two things Both require only the ability to use a simple ASCII text editor 1 Open and edit the FT DET
31. elected a site these sub menus will be greyed out that is unavailable Once you have selected a site its name will be displayed in the Selected Site box on the main form and its settings will be displayed in the Settings box Start sub menu Clicking the Start sub menu starts the process of transferring data from the instruments on the selected site to the disk drive selected when you started FT For Windows When you selected a site the program will have looked at the appropriate Route file sitename RT to find out from which instruments data are to be fetched and what kind of data are to be fetched It will also have looked at the FT DET file to decide what communications settings are to be used baud parity etc and what type of connection is to be made direct modem etc The program will then attempt to establish a connection to the site instrument If a modem link is involved the program will try to dial the site using the telephone number provided in the PH entry in the Route file see pp 9 10 initialising the modem according to the entries in the MODEM and MOPT fields If a direct connection is specified it uses the baud rate specified in the SPEED entry of FT DET Connection via modem If the site access requires the use of a modem you will see the text Contacting in the send status box and the text Dialling in the reply status box If the program cannot establish a connection the following message will
32. es the TYPE must agree with the type of instrument number 1 ZMODEM The MODEM option This can be used to specify the type of modem being used where FT For Windows is required to dial a remote site Possible modems are hayes micom paxdata hp case dacom or exec Nowadays nearly all modems are hayes compatible and the other types of modems are supported for historical reasons For example MODEM hayes Alternatively if the instrument is connected by a direct link with no modem the MODEM option can be given as a number n this case FT For Windows will interpret the number as the baud rate at which to communicate with the instrument For example MODEM 1200 would cause ET For Windows to communicate at 1200 baud This usage of MODEM is not recommended because this function is now provided by the SPEED option SPEED The SPEED option is used to specify the baud rate of the connection For example SPEED 9600 Would tell FT For Windows to communicate at 9600 baud unless the MODEM Option decreed differently If no SPEED option is given a default of 1200 baud is used unless a MODEM option is present in which case a default appropriate to the modem is used See also BAUD You should not use both SPEED and BAUD BAUD is preferred to SPEED CAPITAL CONTROLS ZBAUD The BAUD option is used to specify the baud rate of the connection If no BAUD option is given then a default of 1200 baud is
33. ge CAPITAL CONTES All data has been transferred successfully Once all data has been fetched successfully either select another site File Select Site Sub Menu or close the program down File Exit sub menu If the session has resulted in a timeout or a communications or other error close the program File Exit sub menu and examine the FTn TXT errors log file for example using Windows Notepad applet or your preferred ASCII text editor viewer to try to determine the cause of the error If using a modem always make absolutely sure that it is really off line at the end of a session or you could incur some very high phone bills Once the data have been transferred to disk and the program has been properly closed down you can then run GFX For Windows to examine and manipulate the retrieved data Abort sub menu The abort sub menu is only enabled once a transfer is in progress It allows you to abort the communications In this case data transfer will be incomplete and a message will pop up informing you of the fact CAPITAL LONTRDIS Options Menu When you click the Options menu item a box like that below will pop up This facility is provided for advanced users of the program and is not necessary for normal basic use Instrument 1 Instrument 2 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 3 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument 4 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument5 Detailed Daily OUR Instrument
