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ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox

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Installation

Note!

Operating systems such as Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 might have

limited access and permission to the “C:\Program Files” and “C:\Program Files
(x86)” folders, which might cause errors. To avoid issues it could be recommended
to install the Terrameter LS Toolbox in another folder, e.g. “C:\ABEM\Terrameter\”

The Terrameter LS Toolbox installer is available for download from www.abem.se.
The installation process is a matter of following a few simple steps.

When the installation program is run, the following dialog first appears:

Click

Next

.

The default installation folder can be accepted or changed. To change click

Browse…

or type directly in the text field.

Click

Next

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Summary of Contents for Terrameter LS

Page 1: ...User Manual Terrameter LS Toolbox ABEM Product Number 33 3100 08 ABEM 2016 12 07 based on release 2 0 1 of Terrameter LS Toolbox...

Page 2: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox...

Page 3: ...ence gives the fastest response In view of our policy of progressive development we reserve the right to alter specifications without prior notice ABEM will be pleased to receive occasional reports fr...

Page 4: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox i...

Page 5: ...transmitter firmware 15 Setting Timezone and Time 17 5 Data Management and Post Processing 20 Project Management 20 Task Data Post Processing 22 5 2 1 Table 24 5 2 2 Export 26 5 2 3 View Electrode Con...

Page 6: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox iii...

Page 7: ...formats Plotting of electrode contact resistances Viewing the location of the survey on map Plotting data as pseudo sections Plotting of IP decay curves Plotting of full waveform data sweeps Export o...

Page 8: ...recommended to install the Terrameter LS Toolbox in another folder e g C ABEM Terrameter The Terrameter LS Toolbox installer is available for download from www abem se The installation process is a ma...

Page 9: ...rameter LS Toolbox 3 The default Start Menu shortcut can be accepted or changed To change click Browse or type directly in the text field Click Next Choose if a desktop icon shall be created or not Cl...

Page 10: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 4 The installation process is now ready to start Click Install The installation is executed...

Page 11: ...choose if you want to launch the Terrameter LS Toolbox immediately or not Click Finish The installation process is now complete and Terrameter LS Toolbox is ready to be used Terrameter LS Toolbox can...

Page 12: ...ault the tree structure information is saved under Shared documents The location of the tree structure information can be changed Figure 2 If a tree structure is created and saved under Shared documen...

Page 13: ...g for possible future re processing of the data Instead of removing the project groups it is possible to start a new tree structure in a different directory of the computer in this way it is possible...

Page 14: ...details on how to do that Figure 3 LS Instruments context menu Figure 4 Dialog for choosing an IP number and activating the connection Right click on the LS Instruments tree node Figure 3 and select...

Page 15: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 9 Figure 5 Context menu for an unconnected instrument Figure 6 Context menu for a connected instrument Figure 7 Properties section...

Page 16: ...to transfer such data This is of course only relevant if full waveform data were recorded By checking the checkbox Add to Project Group a project can directly be added to a Project Group If left unche...

Page 17: ...s for the PC and the instrument respectively the PC to the left and the instrument to the right Use the checkboxes on either list Figure 12 to select the spread s and protocol s to transfer Note The p...

Page 18: ...button or entering text into the text box If a spread or protocol in the Terrameter LS is to be replaced by a new improved or corrected version Allow overwrite must be checked Figure 11 Spread and pro...

Page 19: ...same protocol can be present under more than one spread in the tree view Summary information about the spreads and protocols can be viewed by opening the Info node in the tree list Figure 13 or by ri...

Page 20: ...atest versions 4 4 1 Updating the application software Open the Update Instrument dialog Figure 15 by right clicking on the tree node of the instrument and choosing Update from the context menu Now pr...

Page 21: ...gramming mode Open the Enable TX Update on Instrument dialogue Figure 18 by right clicking on the tree node of the instrument and choosing Enable TX Updating from the context menu If everything is wor...

Page 22: ...16 Figure 18 Enable TX Update on Instrument Once the current transmitter is in programming mode it can be programmed using a separate software called SAM BA See separate update guide for instructions...

