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Getting Started
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projects, the main screen will also display the number of lines and grids collected in each
project. These will appear under the Line Scan and Grid Scan buttons respectively.
5.2 Shutting down
4. To power down, press the red power button on the display unit once. A confirmation
message will appear, after which you can press Yes to proceed. If necessary, a hard reboot
can be done by pressing and holding the red power button until the unit shuts down.
5.3 Interacting with the Display Unit
Data collection is controlled by the Display Unit. The Display Unit has embedded software to set
survey parameters and collect, display and store data.
The Display Unit offers touch screen operation, as well as a water-resistant membrane keypad
with a number of buttons that can be pressed to perform various tasks. Most operations can be
done using either the touch screen or the keypad.
5. Use the following table as a guide to working with the keypad on the Display Unit:
6.
Item Description
Menu Buttons The blue buttons labelled 1 to 8 correspond to menu choices
that appear on the screen.
4-way directional keypad Controls Up/Down/Left/Right operations in certain menus.
Camera Saves a screenshot of line data, grid data or the Map View
display.
Asterisk / Special Function Used for adding Flags during data acquisition, and to quickly
enter the No Save mode for Line Scan data collection.