Entering Alphanumeric Strings; The Meter Type Menu - Siemens SITRANS F Operating Instructions Manual

Section 1

Entering Alphanumeric Strings

An alphanumeric string is a series of numbers and letters and also includes the Quotation Mark and
the Pound Sign symbol. You can also use a space. The meter uses these to identify a specific site
setup or user-modified table. The 1010P keypad does not provide letter keys. However, when you
access a menu cell that requires an alphanumeric string answer, the menu cell right-hand column
provides an eight-character entry field. Press
This selects the first character position. Note that the prompt changes to a question mark (?). With the
cursor at the first character position, use the
At the first character position, pressing the
the key moves the cursor to the second position.
Use the keys to move through the character positions. If you wish to use numbers in your
string, you can type them directly from the keypad.
After you finish selecting your string, press

1.9.3 THE METER TYPE MENU

Meter Type is the first listing presented when first entering the Installation Menu.
Select the type of meter required for your application. The meter automatically adjusts the Installation
Menu choices to suit the selected meter type. The following paragraphs explain the available meter
types for dual channel systems.
NOTE: On Single Channel systems, you do not get a choice of meter types, since this re-
quires two independent measurement channels. However, you can operate the single
channel with any optionally supplied measurement technology.
to access the field.
key (see below) produces an upper case [A]. Pressing
Siemens Dual Path
Right Arrow & Enter Creates a new Site
Recall Site Setup
Channel Enable
Create/Name Site
Site Security
Delete Site Setup
Save/Rename Site
Channel/Path Setup
ENT
to register it.
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keys to scroll through the single-character list.
Channel 1
No
?A
Off
No Sites
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