34. h as 270 mg L h By default FT For Windows assumes OUR data will be in the range 0 150 mg L h If it exceeds 150mg L h when you examine it with GFX For Windows it will have off scale data clipped at 150mg L h The keyword OURFSD allows you to instruct FT For Windows to retrieve Oxygen Uptake Rate data from the specified instrument which must be an MSL respirometer and produce GFX For Windows data files which will not be partly off scale with high OURs For example ZOURFSD 300 0 means Fetch OUR data allowing a range from 0 300 mg L h So in the Details File example on page 8 FT For Windows will be retrieving OUR data from instrument number 2 at the site min resp and assume default the OUR will not exceed 150 mg L h If this were not the case a OURFSD entry would needed to be added Oxygen Uptake Rate data is available only from an MSL respirometer f this is specified for any other instrument this causes no problem FT For Windows simply ignores the request Note The Unix version of FT does not support fetching of OUR data Zend The Zend line must appear as the final line of the FT DET file Note it is lower case Zend APPENDIX A provides further examples of FT DET file entries CAPITAL Ltpes The Route Files Each site has its own Route File that is kept in the directory MSL ROUTES This file contains details informing FT For Windows how to communicate with this particular si
35. ill see the message Timeout in the Status Reply box One reason for a Timeout may be that the phone line drops or becomes too noisy for reliable communications CAPITAL CONTES If for any reason the session does not complete successfully for example because the communications link is lost part way through you may see a message like that below Instrument 1 Error while P transferring Detailed Data File 22040819 D1 You may also get a second message box like Not all data has been transferred successfully For more details see the error file D AMSLMfE Got Under these circumstances click the OK button exit the program File Exit check the communications link and try the program again Look at the errors file MSL FTn TXT where n is a number corresponding to the instance of session of FT For Windows being run If only one instance is running n will be 1 You will not be able to interpret all the information in the errors file but will be able to decipher simple messages In case of repeated problems and referral to MSL you may be asked to read or Fax the contents of this file to help with troubleshooting Note that you cannot view the error log file until you exit FT For Windows using the File Exit sub menu because until you close the program the file is open and locked for the exclusive use of ET For Windows Hopefully you will not see error message windows you will see the following messa
36. ly run a Windows Program like EI For Windows at user specified times requires a utility program similar to the Unix cron program One such a program is available as Shareware as WCRON from Cin tique Systems in Canada MSL do not believe in re inventing the wheel and since WCRON fits the bill nicely there is no point our writing our own cron program Cron type programs are available from various shareware vendors web sites and bulletin boards There are other such programs available typically described as cron or schedule programs A search of the web will doubtless unearth others If you obtain wcron or a similar shareware program you must register it not only because it is the moral and just thing to do but because the unregistered version may well bring up a copyright notice randomly about one run in 10 which would result in the planned program not running randomly one time in 10 The registered version would have no no such restriction Cron type programs are not of course limited to use with FT For Windows they can be used to run any windows program at user specified times and can run different programs at different times so allowing you for example to make FT For Windows fetch data from a number of different sites by scheduling different command line versions of FT For Windows to run at differing times If users obtain wcron or a similar program MSL cannot undertake to provide them with technical support fo
37. mber specified For example VALL 3 means Fetch 15 minute average data from instruments 1 2 and 3 So in the example Details File FT For Windows will be retrieving 15 minute average data from instrument numbers 1 2 and 3 at the site test go ZALLDT The keyword ALLDT works in the same way as the keyword ALL except that it refers to detailed data For example ALLDT 3 means Fetch detailed data from instruments 1 2 and 3 So in the example Details File FT For Windows will be detailed data from instrument numbers 1 2 and 3 at the site test rig ZOUR The qualified keyword OUR instructs FT For Windows to retrieve Oxygen Uptake Rate data from the specified instrument which must be an MSL respirometer For example OUR 3 means Fetch OUR data from instrument 3 So in the Details File example on page 8 FT For Windows will be retrieving OUR data from instrument number 2 at the site min resp Oxygen Uptake Rate data is available only from an MSL respirometer and was only routinely used in early versions of this instrument If this is specified for any other type of instrument this causes no problem FT For Windows simply ignores the request CAPITAL Ltpes OURFSD When MSL first started marketing respirometers typical maximum OURs found on the plants on which they were installed were around 50 100 mg L h As we branched out into other treatment processes we found instances of much higher OURs as muc
