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S
TICK
— scan control from S
TICK
device
measuring modes and to erase all old data from the
KT-9’s memory.
b)
When you are ready to proceed, press the
K
key on
the computer or
click
(quickly press and release) the
trigger button on the stick.
c)
You should then see:
*** KT-9 READY ***
This messages indicates that the computer is properly
talking to the KT-9 and there are no problems.
d)
You will now be asked where you want to store the
data that the KT-9 will be sending:
Enter name of file DEV:FILENAME.EXT
e)
Enter a proper
DOS
filename with the full path, for
example:
D:\KT9DATA\SAMPLE1.DAT
, and press
K
.
Remember that
DOS
only accepts a filename consisting
of 8 characters and 3 extent characters. Also, if no
drive or directory is specified, then the current drive
and directory that you were in (when you started the
S
CAN
7
program) will contain your data file.
f)
You should then see:
File sample1.dat opened for input
This message indicates that the file has been prop-
erly opened and you can proceed.
g)
You will now be asked to enter some identifying infor-
mation in the file header:
Enter HEADER of measurement
Enter up to 20 characters identifying the file, e.g. a
date, location, drill-hole, core box number, etc.), and
press
K
.
The output file is in ASCII format to allow you to import the
data into a variety of programs for plotting, analysis, etc.
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S
TICK
— scan control from S
TICK
device
measuring modes and to erase all old data from the
KT-9’s memory.
b)
When you are ready to proceed, press the
K
key on
the computer or
click
(quickly press and release) the
trigger button on the stick.
c)
You should then see:
*** KT-9 READY ***
This messages indicates that the computer is properly
talking to the KT-9 and there are no problems.
d)
You will now be asked where you want to store the
data that the KT-9 will be sending:
Enter name of file DEV:FILENAME.EXT
e)
Enter a proper
DOS
filename with the full path, for
example:
D:\KT9DATA\SAMPLE1.DAT
, and press
K
.
Remember that
DOS
only accepts a filename consisting
of 8 characters and 3 extent characters. Also, if no
drive or directory is specified, then the current drive
and directory that you were in (when you started the
S
CAN
7
program) will contain your data file.
f)
You should then see:
File sample1.dat opened for input
This message indicates that the file has been prop-
erly opened and you can proceed.
g)
You will now be asked to enter some identifying infor-
mation in the file header:
Enter HEADER of measurement
Enter up to 20 characters identifying the file, e.g. a
date, location, drill-hole, core box number, etc.), and
press
K
.
The output file is in ASCII format to allow you to import the
data into a variety of programs for plotting, analysis, etc.