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APPEND
Append allows you to collect new readings and add them to an existing run from any point on an
existing Run. This is useful when you wish to extend a line that was started earlier but not
completed or to remeasure part of a line that was already measured, or to correct a False Reading.
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Select the Run you wish to append to.
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Tap COLLECT/APPEND RUN.
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Enter the number of the last good step on the Dipstick survey line, and tap “OK”.
Note: Sometimes the last GOOD step is not the same as the last step taken. The
program will always prompt you to the last step collected; you must change the
number if the last step that you collected was NOT the last good step.
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The dialog will prompt you to put the "start end" or "battery end" foot forward. If the last
good reading was an even number, the next step will be an odd number with the “Start”
end forward, and vice-versa. Place the back foot on the last good reading spot and place
the front end on the next step facing forward.
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Tap “OK”. The Dipstick will look like it is starting a New Run, but it is just restarting
from the last good step.
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Hold the Dipstick steady, press the Trigger and wait until the Dipstick takes the reading.
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Continue collecting readings in the normal way until you reach the end of the run. The
Run name will be unchanged, and all the new readings will be "appended" to the Original
Run at the point where you indicated.
Using Append to fix a False Reading:
If you know where the False Reading is, and you don't want to re-do the entire Run, you can use
COLLECT/APPEND. This will allow you to just re-do the portion of the Run that comes after the
mistake. For example, if you are collecting a Run that is 107 steps long, and you make a mistake
at step number 95, you can place the Dipstick with the battery end at the location for step number
94, and from the COLLECT menu, use APPEND. The computer will ask you "Last Good Step
95?" and you type in "94". (Since the mistake was on step 95, then the 94th step is the last good
one.) Then you collect the rest of the readings, starting with reading # 95 in the normal way until
you reach the end of the run. The key to doing this is to STOP immediately after you get the False
Reading. This way it is easy to go back one or two steps as needed.
MANUALLY COLLECTING DATA
Certain circumstances, such as extreme weather conditions (See “Operating Temperature Range,”
in Chapter 7, Care & Maintenance), may require you to collect data manually, using the Dipstick
unit itself without the 2277 Tablet.
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Remove the computer and collect data with the Dipstick manually, writing down each
reading taken, or verbally recording the data using a tape recorder.
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When all readings have been taken, these readings will be entered into the RoadFace
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Program by inserting a "new" record and then using EDIT/READINGS to enter the data
manually. The details of how to do this are covered in Chapter 5, Process Data.