38. month GET 414 Get 15 min data from address 4 store as instrument 4 GETDT 3614 Get detailed data from address 4 head 1 and store as instrument 4 GETDT 5215 Get detailed data from address 4 head 2 and store as instrument 5 end 9 INDEX BEE 12 tB E EE 12 EE E 16 TRIER RE 16 PELE deeg 14 Fend EE 13 17 EE 10 11 FRG NR RE 12 MODEM 15 FRAO RE 17 POUR 12 eism 13 BPARITY e etd rip Es 16 FP Alc ee ebbe dert cete diens 17 e IN KEE 16 FOI TV Bick Saat aes Ss eck 7 9 14 SPEED uer ere be eec p bes 15 FLY PE aede e ett eee 15 1 15 minute average data 9 A abort sub menu eee ee een 30 about a 31 add a new site eee 18 air demand monitor sese ee 15 ammonia monitor oo Le Le eects ee eeeeeeeeteeeeeees 15 V Vossii GE X 36 jl lel 8 B baud Tale tette e eter rettet ie teo erected tec im er Ces 15 C Cabl6 eonun trementes 23 27 caption bar 21 e E EE 27 command line parameter eee eee e eee 37 communications link seen 23 configuration essent 8 configuration Tiles ee eee 6 e el DEEN 33 Detailed data file direct connection directory naming conventions File Select Site MSL applications MSL Applications folder naming convention CAPITAL CONTROIS 0 Options ien 31 OUR EE 13 31 Oxygen Uptake Rate sese essen 13 P SAT 16 PINTO ee T 22 Program M
39. nd Exit File Select Site Sub menu When you click the File Select Site sub menu a box like that below will be overlaid onto the Start Up Form The left of the box shows the sites read from the FT DET File A vertical scroll bar will be present to the right of the list of sites if there are more sites than can fit in this window Use this scroll bar to access sites not currently visible in the window Single click the name of the site from which you wish to retrieve data then click the OK button The site selector window will then disappear The name of the site you selected will be shown in the main window s Selected Site box and the communications settings will be shown in the Settings box To proceed to fetch data click the Transfer Option on the start up form main menu bar File Exit sub menu Clicking the Exit sub menu item closes down FT For Windows closes any open files and closes down the communications port Please use this method to ensure the program closes cleanly Closing the program by any other means control button task switcher etc could result in loss of data N B If using a modem always make absolutely sure that the modem is off line at the end of a session or you could incur some very high phone bills CAPITAL CONTROLS Transfer Menu The Transfer Menu provides access to 2 sub menus Start and Abort To access these sub menus you will first need to select a site to fetch Until you have s
40. ne RESPIROM leave it alone FT DOS would have a Route file called RESPIROM FT For Windows wants this file to be called RESPIROM RT and it must reside in MSL ROUTES You can if you wish create a new FT DET file and corresponding routes files from scratch by following the instructions in the FT For Windows user s manual However this can be a complex procedure to avoid errors you may be best to re use existing files as outlined above Summary For Upgraders To make the upgrade as simple as possible follow these steps 1 Install ET For Windows onto your hard disk as described in the User s Manual allowing it to be installed into MSL as suggested 2 Copy your old DOS FT FT DET file into MSL 3 Copy all your Routes files from ENVIRON ROUTES JB into MSL ROUTES 4 Rename each Route file to have the extension RT e g rename from sitename to sitename RT 5 Start using FT For Windows in place of the old FT For DOS 6 If you are quite happy that you know what you are doing and would rather use the new program exclusively you can then delete the old DOS version of FT and its FT DET and Routes files but make sure it is the OLD version of FT and its files you are deleting CAPITAL CONTROLS Configuring MSL FT For Windows Normally FT For Windows will be installed and configured for you by Minworth Systems if you have arranged for MSL to install an instrument logger and have bought FT For Windows GFX