Page 23: ...for setting the current transmitter in programming mode Figure 20 Manually select TX Update script file Setting Timezone and Time The Terrameter LS will upon delivery be pre set to a time and timezone...

Page 24: ...he left Note Only the larger cities will be present in the list If you can t find the exact one you are located in select the closest one Note If there are very few Regions or Cities available in the...

Page 25: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 19 Figure 23 Synchronizing completed...

Page 26: ...y created project group Projects imported from LS instruments see chapter 4 2 are then added to the project group by selecting Add Project from the context menu Figure 25 Note A database can also be i...

Page 27: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 21 Figure 26 Expanded and collapsed Project Figure 27 Project context menu Figure 28 Project Summary page...

Page 28: ...be marked as inactive Figure 30 Figure 30 Dormant and active project By clicking the project context menu option Locate Project Database the Windows File Explorer will be opened showing the folder in...

Page 29: ...show a page similar to the one in Figure 32 Figure 32 Task Summary page Before viewing the task data e g as a pseudo section bad data points can be filtered away Filtering is done via the Table contex...

Page 30: ...es to export see chapter 5 2 2 The Show data panel can be shown hidden with the button at the top right corner Figure 34 Figure 33 The View in Table page Figure 34 The show hide button at the top righ...

Page 31: ...Show datapoint s will restore the selected data point s to the handled data point set Select all selects all data points Export visible will export the current data point set using the Data Export di...

Page 32: ...rode array and whether to include IP data or not only enabled if the data set contains IP data The export format is set in the Filetype panel Figure 37 Data Export dialog 5 2 3 View Electrode Contact...

Page 33: ...the task This function will only be available if it has been possible for the built in GPS to read signals from GPS satellites hence it will not work for data recorded indoors or for example under a t...

Page 34: ...ting up plot options E g the choice between plotting apparent resistivity Figure 41 or apparent chargeability Figure 42 is made here Figure 41 Pseudo section view of apparent resistivity with plot opt...

Page 35: ...The software Erigraph is recommended for pseudosection plotting for reports and presentations It is also useful for plotting inverted model sections from Res2dinv in order to make consistent presentat...

Page 36: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 30...

Page 37: ...ment is shown By default the diagram shows the transmitted current black line and the active input channels curves in different colours as shown in the legend on the right side of the diagram It is po...

Page 38: ...ea to zoom in on Figure 45 Zoom in view of full waveform data Zoom by selecting part of diagram with left mouse button pressed Instead of voltages measured by the input channels the output voltage fro...

Page 39: ...ng the Show Info menu item 5 2 7 View IP Decay Curves The IP Decay Curves page Figure 48 is opened either by right clicking on the tree node of the task and selecting View IP Decay Curves from the con...

Page 40: ...ontext menu items 5 2 8 Edit Electrode Coordinates The Edit Electrode Coordinates page Figure 50 can be used to add additional coordinate information such as topography to tasks This page is opened by...

Page 41: ...ile uses the following format 0 0 5 0 5 10 1 15 1 20 1 5 25 2 The first column is the X value meters along your cable spread and the second column is the elevation value The elevation value can be a r...

Page 42: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 36 6 Main Menu The main menu of Terrameter LS Toolbox has four top menus Figure 51 Figure 51 The Main Menu...

Page 43: ...S1000 SAS4000 Conversion of ADR to XML Spread File The input files for this conversion routine must be in the ADR format that is used by the Lund Imaging System based on Terrameter SAS1000 SAS4000 The...

Page 44: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 38 Figure 52 ADR to XML spread file conversion dialog before conversion Figure 53 ADR to XML spread file conversion dialog after conversion...

Page 45: ...e current transmission If more measurement points are listed than the available measuring channels they will be measured in a sequence following after each other in a sequence optimised by the instrum...

Page 46: ...ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 40 Figure 55 ORG to XML protocol file conversion dialog before conversion Figure 56 ORG to XML protocol file conversion dialog after conversion...

Page 47: ...e useful in order to see more of the tabs on the right side There are three different ways to do this Either use the View Project Tree menu item the Shift Ctrl P shortcut or use the mouse to drag the...

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