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PICS

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE MANUAL

P/N CH915, Revision: 091520

Pullback Inspection Camera System

CUES

Gas Infrastructure repair, rehabilitation, and replacement

> Utility Locating

> Data Management

> Lateral Utility Inspection

> HDD Bore Hole Inspection

Summary of Contents for CH915

Page 1: ...ENANCE MANUAL P N CH915 Revision 091520 Pullback Inspection Camera System CUES Gas Infrastructure repair rehabilitation and replacement Utility Locating Data Management Lateral Utility Inspection HDD...

Page 2: ...alling the Debris Bag 11 Installing the Accessory Bag 12 Installing the Control Unit 13 Installing the Sunshade 15 Installing the Pullback Carrier 16 Connecting the Coiler to the PCU 18 Configuring th...

Page 3: ...stem Status 50 MPT Status 50 Copyright 52 Preconfigured Text Writing Screens 53 Other Codes 56 CUES Base Codes 61 CHAPTER 5 BOMs Drawings BOMs and Drawings TBD APPENDICES Appendix A List of Status Mes...

Page 4: ...rights reserved No part of this publication covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping...

Page 5: ...ble for operation with standard CUES TV trucks The PICS system can be powered from the built in rechargeable battery 110 AC mains power or 12 VDC power If uncertain about your specific system or need...

Page 6: ...2 2 CUES Inc PICS User Manual CH915 www cuesinc com salesinfo cuesinc com EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW 1 3 4 PICS SYSTEM 2...

Page 7: ...attery with advanced charging technology for 4 hours of continuous use Universal AC power input 85 264 volt AC 50 60 Hz or 12 Volt DC Power Source CH300 STAINLESS STEEL COILER TO INCLUDE Heavy 18 gaug...

Page 8: ...TEM CONTINUED SYSTEM WEIGHTS STANDARD PICS CONFIGURATION CH300 COILER WEIGHT MINUS PUSH CABLE 31 LBS CH385 CONTROL UNIT CASE WEIGHT 14 LBS CH333 xx 100 FOOT PUSH CABLE WEIGHT 8 5 LBS SR320 SERIES SELF...

Page 9: ...512 Hz MS316 Prototek Digital Receiver 512 Hz 16 Hz 8 kHz 16 kHz 32 kHz 64 kHz MS327 Prototek Analog Receiver 512 Hz MS319 Line Trace Post Terminal for Line Locating CH901 PrototekBuzzBoxSondeTransmit...

Page 10: ...height adjustable handle for portability with cam locks and button stops Refer to the handle height adjustment instructions in this chapter Debris Bag Anoptionaldebrisbagisprovidedtopreventdebrisfrom...

Page 11: ...ON Centering Ball 2 Pieces P N LM299 Self Upright Camera P N SR320 To install the self upright camera and centering ball on the PICS perform the following Remove the orange cap that is covering the en...

Page 12: ...I CAMERA AND CENTERING BALL Slide the bottom piece of the centering ball onto the end of the CX 1 connector as shown Secure the mini camera to the end of the CX 1 connector as shown Place the top piec...

Page 13: ...HANDLE HEIGHT The PICS includes a height adjustable handle for portability with cam locks and button stops To adjust the height of the handle open the cam locks on each side of the handle Extend retr...

Page 14: ...the cable while being released retrieved from the coiler The cable guide is set at the factory but can be adjusted based on your specific needs To adjust the cable guide loosen the bolt located on th...

Page 15: ...debris bag is provided to prevent debris from spilling leaking out during and after the inspection To attach the debris bag perform the following Wrap the bag around the coiler cable as shown below Co...

Page 16: ...f needed It also includes a convenient carry handle for portability To attach remove the bag secure the 3 velcro flaps onto the cable reel as shown and per below Secure the long flap at the bottom of...

Page 17: ...lUnitfeaturesaquickconnectmountforattaching to the coiler The quick connect click lock feature is a no hand locking mechanism for simple and secure mounting To install the control unit slide it onto t...