41. number 1 at the site sanfran Also the ALL and ALLDT instructs that all daily and detailed data is fetched from the site test rig CAPITAL CONTROLS Special case of GET keyword A single number that being the address of a logger or instrument from which to fetch data normally follows GET However for special circumstances FT For Windows supports a case where the GET keyword can be followed by three numbers rather than one This feature was originally introduced for sites that have a large more than 9 number of instruments loggers connected together in a single loop or pseudo single loop GFX For Windows can accommodate up to 99 instruments loggers at a single site However the Unix version of GFX is restricted to 9 instruments loggers per individual site name When the ZGET keyword is followed by 3 parameters rather than 1 these parameters are used to create pseudo sites for retrieved data on disk they have the following meaning First parameter The real instrument address on the loop or pseudo loop Second parameter The sub logger number Currently not in use this should be set to 1 Third parameter The logger number data is to be stored as for GFX programs As an example imagine we have a single site with 12 instruments in a loop and that there are 4 instruments on each on each of 3 units Bio Units 1 2 and 3 Our MSL FT DET file might include the following entries SITE BIOUNIT1 ROUTE RING1 GET 111
42. on stored on disk up to date with that stored on the instrument so keeping transfer times and phone call costs down Once data transfer is complete either go back to step 6 if you want to fetch data from another site or click the File menu item then click Exit in the drop down menu The program will then close down You could now run MSL GFX For Windows to examine the retrieved data CAPITAL Ltpes Notes If there were any problems in the session you could examine the messages in the errors file created by FT For Windows after closing down the program The program creates a file named MSL FTn TXT where n is a number If you ran up one instance of the program as is normally the case nis 1 This file is a simple ASCII text file and can be examined by a simple editor like Windows NOTEPAD program Problems are nearly always caused by poor communications links e g noisy telephone lines You can run up multiple instances of ET For Windows up to a limit of 10 instances However since each instance would have to communicate through a different Comms Port this is rarely of practical use since most PCs have only one or at most 2 free serial communications ports If using a modem always make absolutely sure that it is really off line at the end of a session or you could incur some very high phone bills CAPITAL CONTES File Menu Clicking the File menu item produces a drop down menu with 2 options File Select a
43. r the program This must be sought from the program suppliers or authors themselves Appendix A which now follows gives further examples of the entries in FT DET files CAPITAL LONTRDIS This page is deliberately blank APPENDIX A Further examples of FT DET file entries CAPITAL CONTREOIS Appendix A EXAMPLES OF FT DET FILE ENTRIES FOR MULTI DROP amp SLAVE INSTRUMENTS EXAMPLE 1 a double headed DO instrument This example is for a double D O SS SLAVE at multidrop address 4 The SS slave does not independently produce separate detailed information The two D O heads do but they are interlaced when retrieved by FT and are displayed alternately within GFX if you do not take special precautions and when you examine the detailed areas it can be difficult to decide which head which detailed are belongs to Therefore the GETDT in FT DET has a detail logging group override facility This is calculated as 32 instrument address head number 1 x 16 In this way each head s detailed information can be given a unique GFX file address for easier inspection This is illustrated in some of the following examples SITE wtc wdn This wtc_wdn will appear in the FT site select menu ROUTE wtc wdn The route file must be called WTC WDN RT STORE wtc wdn It will be stored in DATA datatype wtc_dwn year month GET 414 Get 15 min data from address 4 store as instrument 4 GETDT 3614 Get
44. rading from FT For DOS to FT For Windows PLEASE READ THIS IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM FT DOS IMPORTANT CHANGES IN PROGRAM OPERATION The introduction of MSL s Microsoft Windows Version of the file transfer program FT means that the core suite of 16 Bit MSL programs MSL ET GFX GD Terminal and Translate now all have a similar look and feel and all operate under Windows v3 1 or later If you have already bought FT for DOS this note will be included with your free upgrade to Version 1 0 of FT for Windows All purchasers of ET for DOS have been supplied with free upgrades to version 1 0 of FT For Windows f you are not upgrading from ET for DOS you can ignore this section of the manual MSL are no longer promoting FT for DOS There are certain changes in the Windows version of FT compared with the DOS version These make it necessary for you to make some changes to your hard disk if you already have data stored there by the old DOS version of FT To make the changes you need to be familiar with Windows File manager Please read the Windows manual if you are not familiar with the operation of File Manager The directory structure in which files are stored There are 2 basic types of data file that may be transferred from an instrument or data logger to your disk by FT whether the Windows or the DOS version A Detailed data file and a 15 Minute average Daily data file A third type
