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Runwizardcalibration
Y oucancalibrateyourtankbysettingaseriesof[calibrationpoints]and
fillingyourtankinintervals.
Theshapeofyourtankdetermineshowmanycalibrationpointsyoushould
enterforcalibration.2calibrationpointsarerequiredasaminimum,butupto
101pointscanbeentered.Generally,themorecalibrationpointsenteredthe
moreprecisetankreadingswillbe.
Additionalcalibrationpointsareusedtoaccountforchangesintankvolume
atdifferentpartsofanirregularlyshapedtank.Dependingonthesizeand
shapeofyourtankitisrecommendedthatyouentercalibrationpointsto
markeachchangeintheshapeofthefueltank;forexample,straightcorners
requireanadditionalpoint,andslopesrequire2points.
Theillustrationaboveshowstheminimumnumberofcalibrationpoints
recommendedforsometypicaltankshapes:
1.Thetankshownontheleftisrectangularandsymmetrical;itonlyrequires
2calibrationpointstodefinethebottomandtopofthetank.
2.Thetankshowninthecenterhasagreatervolumeatthebottom;3
pointsarerequiredtodefinethebottom,topandcornerofthefueltank.
3.Thetankshownontherighthasagreatervolumeatthebottomandis
sloped.4pointsarerequiredtodefinethebottomofthetank,thetop,
andafurther2pointstodefinetheslope.
[WizardCalibration]
1.Selectthenumberofcalibrationpoints(minimumof2)andpress[next].
2.Fillthetanktotheunitsdisplayedonscreenandpress[Ok].
3.T ocompletethecalibrationprocess,repeatstep2untilthetankhas
beenfilled.
Importcalibration
Y oucancalibrateyourtanksbyimportingCSVfilesthatcontainspecifictank
calibrationdata.Thesefilesaretypicallysuppliedbytankmanufacturersor
dealers.
Note:CSVfilesusedforimportcalibrationmuststartwith:‘0,0’andend
in:‘100,100’
To[Importcalibration]viaCSVfile:
1.SelecttheappropriateCSVfilefromthefileexplorer.
2.Press[Y es].
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