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VI. PG FLASH SOFTWARE

ViscosityTestprogramsfortheDV3TcanbecreatedonacomputerthroughtheuseofPGFlash

software.PGFlashisprovidedwithallDV3TRheometersonaCDthatcontainsseveraldifferent

Brookeldutilitysoftwareprograms.PGFlashisdesignedtooperateontheWindowsplatform

XPorhigher.

PGFlashsoftwareprovidesallViscosityTestcontrolsthatareavailableontheDV3T.Additionally,

multiplestepViscosityTestprogramscanbecreatedforuseonDV3T.Teststhatarecreatedand

savedonthecomputercanbeloadedontoaUSBFlashDriveandthenloadedintotheDV3T

throughtheLoadTestfunction

PGFlashoffers:

• ConvenientViscosityTestcreationthroughaPCinterface

• ConvenientYieldTestcreationthroughaPCinterface.

• StorageofTestsonaPCorUSBFlashDrive

• CreationofsinglestepViscosityTests

• CreationofmultiplestepViscosityTests

WindowsRequirementsforPGFlash:

• Windows™2000orabove

• 500MHzprocessor

• 256MBRAM

• USBPort

• 1280x768resolutiondisplay

ThePGFlashinterfaceisshowninFigureVI-1.Thisscreenisdividedintofourareas:Instrument

Bar,GeneralParameters,TestParameters,andtheProgramGrid.

Instrument

Bar

Program

Grid

General

Parameters

Test

Parameters

Figure VI-1

TheInstrumentBarincludesthesettingforDV3TorDV2T.PGFlashcanbeusedtocreate

programsforboththeDV3TandDV2T.TheDV3Thasadditionalcontrolparameterswhichare

notavailableonDV2T.PGFlashshouldbesettoDV3TwhencreatingprogramsfortheDV3T.

WhensettoDV3T,theyieldtesttabbecomesavailable.TheInstrumentBaralsoincludesthe

LoadTestkeyandResetKey.LoadTestallowstheusertoloadteststhathavepreviouslybeen

savedtothePCoraFlashUSBFlashDrive.ResetAllclearsalldatawithinthePGFlashinterface

including:GeneralParameters,TestParameters,andtheProgramGrid.

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