4210 Flow Meter
Section 2 Programming
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FLOWLINK is Isco's proprietary data acquisition and man-
agement software. FLOWLINK works with personal computers,
modems, and laptop computers to monitor flow meters from a
distance. Consult the factory for more details about FLOWLINK.
VOLUME causes the flow meter to pace the sampler after a spe-
cific volume has passed through the flow stream.
CONDITIONAL allows pacing of the sampler by the flow meter
when a condition has been met, or has changed. Among these
conditions are changes in level, flow rate, temperature, rainfall,
(if you are using the rain gauge), dissolved oxygen, or pH. You
can also use a combination of conditions. D.O. (dissolved oxygen),
or pH, or if you are using the YSI 600 sonde, you can select mul-
tiple conditions from its sensors.
Note
If you choose CONDITIONAL for sampler pacing and it doesn’t
seem to work properly for you, read the section on hysteresis
(page 2-14). Then check the hysteresis setpoints for your con-
ditions. (The defaults are all zero.)
You must have the appropriate sensors attached to the flow
meter to measure temperature, D.O., pH, conductivity, etc.; the
flow meter cannot do this by itself, nor does it occur automati-
cally.
2.4.6 Step 6 - Sampler
Enable
SAMPLER ENABLE means that in a combination flow
meter/sampler pair, the flow meter controls the sampler's ability
to run its own program. The difference between step 5, sampler
pacing, and step 6, sampler enable is that in sampler pacing, the
flow meter merely sends flow pulses to the sampler from time to
time. The sampler counts these flow pulses to determine when to
take a sample (according to its own programming).
With sampler pacing, the sampler is always enabled. With
sampler enabling, the flow meter can actually stop operation of
the sampler. The sampler is still set up to run its own program,
but the inhibit/enable line from the flow meter will determine
when and whether the sampler runs its program. This feature is
useful for storm water runoff monitoring applications, where it
may be necessary for the flow meter/sampler pair to have to wait
a long time between storm intervals.
Again, changing or meeting a condition or set of conditions
triggers the enabling. The conditions that can be used for
sampler enabling are similar to those used for sampler pacing:
level, flow rate, rainfall, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, or a
combination of these conditions. The YSI 600 Sonde provides
several measurements at the same time. (You must have the
appropriate sensors for rainfall, temperature, D. O., pH and the
YSI outputs.)
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