Balance Charts
Mode l8500C/8500C+ Operators Manual
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Note that for the
RENAM ECHT
soft key,
ENTER
does not store the renamed chart to disk (see the next
Secti on5.2.3.4 Storing Charts to Disk”).
Figure 5-4. Balance Chart Edit Screen
5.2.3.4 Storing Charts to Disk
Balance charts may be stored from memory to disk through the 8500C/C+ disk drive. Call up the
balance chart selection menu with th
SEL CHART
soft key and insert the appropriate disk in the disk
drive. Select the desired chart with the Arr owkeys and press
STORE
. Note that there are two kinds of
charts that cannot be stored to disk: The Measurements Only chart and Smart Charts. Since most charts
are specific to a particular aircraft, you are first asked to give the chart a new name before it is actually
written to disk. Make sure the name you supply provides a unique identification for the chart, for
example, the rotor type and the tail number of the aircraft. When a chart is stored to disk, a balance
chart file is created containing the renamed chart plus the other charts associated with the file. The new
chart file then replaces an existing chart file with the same name.
NOTE: Balance histories are never written to disk during a chart store operation. This
action must be done explicitly by the user (see Section5.6.1.3 “Storing Histories to Disk” on
pa ge5-16).
To store all the charts listed on the balance chart selection menu, press
MORE KEYS
and th
STORE ALL
soft key.
STORE ALL
stores all the charts currently in 8500C/C+ memory to the
appropriate chart file(s) on disk. Charts are written as is without renaming, so you are not asked to
create new names.
When you press
STORE
(but not
STORE ALL
), the 8500C/C+ enters its edit mode of operation and
displays the Balance Chart Edit screen (see Fi gure5-4 o n page5-5). The soft keys and procedures used
here are identical to those used to edit the printout annotation. See Se ction8.3 “Annotating Printouts”
on pa ge8-5 for a complete explanation. When you have finished renaming the chart, press the
ENTER
soft key to store the chart to disk and exit edit mode. Press
MORE KEYS
and
CANCEL
to undo any
editing changes and cancel the store operation. When the store operation is complete, the menu is
redisplayed, and the name of the stored chart updated accordingly.
See Sectio n10.2.3 “Storing Balance Charts to Disk” on pa ge10-5 for a complete explanation o
storing balance charts to disk.
5.2.3.5 Clearing Chart Memory
Balance charts that have been loaded into the 8500C/C+ are stored in the machine's static memory. Th
use of static memory ensures that balance charts (and any other data stored there) do not have to b
reloaded. They are always available, even if power to the instrument is turned off. Data associated with
each chart, such as chart corrections and balance histories, are also stored in static memory. These
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