Page 18: ...y approximately 90 degrees and rotate left to right approximately 180 degrees for different viewing angles To change the angle of the control unit release the hand knob located on the ball mount Swive...

Page 19: ...SET UP INSTALLATION INSTALLING THE SUNSHADE A removable sunshade is provided for optimum visibility in extreme sunlight conditions To install the sunshade ensure the magnetic flap is attached at the...

Page 20: ...and centering carrier on the PICS perform the following Refer to the three components of the pullback and center carrier shown below PICS Camera Carrier PICS Reflective Tow Cap PICS Camera Assembly En...

Page 21: ...LATION Slide the 2 assembled sections of pullback carrier onto the camera head and camera spring as shown below Slide the rear push cable carrier lock the PICS Retainer Cap over the push cable and twi...

Page 22: ...HE PCU The coiler and AC connections are located on the side of the control unit Attach the interconnect cable P N CH070 from the coiler to the control unit as shown Connect the AC power cord to the c...

Page 23: ...ILER TYPE and COUNT DIRECTION PUSH ROD CABLE LENGTH XXX X NOTE enter actual length to one decimal place using the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to modify the value in the field displayed Use the Left A...

Page 24: ...ation firmware which requires that all of the cable be retracted into the coiler for the distance to count properly Proper PICS operation requires selection of STANDARD coiler Count direction refers t...

Page 25: ...all of the cable is inside of the basket coiler because the firmware assumes this is the case when displaying the footage distance 3 On the Power Control Unit PCU press the ON OFF power button to cycl...

Page 26: ...video titling and observation coding POWER ON OFF POWER INDICATOR LIGHT BATTERY FULLY CHARGED INDICATOR GREEN BATTERY IS CHARGING INDICATOR YELLOW BATTERY NEEDS SERVICING RED 12 VDC INPUT 5 AMPS DVR U...

Page 27: ...eo in Audio Out distance counter quadrature out and auxiliary 12vdc out The following are interconnecting options available for your PICS system Please contact CUES for a recommended or full list of a...

Page 28: ...iple frequencies including 128 Hz 1 kHz 8 Hz and 33 kHz Maximum 10 watts Please contact CUES for recommended transmitter options BRAKE TENSION A brake tension adjustment handle is provided to freely r...

Page 29: ...battery gauge is selectable from the system menu A low battery indicator will be displayed on the monitor at 10 remaining power even if battery gauge OFF is selected in the system menu A low battery i...

Page 30: ...ss BUTTON Press to increase the LED brightness from low to high in 19 steps LED DOWN Brightness BUTTON Press to decrease the LED brightness from high to low in 19 steps DISTANCE COUNTER RESET Press tw...

Page 31: ...P ARROW DVR NAVIGATION LEFT ARROW DVR NAVIGATION FAST REWIND SHIFT MENU TOGGLE DVR ON AND BYPASS DVR MENU SELECT PHOTO RECORD STOP RECORDING BACK OUT OF DVR MENU RIGHT ARROW DVR NAVIGATION FAST FORWAR...

Page 32: ...te DVR menu screens when in DVR Menu Mode Right Arrow fast forwards pre recorded file Down Arrow used to navigate DVR menu screens when in DVR Menu Mode 4 SNAPSHOT Records snapshot JPG of video image...

Page 33: ...URVED RIGHT ARROW AT TOP OF DPAD ROTATE PAN TILT CAMERA CLOCKWISE RIGHT ARROW AT RIGHT PAN THE PAN TILT CAMERA TO THE RIGHT F FOCUS THE PAN TILT CAMERA FAR HOME HOME THE PAN TILT CAMERA 2 1 4 F FOCUS...

Page 34: ...t camera near 5 Curved Right Arrow at top of DPad Rotate Pan Tilt Camera clockwise 6 Right arrow at right Pan the Pan Tilt Camera to the right 7 Curved Right Arrow at bottom of DPad Rotate Pan Tilt Ca...

