AutoPilot® 2 Instruction Manual December 2002 (REV C) 7 Beaver Brook Road Littleton, MA 01460 978-486-0086 FAX 978-486-0081 Copyright © 2002 Burk Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Introduction...........................................................................................................................4 Minimum System Requirements.......................................................................................4 Getting Started..................................................................................................................4 Getting Additional Help.....................................................................................................4 ARC-16 Setup........................................................................................................................5 ARC-16 Properties............................................................................................................5 ARC-16 Group..................................................................................................................6 Time Zone.........................................................................................................................7 Logging Options................................................................................................................7 Add New Connection........................................................................................................8 Add Channels ...................................................................................................................10 Channel Properties...........................................................................................................11 Meter Properties ...............................................................................................................12 Managing Connections ........................................................................................................13 Managing Groups .................................................................................................................15 Managing Users....................................................................................................................17 Basic Operation ....................................................................................................................19 Logging In.........................................................................................................................19 Connecting........................................................................................................................19 Connection Details............................................................................................................20 Commands .......................................................................................................................21 Navigation and ARC-16 Status.........................................................................................21 Menus, Toolbars and Status Bar ......................................................................................22 Logging.............................................................................................................................24 Alarms ..............................................................................................................................25 Events ..............................................................................................................................26 Calendars .........................................................................................................................27 Changing your Password..................................................................................................28 ARC-16 Display Order ......................................................................................................28 General Options................................................................................................................29 Alarm Options...................................................................................................................30 Event List Options.............................................................................................................31 Incoming Calls..................................................................................................................31 Auto Login.........................................................................................................................32 Purge Data........................................................................................................................33 Scripting Options..............................................................................................................34 Scripts ...................................................................................................................................35 Converting AutoPilot 1.x Functions...................................................................................35 Script Wizard ....................................................................................................................38 Modifying Wizard Generated Scripts ................................................................................39 Using the Script Editor......................................................................................................40 Scheduling Scripts............................................................................................................41 Using the Script Scheduler ...............................................................................................42 Script Errors......................................................................................................................43 Writing Scripts ......................................................................................................................45 If Statements.....................................................................................................................45 Variables and Constants...................................................................................................46 Functions and Subs..........................................................................................................47 Loops ..............................................................................................................................48 Date/Time Functions.........................................................................................................49 AutoPilot Script Commands................................................................................................50 ARCTime ..........................................................................................................................50 Connect ............................................................................................................................50 Disconnect........................................................................................................................51 IsConnected......................................................................................................................52 IssueCommand.................................................................................................................52 Raise ..............................................................................................................................53 Lower ..............................................................................................................................53 Status ..............................................................................................................................54 Value ..............................................................................................................................54 NewStatus ........................................................................................................................55 NewValue .........................................................................................................................55 PreSunrise........................................................................................................................56 Sunrise..............................................................................................................................57 Sunset ..............................................................................................................................57 PostSunset .......................................................................................................................58 User1 ..............................................................................................................................58 User2 ..............................................................................................................................59 GetScriptStatus.................................................................................................................59 RunScript..........................................................................................................................60 StopScript .........................................................................................................................60 UnScheduleScript.............................................................................................................61