Change Engineering Units on a Field Gauge LC10

Change Engineering Units on a Field Gauge LC10

Quickly switch between standard pressure and temperature engineering units, add or remove standard pressure engineering units, and add custom pressure engineering units to a Field Gauge.

Things you will need in order to change displayed units on a Field Gauge:
  1. A Ralston Instruments Field Gauge LC10.
Things you will need in order to Add or Remove engineering units to the Field Gauge.
  1. A PC running Windows. 
  2. FieldLab Desktop software version 1.24 or later installed on your PC. Download the latest version for free.
  3. A Ralston Instruments LC10 Field Gauge.
  4. USB Cord, provided with your Field Gauge.

Change pressure or temperature engineering units displayed on Field Gauge.

1. Power on the Field Gauge


2. Tap the Units Button

Each time you tap the Units Button, the engineering units applied to the displayed pressure or temperature will change to the next available unit installed on your Field Gauge.



Add or Remove pressure engineering units on a Field Gauge.

1. Download and install the latest version of FieldLab Desktop, if you haven’t already.

You will need FieldLab Desktop version 1.24 or later. 

2. Open FieldLab Desktop.


3. Connect Field Gauge to your computer with provided USB Cord.


4. Power on Field Gauge.


5. Select the Field Gauge you wish to administer on the Devices screen in FieldLab Desktop



6. Select the Settings Tab




7. In the Engineering Units module, select the button titled “Change”.



8. Add and/or remove pressure units from the Field Gauge as desired.



9. If you have created custom pressure engineering units in FieldLab Desktop, you can select up to two to add to the Field Gauge.

Field Gauge can hold two custom engineering units at a time. 



10. When finished, select the button titled ‘Save Changes’ to update the settings on the Field Gauge.



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