Page 35: ...H915 31 www cuesinc com salesinfo cuesinc com OPERATING THE SYSTEM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER INSTRUCTIONS NOTE For DVR USB instructions please refer to the DVR USB Operating Appendix P N EC2978 APP locat...

Page 36: ...cuesinc com OPERATING THE SYSTEM QWERTY KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS Basic keypad QWERTY 62 characters keys Will function with Titler Pages CLIENT PAGE USER PAGE OWNER PAGE FREE FORM ARROW MODE OBSERVATION CODE...

Page 37: ...UP to move to the previous selection Down Arrow Cursor DOWN to move to the next selection Right Arrow Press to accept the selection Left Arrow Press to go back up one menu level Navigation Additional...

Page 38: ...on exiting from the field by pressing ENTER or ESC SET DATE MM DD YY NOTE use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to modify the value in the field displayed Use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to mov...

Page 39: ...ion firmware which requires that all of the cable be retracted into the coiler for the distance to count properly Count direction refers to whether the footage counts up or down when the cable is pull...

Page 40: ...com OPERATING THE SYSTEM CAMERA SETUP CAMERA HEAD TYPE VIDEO FORMAT MINI PAN TILT SETTINGS CAMERA SETUP CAMERA HEAD TYPE SR3 SERIES PS3 SERIES MINI PAN TILT CAMERA HEAD TYPE VIDEO FORMAT WARNING THE...

Page 41: ...MWARE VERSION XXX READ PRESSURE XX X PSI CAMERA SETUP SONDE POWER OFF ON SONDE POWER SONDE FREQUENCY 512 Hz 8 KHz SONDE FREQUENCY Selecting READ FIRMWARE VERSION will read the camera s firmware versio...

Page 42: ...ll have to move to the WIRELESS VIDEO TRANSMITTER MENU and TURN POWER ON whenever he wishes to use the wireless video transmitter Selecting ON will set the POWER STATE at start up to ON The operator w...

Page 43: ...User Manual CH915 39 www cuesinc com salesinfo cuesinc com OPERATING THE SYSTEM ADVANCED CONFIGURATION WVT PAIRING UNITS SYSTEM U S IMPERIAL METRIC UNITS SYSTEM WVT PAIRING PAIRING NOT REQUIRED ID ON...

Page 44: ...rator and will not show up on the video being passed to Granite Also the DVR is disabled while on this screen because it is being bypassed and thus its control buttons won t work While the PICS may be...

Page 45: ...DISTANCE COUNTER will be displayed on the second row This applies only to the LIVE MODE screen which has the second row available All other menu screens and the CLIENT USER OWNER AND FREE FORM PAGE sc...

Page 46: ...displays such that all their characters fit nicely on the display CENTER DISPLAY CENTER DISPLAY ADJUST CAMERA DISPLAY ADJUST ONSCREEN DISPLAY ADVANCED OPTIONS ADVANCED OPTIONS CUSTOMIZE TEXT WRITNG SC...

Page 47: ...AGE BACKGROUND CLIENT PAGE BACKGROUND OFF ON CUSTOMIZE USER PAGE CUSTOMIZE USER PAGE TEXT BACKGROUND This controls whether the CLIENT PAGE has a video background OFF default or a black background ON S...

Page 48: ...background OFF default or a black background ON Setting the background to ON may be useful for recording purposes in order to get all the information to be displayed without having the video image obs...

Page 49: ...KGROUND OFF ON ThiscontrolswhethertheOWNERPAGEhasavideobackground OFF default orablackbackground ON Setting the background to ON may be useful for recording purposes in order to get all the informatio...

Page 50: ...FREE FORM PAGE has a video background OFF default or a black background ON Setting the background to ON may be useful for recording purposes in order to get all the information to be displayed without...

Page 51: ...ck characters in positions where they don t currently reside To type over one of the field names provided simply move the cursor using the arrow keys to that field and begin typing To type over one of...

