Reference, Installation, and Operations Manual

Section 5: Startup and meter configuration

3-9000-743 Rev S

June 2013

 

 

 

Table 5-11 Daniel MeterLink Field Setup Wizard

PageDescription

General

The General Page contains the following properties.

See Section 5.6.6

Meter units system:

Select the units for Modbus communications. Selects the units for Modbus

communications. Available options are U.S. Customary and Metric. These are the units in which the software Field Setup Wizard displays properties. These are also the units with which the meter reports all of its rates and volumes using Modbus communications. The selected units system applies only to registers above 10000 and in the 2000-8999 range, other registers below 10000 are read in metric units only to maintain Mark II compatibility. US customary units is the default

setting. Outside of the Field Setup Wizard, Daniel MeterLink always performs the necessary con-

versions to display values in the units defined under Program Settings. These are also the units with which the meter reports all of its rates and volumes using Modbus communications. Outside

of the Field Setup Wizard, Daniel MeterLink always performs the necessary conversions to display values in the units defined under Program Settings.

Flow rate time unit:

Select the time base for the meter to use for the volumetric flow rate.

Volume cut-off threshold:

Enter the cut-off threshold. If the average flow velocity for a batch is below this value, the volume accumulated for the batch is set to zero.

Contract hour for daily log:

Enter the hour at which a daily log record is recorded and the new daily log is started. You can either type in the hour and AM/PM selection or use the Up and Down arrows to select the hour.

Meter Time

The time displayed is the time from the Ultrasonic Meter. To change the meter time, click Set Time to bring up the Set Time dialog box

Notepad

Use this as a scratch pad for making notes about the meter or its location. The scratch pad can handle approximately 2000 characters.

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