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| Site | Site Name | ≤ | 40 chars. | Name of your measurement site. |
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| Display | Display: | LAI | Display: | Incident PAR | Solar Zenith |
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| Transmitted PAR | Photodiode spread |
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| 'Sample' | ≤ | 6 chars. | Change name if ‘Sample’ is not appropriate. | ||||
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Utils | Calibrate | Restore |
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Autolog (setup screen)
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| Autolog process. |
Start | Date, time | Type in start date and time. These can be in the past 24 hours to |
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Stop | Date, time | Type in date and time to finish. Must be in the future. |
Read | hh:mm:ss | Type in the sampling interval. Every reading is stored. |
interval |
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Average | hh:mm:ss | Stores averages at the specified interval. Should be a multiple of |
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| the read interval. Zero gives no averages. |
Ignore | yes, no | Yes: readings are not taken at night. |
nighttime? |
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(progress | Sleep, (or | Blanks the screen. This is the usual condition. Press On/Esc to re- |
screen) | Off) | awaken it. |
| Cancel | Stops the Autolog process on demand. |
Comms |
| Dumb terminal mode. Factory setup use only. |
Test |
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About |
| Displays Psion SunData s/w version, and the battery voltage and |
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| status for both the SunScan probe and Workabout. |
SunScan User Manual v 1.05 | Menus and Screens • 31 |