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Reference, Installation, and Operations Manual Upgrading a Mark II to a Mark III
3-9000-743 Rev S June 2013
Configuration conversion 303
C.4 Configuration conversion
When a Mark II electronics head is going to be replaced by a Mark III, Daniel MeterLink can be
used to convert the configuration and download it to the Mark III. To do this, first connect to the
Mark II electronics. Collect and save the configuration using the
Edit/Compare Configuration
dialog box. Replace the electronics with the Mark III electronics. Connect to the Mark III meter
(see Section 5.3 for establishing initial communication) and open the
Edit/Compare Configuration
dialog. Open the configuration collected from the Mark II electronics. The
Convert button
becomes active after the Mark II configuration is read.
Click on the Convert button to convert the Mark II configuration to a Mark III configuration. A
message appears requesting confirmation for the conversion - click the
Yes button to continue.
The table now shows the proposed Mark III configuration. All values highlighted in yellow are
values from the Mark II configuration. Review the proposed Mark III configuration and make any
necessary modifications. Click on the
Write All button to write the changes to the Mark III meter.
Once the configuration is written, you can choose to compare the displayed configuration with
the configuration in the meter by selecting Meter and clicking
Compare. This will verify
everything was written correctly.
All applicable Mark II configuration parameters are converted for the Mark III. The following
sections describe in detail several key points about the conversion.
C.4.1 Metrology - meter body and transducer calibration values
The Daniel MeterLink configuration conversion feature copies the Mark II meter body
parameters and transducer delay time parameters directly to the Mark III data points
(PipeDiam, XA...XD, LA...LD, AvgDlyA...AvgDlyD, DltDlyA...DltDlyD).
Note that the Mark II
CableDly parameter is not copied to the Mark III as the value is specific to
the Mark II electronics. The Mark III accounts for electronics delay via the SystemDelay data
point. Isolating the electronics delay from the transducer delays allows for the transducer delay
times to be directly copied from a Mark II to a Mark III.
The Mark III sets the chord weights based upon the specified device number (DeviceNumber)
so these data points are not Mark III configuration points. Thus, the Mark II chord weights
(
WtA...WtD) are not copied to the Mark III but, instead, are used to set the proper Mark III
DeviceNumber.
When upgrading a Mark II electronics head with a Mark III electronics head, the Mark II
configuration must first be saved to a file using Daniel MeterLink.
The Convert button is active only when a Mark II configuration is opened and Daniel
MeterLink is connected to a Mark III meter.