Page 52: ...cters each of which will be added to a sorted list that is displayed when the OBSERVATION CODES button is pressed and the observation code type has been set to CUSTOM CODES The first character of each...

Page 53: ...odebyfirstpressing ENTER toselectit whichcausesthemessagetobedisplayed ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PROCEED PRESS ENTER TO DELETE At which point pressing ENTER will remove that entry from the custom code...

Page 54: ...eadings of the camera lights 12V battery and keyboard for diagnostics purposes Voltage is given with one decimal place whereas amperage is given with two decimal places It also displays the temperatur...

Page 55: ...an be YES or NO Sonde status can be ON or OFF 512Hz or 8KHz Pressing the Home button on the PICS keyboard both homes the camera and turns on self leveling Self leveling is turned off whenever rotating...

Page 56: ...327 7791 FAX 407 425 1569 WWW CUESINC COM COPYRIGHT The copyright screen contains contact information for the vendor SYSTEM INFORMATION FIRMWARE VERSION USAGE TIME COPYRIGHT SYSTEM INFORMATION FIRMWAR...

Page 57: ...y quickly set up with new information ARROW MODE an arrow is displayed on the screen The arrow can be positioned anywhere on the screen to help identify voids defects or other observations in the pipe...

Page 58: ...isplay The operator may move up and down through the list using the Up Arrow or Down Arrow keys However he may more easily move about the list by pressing the first character of the desired code and t...

Page 59: ...elects and displays an observation code In the latter case the observation code will stay displayed while the operator positions and displays an arrow This can be quite useful if the same observation...

Page 60: ...its Attached Grease DAR Deposits Attached Ragging DAZ Deposits Attached Other DI Dropped Invert DNF Deposits Ingressed Fine DNGV Deposits Ingressed Gravel DNZ Deposits Ingressed Other DSC Deposits Set...

Page 61: ...her IR Infil Runner IS Infil Stain ISGT Intruding Sealing Grout ISSR Intruding Sealing Ring ISSRB Intruding Sealing Ring Broken ISSRH Intruding Sealing Ring Hanging ISSRL Intruding Sealing Ring Loose...

Page 62: ...le Brick OBC Obstacle Thru Connection OBI Obstacle Intruding Thru Wall OBJ Obstacle In Joint OBM Obstacle Pipe Material OBN Obstacle Construction Debris OBP ObstacleExternalPipeorCable OBR Obstacle Ro...

Page 63: ...hemical SMWM Surface Missing Wall Mechanical SMWZ Surface Missing Wall Unknown SRC Surface Reinforcement Corroded SRCC Surface Reinforcement Corroded Chemical SRCM Surface Reinforcement Corroded Mecha...

Page 64: ...rface Other Unknown TB Tap Break in TBA Tap Break in Active TBB Tap Break in Abandoned TBC Tap Break in Capped TBD Tap Break in Defective TBI Tap Break in Intruding VC Vermin Cockroach VR Vermin Rat V...

Page 65: ...ned Survey Bricks Missing Severe Medium Light Broken Hole Void Visible Large Void Visible Medium Void Visible Small Soil Visible Large Soil Visible Medium Soil Visible Small Camera Under Water Catch B...

Page 66: ...ack Multiple Narrow Longitudinal Narrow Circular Narrow Spiral Wider Multiple Wider Longitudinal Wider Circular Wider Spiral Narrow Dead End Debris 30 30 20 10 Deformed 10 10 Deposits Severe Medium Li...

Page 67: ...ation Severe Medium Light Intruding Sealing Grout Hanging Gasket 30 Hanging Gasket 30 Hanging Gasket 20 Hanging Gasket 10 Intruding Sealing Ring Hanging Gasket 30 Hanging Gasket 30 Hanging Gasket 20 H...

