Edit Flowcomputers - Online

Viewing Flowcomputer Registers.

From the Flowcomputer window click the 'Online' button, at the top right. The online tab shows all the registers in the flowcomputer and shows the latest data from the most recent polls.

Finding Fields

The Modbus map for a flowcomputer may be extremely long and the Modbus address may not be known. To find a field:

Type in a portion of its name into the search box.

Field	Description
Search	Acquire will dynamically search the modbus map as the search words are entered. The search can be restricted to search only within the data map, group and type. The grouping of modbus fields can be allocated in the 'Edit Fields' screen.
Data Map	The data map popup menu allows the user to select a given set of registers for the flowcomputer. This reflects the modbus data areas such as coils, inputs, holding registers and input registers.
Group	The group popup menu allows the user to filter the modbus map based on predefined group of fields. These groups are either provided by the flowcomputer configuration or can be user defined when setting up the fields.
Type	The type popup menu allows the user to filter the modbus map based on the data type of the field eg double, float or boolean etc.

Requesting Values from the Flowcomputer

To request a register to be polled:

Highlight the register.
Click the 'Request' button.

This will add the request to the modbus request queue. Acquire will poll for the value for 1 minute (unless another request is received in which case it will be extended).

New values and the time they were gathered will automatically be updated as they arrive. This can include requests made by other Acquire™ processes.

Writing Values to the Flowcomputer

To write a value to a field:

Highlight the register
Click the 'Write' button.
Enter the new value
Click the 'OK'. Button.

The new value will be written to the register.

To see the new value:

Click the 'Request' button.