45. rements for the format and contents of each of these files follows CAPITAL CONTREOIS The main configuration file FT DET This is the Details File for FT For Windows It contains details of every site from which data can be retrieved For each site the file specifies from which instrument s at that site data is to be retrieved and whether 15 minute average data and or Detailed data and or OUR data is to be fetched Every site which has an entry in here will automatically appear in the site selector menu when you run FT For Windows A typical FT DET file follows as an example SITE min_resp ROUTE respirom STORE min_resp GET 2 OUR 2 GETDT 2 end SITE wpark GET U GET 2 end SITE sanfran GET 1 GETDT 1 end SITE test_rig ALL ALLDT end In this example the sites included are min_resp wpark sanfran and test_rig The various keywords that can be in the FT DET file are now explained SITE The keyword SITE is used by FT to control the list of entries presented when the user selects the File Select site sub menu in the FT program This is not necessarily the same SITE as in the corresponding route file The SITE keyword here tells FT For Windows the name of the site to be substituted for SITE NAME in the directory path where the fetched data will be automatically stored The text entered against SITE is restricted by DOS s directory naming convention because this will
46. ren TTT T 12 POUR SID er C HHe 13 rd M M UT e 13 THLE e ENN ET EI RSEN 14 FES RRE 14 BEIENEE EE 14 BEAL N EE 15 MODEM arrate t Lr IM It east hent EL E LE 15 re S UR onte tL Ll ten d uu t ce 15 rd pYA Ub 16 SPARDDY E 16 PDB EE 16 re EN KEE 16 LE D PO oe re er rr Oe i oe A EO es PH 17 EEN et E E A SP PP ee HO 17 rd SIT EEN 17 FT FOR WINDOWS CONFIGURATION ADDING A NEW SITE cssssscsssssscsssscccessscccessccccssseccessscceessscesessnee 18 FT FOR WINDOWS START UP scsosscssssvsssosnsscesenssosssenssoedescssseseescessesesesnsssboesonsesosesedssescceseonscsssessoecsensesessosdecessevecoess 19 STEP BY STEP SEQUENCE FOR OPERATING FT FOR WINDOWS ss ss sss ss sss sese sees sss soso nease 23 AUTOMATIC RUNNING OF FT FOR WINDOWS ccssssscssssssccssssccscssscccsssccccssssccscssscccssscccessssccessscccscaceeceessnee 32 CRON RUNNING PROGRAMS AUTOMATICALLY AT USER SPECIFIED TIMES eee eeen 33 APPENDIX 36 CapmaL CONTROIS CAPITAL Ltpes MSL File Transfer program for Microsoft Windows v3 1 Windows 95 and Windows 98 About the FT For Windows program The MSL ET for Windows program has been designed as a simple to use comm
47. s 2 store as instrument 2 GETDT 3412 Details from AmmN at address 2 store as instrument 2 end S SITE audit_tr_do STORE audit_tr ZROUTE audit tr GET 313 15 min av data from D O at address 3 store as instrument 3 GETDT 3513 Details from D O at address 3 store 17 head as instrument 3 GETDT 5114 Details from D O at address 3 store 2nd head as instrument 4 end Note in this example SITE has more than 8 characters because this is only used as a prompt in the FT site selection menu but STORE and ROUTE do not because they have to conform to DOS file and directory naming convention of 8 3 characters CAPITAL CONTROLS Example 3 Phosphate monitor Nitrate Nitrite monitor This example is for A stream switching PO4 monitor at address 6 A stream switching NOX monitor at address 7 It illustrates how the ZSITE ZSTORE and ZROUTE entries do not have to be the same ZSITE UOG PO4 UOG POA will appear in the site selection menu in FT ROUTE UOG ATHN It will use a route file named MSL ROUTES UOG_ATHN RT STORE Athens GFX Data will go to DATAMypeMAthens year month GET 6 15 min av data from PO4 monitor at address 6 store as instrument 6 GETDT 38 16 Details from PO4 at address 6 store as instrument 6 end SITE UOG_NOX UOG NOX will appear in the site selection menu in FT ROUTE UOG ATHN It will use a route file named MSL ROUTES UOG_ATHN RT STORE Athens GFX Data will go
48. s 2 store as instrument 2 GET 313 15 min av data from respirometer at address 3 store as instrument 2 GETDT 33 1 1 DO at address 1 head 1 details store as instrument 1 GETDT 4914 DO at address 1 head 2 details store as instrument 4 GETDT 3412 AmmN at address 2 store as instrument 2 GETDT 3513 Respirometer at address 3 store as instrument 3 Zend CAPITAL LONTRDUIS Appendix A EXAMPLES OF FT DET FILE ENTRIES FOR MULTI DROP amp SLAVE INSTRUMENTS EXAMPLE 1 a double headed DO instrument This example is for a double D O SS SLAVE at multidrop address 4 The SS slave does not independently produce separate detailed information The two D O heads do but they are interlaced when retrieved by FT and are displayed alternately within GFX if you do not take special precautions and when you examine the detailed areas it can be difficult to decide which head which detailed are belongs to Therefore the GETDT in FT DET has a detail logging group override facility This is calculated as 32 instrument address head number 1 x 16 In this way each head s detailed information can be given a unique GFX file address for easier inspection This is illustrated in some of the following examples SITE wtc wdn This wtc wdn will appear in the FT site select menu ROUTE wtc wdn The route file must be called WTC WDN RT STORE wtc_wdn It will be stored in DATA datatype wtc_dwn year
