File Menu; Configure Menu - Accusonic 8510+ series Reference Manual

6-2 Accusonic Model 8510+ Series Flowmeter

File Menu

The file menu provides access to basic file management operations.
Load Flowmeter Command (File Menu)
This loads previously saved parameters from a disk file to the application for review or in preparation for
sending the parameters to the flowmeter. This command can also be used to load a parameter file saved by
Accuflow Version 4.21 or earlier.
Accuflow first looks for files with the ".cfg" extension to load, which is a text file. Optionally, changing
the file type pull down on the right side of the file load dialog will allow loading the binary version ".acd"
configuration file that was in use for earlier versions of Accuflow. Accuflow will read those files and
automatically save the file in the current text format.
Note: This version supports both 7510 series and 8510 series flowmeter configuration files.
Save Flowmeter Command (File Menu)
Accuflow version 5 and later saves the configuration data in a binary file with the extension "acd"; e.g "this
meter.acd."
Starting with Accuflow version 6.2.4, the binary format (*.acd) is not used for saving parameters.
Flowmeter configurations are now saved in text file format and given the extension ".cfg," making
translation of parameters between meter types more transparent.
Exit (File Menu)
Use this command to end your Accuflow session. You can also use the Close command on the application
Control menu or type ALT+F4 on the computer keyboard. Accuflow will prompt you to save documents
with unsaved changes.

Configure Menu

The configure menu allows the user to make modifications to the currently loaded configuration. The
configure menu has the following choices:
System Parameters (Configure Menu)
The system parameters configure menu allows the user to make modifications to the currently loaded
configuration in the areas of section type, number of sections, measurement units, analog outputs, contact
closures (relays), as well as the flowmeter's Device ID and IP address.
Note: When this dialog is opened while connected to a flowmeter, two additional command buttons will appear
above the OK and Cancel buttons that will allow sending and receiving the system parameters while making
changes.
System Parameter: Analog Outputs
Selecting the Configure Analog Outputs button will bring up the dialog box to configure the analog output
parameters. Each analog output that is connected to a user's system can configured to: assigned to specific
flowmeter section, the variable to be output, the 4mA value (in engineering units), and the 20mA value (in
engineering units).