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5. Click Write All to write the full configuration to a meter. Depending on the View
selected, the displayed configuration may not be the full configuration. Click Write
Checked to write only the values with a selected check box next to the value and are
visible in the currently selected view. Select any values to write and clear any values
you don’t want to write to the meter before clicking Write Checked.
6.
Open a configuration in the editor and select Meter or select File to compare it to a
configuration saved as a file.
7. Click Compare to either read the configuration from the meter or open the Open
dialog box to select the configuration to compare to the one in the editor.
a. Exclude registers that are typically different: includes items that could change regularly.
A complete list is defined in reg_list_compare_config_exclude.txt found under
the installation directory for Daniel MeterLink.
b. Include read-only registers: includes, in the compare, read-only registers stored in
the collected configurations. This includes points like firmware version, K-
factors, etc.
Once the configurations are selected, a dialog displays, providing options to further
customize the compare operation.
8.
Click Save to save the configuration file. A default filename is provided based on the
meter name, time, and date the configuration was collected. You can keep the
default name or change it. The file is saved, by default, to the Data folder directory
defined under File|Program Settings. You may change the directory location if desired.
9. Click Print to print the configuration currently opened in the editor.
Only the registers in the currently selected view will be printed. You can also click
the print icon on the tool bar to print the opened configuration.
10. Use Convert to download the configuration from a legacy Daniel Ultrasonic meter to
later generation of electronics.
a. First connect to the legacy electronics. Collect and save the configuration using
the Tools|Edit/Compare Configuration dialog box. Upgrade the electronics on the
meter.
b. Connect to the new meter electronics and open the Tools|Edit/Compare Configuration
dialog. Open the configuration collected from the legacy electronics. The Convert
button is enabled.
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