Page 68: ...n Box Lateral Capped Live Connection Lateral Abandoned Unsealed Lateral Blocked Lateral Connection Prblm Blocked Protruding Pipe Damaged Factory Defective Pipe Lining Failure Other Undercut connection...

Page 69: ...in Joint Light Medium Heavy Root in Lateral Light Medium Heavy Sag Severe Medium Light Satisfactory Start Against Flow Start Lateral Inspection Start With Flow Status Stop Surface Damage Sev Mat Damg...

Page 70: ...UES Inc PICS User Manual CH915 www cuesinc com salesinfo cuesinc com OPERATING THE SYSTEM CUES BASE CODES Tee Connection Vermin Other Mice Rat Cockroach Water Level 100 75 50 25 25 Water Mark 75 50 We...

Page 71: ...OUND ON CODE CAN T BE ALL SPACES COILER SET TO AUX REEL COILER SET TO XL BASKET COILER SET TO STD BASKET COUNT DIRECTION SET TO DOWN COUNT DIRECTION SET TO UP CUSTOM LIST IS EMPTY DATE ONLY IN TOP LEF...

Page 72: ...T CODE SCREEN NOT AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUS P T ENABLED SIMULTANEOUS P T DISABLED SONDE FREQUENCY NOW 512 HZ SONDE FREQUENCY NOW 8 KHZ SONDE NOW OFF SONDE NOW ON TIME DATE OFF TIME DATE IN TOP LEFT TIME...

Page 73: ...this message to be displayed FUNCTION NOT AVAILABLE Any time the operator tries to do something for which he doesn t have the proper equipment e g move the Mini Pan Tilt camera when he isn t using on...

Page 74: ...will only be displayed if the firmware has an unresolved error UNSUPPORTED USB DEVICE This message will be displayed if the firmware detects something other than the keyboard during normal operation o...

Page 75: ...up as drive E the update file should have the following path address E MPupdate cfw For USB Flash drives containing multiplepartitions thefirmwareupdatefilemustbeloadedintothedrive sfirstprimaryparti...

Page 76: ...inc com APPENDIX B 4 Locate the circuit board attached to the underside of the keyboard panel Insert the USB Flash drive into the USB port J4 on top of this circuit board 5 Move the sliding switch S1...

Page 77: ...date mode 7 Wait while the PICS firmware is updated Onscreen messages indicate the update progress and will identify if any issues occur during programming Please refer to the Troubleshooting section...

Page 78: ...vice UNSUPPORTED CONFIG DSCRPTR o The Configuration Descriptor data received from the USB device was too large to fit into the internal buffer o This is an uncommon error that should only occur when u...

Page 79: ...ors may have gone bad UPDATE FILE NOT FOUND o The PICS firmware update program was unable to locate a filename that matches the firmware update file MPupdate cfw in the volume s root directory o Check...

Page 80: ...which have a been repaired or altered by anyone other than CUES without CUES written consent b been subject to misuse abuse negligence accident or damage c not been installed or operated in accordance...

Page 81: ...UES Parts Department Parts turnaround is normally within 24 hours after receipt of order Please note that special shipping arrangements can be made at the time of the order All return shipments receiv...

Page 82: ...event damage during shipping 9 Freight on the material returned is to be prepaid by the customer Depending on the warranty determination CUES at its option may credit freight charges both ways 10 The...

Page 83: ...outside of the box 5 Parts must be individually protected from each other original packaging would be best and appropriate packing material must be used to prevent against damage during shipping Note...

Page 84: ...UTIONS Precautions must always be taken when operating electronic equipment Exposed wires damaged equipment or improper operation can lead to a dangerous situation Please take a few minutes and read t...

Page 85: ...ained in tabular format on this page to allow the manual user to be better equipped should the need arise to call CUES regarding technical information ORIGINAL MANUAL REVISION CHANGE DESCRIPTION PICS...

Page 86: ...on support software For over 50 years CUES has provided innovative pipeline inspection technology and solutions to enable accurate condition assessment and proactive maintenance programs for buried in...

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