WSP06485

• File Number: 5000.125
• Description: Flood Protection Section - Pikes Peak Early Flood Warning System
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 2/13/1987
• Author: HANDAR Inc
• Title: Proposal for an Automated Flood Warning System for the Pikes Peak Region - Colorado Springs-Colorado - HANDAR Inc
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Enhanc cd Al e rt So f twar e

The Handar Enhanced Alert Software i. a proprietary .oftware program
developed by Handar for uac wi th the Handar Alert Syarcm. It opeutea
under the ~ (1MQ MUlti-Ta.king Oper.ting Sy.tan .oftware.

Thi. program providea all the nece..ary function. to install and
configure the .yarem network, and collect, arore, proce.., and di.play the
data. All theae function. arc pOllible at the same time the bue .tation
i. receiving data fram remote .tations.

Ubique ~cro In.truction Fe.rure

The Handar Enhanced Alert Software i. completely menu driven for eaae
of u.e. In addition it ha. a UDique ~CAO feature th.t require. only a
.ingle word or name to repruent any number of key.troke.. Conacquently,
display. or printout. of tert or graphical data can be called up quiCkly by
untrained per.onnel by .imply typing in a .inlle predefined n~e, rather
than a larle number of keystroke.. Figure 9 .how. an erample of a li.t of
defined macro. from which the operator can .elect.

Tnt Data Diaph,a

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The .oftware provide. for a ver.atile .election of data di.pl.y. in
tut or auphical form. Data in tut form can lilt the value of each aen.or
aelected with a date and time record, u .hOWD in Filure 10. 111i. data
display can be cho.en for any number of .en.or. over any .elected time
period. Data off .creen can be viewed by Ule of the up, down, left, and
tight .crolling key..

Another format, the CUrrent Data Synop.i., di.play. the data over a
predefined tUDe fonnat, a. .hown in Figure 11.

For aDaly.i. of data, a Suoxo.ry format of the d.ta i. quite u.eful.
Data for aay .en.or, time period, and time interval can be cho.en and a
choice of hit data, anule, minimum, mui_, and difference Cul be
cho.en. Archived data can, therefore, be quiCkl, analyzed without the need
for further .oftware prolram.. As:; uample of this 'UDmary format ia .hOWD
h Filurc 12.

Graphical Data Dhpla,.

111i. .oftware pack'le provide. two mean. of di.playinl data Iraphi-
cally-~.p. and ~ graph.. Map. can be ea.ily drawn, U.inl cur.or., to
repre.ent a liven aeographical area and diatinlui.hinl feature., .uch a.
river., lake., boundary line., etc. On it can be placed the location of
the variou. remote acn.ora in thit area. The di.play will then .how the
value of the .eD.or re.dinl at each location in real-time. In other word.,
the display will update it.elf a. the condition. at the .en.or change. .
Thu., rbi. di.play i. one of the mo.t u.eful becau.e conditon. in an entire
aru can be monitored at a Ihnce. An erample, u.inl the color monitor
option, is .hown in Pilure 13. A larle number of these m.p. C.D be .tored
in the computer and quickly called up by name usinl the ~ feature.

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Another u.eful Ir.phical di.play i. the ~ Iraph. A .en.or readinl

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