Settings Menu Options - Delta-T Devices SunScan SS1 User Manual

Settings menu options

File > SunScan
Settings
Constants
Site
28  Menus and Screens
SunScan Emulator
Connection
COM1
External None
Sensor BFS
Data File Change Data
File
New File
Leaf 0.5 to 1.0
Absorption
ELADP 0 to 1024
Site name
0° – 90°
Latitude
North/South
Longitude 0° - 360°
East/West
Set Time
Local Time
No external SunScan is needed. The
software will generate random values as if
a SunScan probe were connected.
All the COM ports reported by your PDA
are listed. Select the external serial port
you have connected your SunScan to.
This will usually be COM1.
Select BFS if you have an external beam
fraction sensor (e.g. BF5) connected to
your SunScan.
Choose an existing data file – new data
will be appended to existing data, existing
data will not be lost.
Create a new data file. You can choose
any folder within 'My Documents' or on an
expansion card if fitted.
Select 'Tab separated' if you will analyse
your data using a spreadsheet program,
and 'Print' if you want to print out the data
files directly.
Set the leaf PAR absorption. 0.85 is
typical.
Set the Ellipsoidal Leaf Angle Distribution
Parameter, which describes the
distribution of leaf angles within the
canopy. 0 corresponds to entirely vertical
leaf elements, 1 to a random spherical
distribution, 1024 to entirely horizontal leaf
elements. Use 1 as a default.
The name of the measurement site.
The latitude of the measurement site, in
degrees.
The longitude of the measurement site, in
degrees.
Brings up the PDA Clock page. You can
set your local time zone, date and time, or
another that you are currently visiting.
Daylight Saving Time is set automatically
by the PDA for your selected time zone.
Shows the current local time zone, and the
difference between the local time and UTC
(Universal Coordinated Time, or GMT).
Use this to check that settings are correct.
SS1 User Manual v3.3