Delta Electronics SS1-UM-1.05 Using a PC instead of the Workabout, Starting the PC software

Using a PC instead of the Workabout

Starting the PC software

Skip this section if you are using the Psion. Refer to the section in Getting Started for details on starting the PC version of the SunData software. This should bring you to the PC title screen. You will then set the probe into its emulator mode for the first part of the tutorial, as follows:

♦Press Alt+S to drop down the Settings menu as shown.

♦Move to the SunScan Probe option using the ↑↓↓ arrow keys, and accept it by pressing

Enter or ↵

The SunScan Probe dialog box will appear.

♦ Use the Tab or ↑↓↓ keys to highlight the Data from field.

♦Use the ←→ → keys to toggle between the options in the field

♦Select the Emulator option

♦Move to the External Sensor field, select the BFS option (it will be emulated too)

♦Move to the <OK> field and press

Enter or ↵

The menu line at the bottom of the screen will now show only the CONTINUE option.

♦Press Enter or ↵ to get the following screen:

In the Setting up instructions that follow, you must interpret the Psion Workabout instructions appropriately for your PC's environment. Don't forget the general rules:

a)Select an option by moving the highlighted cursor to it. Use the arrow keys or the Tab key to move between options. Half-tone highlights indicate that options are not available at that moment.

b)Accept the selected option by pressing ↵ or Return or Enter

c)Escape from, or cancel, a selection by pressing Esc

Menus at the top of the screen can be selected by pressing Alt and the highlighted letter key (or moving the cursor to it with the arrow keys), otherwise the options at the bottom of the screen are selected.

16 • SunScan Tutorial Document code: SS1-UM-1.05