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SunScan Tutorial
Document code: SS1-UM-1.05
SunScan Tutorial
About this tutorial
What you will learn
This tutorial takes you step by step through the processes of setting up and taking
readings with the SunScan probe, and then transferring the data files to a computer
for analysis. It is divided into two parts, each of which should take about 20 to 30
minutes. For the first part you will need access to the Psion Workabout and its User
Guide, or to a portable computer if you are using that instead. The second part
requires access to the SunScan probe, the Beam Fraction Sensor if it is available, and
a computer for collecting and analysing the data files.
Using a portable PC instead of the Workabout
The SunScan can be controlled using either a Psion Workabout or a portable PC
computer. The instructions in this tutorial show the specific keypresses and SunData
screens for the Psion Workabout, but the layout of menus and the operating
principles are broadly similar if you’re using a portable computer instead. Read the
sections with the PC logo in the margin.
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Instructions for you to follow are bulleted like this one.
Working with the Workabout
Powering up
If you haven't already done this in the
Getting Started
section, you should check that
the Workabout has a suitable power supply. This is explained in the introductory
section of its manual, page 3 onwards.
♦
Press the yellow
On/Esc
button.
The Workabout screen should become visible.
If not, refer to the Troubleshooting section on page 17 of the Workabout manual.
♦
Check the Workabout’s battery status by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+B
(hold down the
grey
Ctrl
and
Shift
buttons, then press
B
).
Navigating around the Workabout
Each time it powers up, the Workabout returns you to the same place in the
application you were last working on. Once you’ve got used to it, this is a very
useful feature, but it can be quite confusing when you first start. You may be
anywhere, in any application, and switching the Workabout off and on again won’t
get you back to the start.
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Exit any current application by pressing
∪
∪
∪
∪
+X.
(Hold down
∪
∪
∪
∪
then press
X
)
This will take you to the
Psion System
Screen
. You should see a display
something like this. (If you can't find the
SunData icon, see
Getting Started
for
help).