49. te The contents of such a file are illustrated with the example below The file name stem of the Route File is the same as the name of the site specified in the corresponding SITE entry in FT DET The file extension is always RT The file for a site called Test_rig is shown here as an example The route file specified in the FT DET file name in this case was MSL ROUTES TEST_RIG RT SITE Test_rig DEV com TYPE DO MODEM paxdata MOPT V22B PH 0213131709 SPEED 2400 end id SITE The SITE line entry is optional in a route file and is used to specify a site name To avoid confusion we strongly recommend that this should normally be the same as the SITE entry in MSL FT DET Example SITE Test rig ZDEV The DEV option must be given as either com1 or com2 according to which of the PC s serial ports you want FT For Windows to use to access this site These can be in either upper or lower case COM3 and COM 4 are not supported Example DEV Com CAPITAL Ltpes TYPE The TYPE option The type specified by TYPE must agree with the type of Minworth Systems instrument that FT For Windows will be talking to at this site Otherwise no data will be retrieved Possible options for TYPE are DO d o probe RESP respirometer LOG logger QM quality monitor ADM air demand monitor AM ammonia monitor Where a site contains more than one instrument and the instruments are of different typ
50. ument switched on If a modem link has been established is the link from the remote modem to the instrument intact Is the baud rate correct Is the instrument switched on Assuming communications has been established OK the program will now proceed as follows As it proceeds the commands sent to the instrument are shown in the Status Send box and the replies received are shown in the Status Reply box The program interrogates each selected instrument in turn It looks at what kinds of data requested via entries the FT DET and sitename RT files are present on the instrument s but not present on the selected disk drive It will then proceed to fetch data until it has updated the selected disk drive with all the data required to bring its files up to date For each instrument from which it is to fetch data it will first send a configuration request to find out how many signals are logged on that instrument It then asks for some more bits of information including things such as the date and time recorded on the logger It will then proceed to fetch the Pinfo information Parameter Information from each instrument and display it in the Pinfo box in the main window The Pinfo is an area of memory on each logger holding the name of the site the name of the instrument and for each signal logged the name of the signal its engineering units and its scale range 25 Apr 1994 FT transferring File Transfer Options Help testresp SE
51. unications program to allow the user of an IBM amp compatible personal computer PC running Microsoft amp Windows version 3 1 or later to retrieve stored data from Minworth Systems Ltd Intelligent Instruments via the PC s serial communications port While remaining simple to use FT For Windows is extremely flexible in the way it can be configured FT for Windows will work either via a direct communications link or via a modem In the case of a site that requires a modem FT For Windows automatically handles all the dialling and modem protocol All this is transparent to the user who simply selects the sites from which he or she wants to fetch data With a simple text editor the more experienced user can configure communication details for each site and can add and delete sites from the menu and configure which instruments are to be accessed at each site FT For Windows is intelligent in that it only fetches the data needed to bring the information stored on disk up to date with that stored on the instrument so keeping transfer times and phone call costs down CAPITAL LONTRDIS BASIC INSTALLATION You will have been provided with a 3 5 floppy disk or a CDROM containing all the files needed to install FT For windows onto your hard disk via the Program Manager in Microsoft Windows 3 x or Explorer in Windows 95 or Windows 98 Earlier versions of the program were protected against unauthorised use by a software key or

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