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Meter Settings
The Meter Settings screen in the Field Scout Soil Com-
paction Meter software is used to configure the meter
and datalogger for your specific application. This
screen can be accessed by clicking on the Meter Set-
tings button on the main toolbar screen (see pg. 14).
The fields are described below.
Meter Name: The name given the meter will be the
title on the first line of the downloaded text file.
Logger Settings: The datalogger is enabled and dis-
abled by checking the first box. If the datalogger is
enabled, it will search for a GPS signal when the meter
is turned on. If a signal is found, position data will be
stored along with the soil compaction data. If no GPS
signal is available when the logger is turned on, the
logger will no longer look for one when measuring and
recording soil moisture data. If the second box is
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checked, the logger will store the GPS value only if it
has been differentially corrected. If the differential
correction is not found, only the soil compaction value
will be stored in the data file. A time-zone correction
should be entered in the third box. Appendix 1 (pg.
23) lists time zone corrections for several cities.
Measurement Units: The meter can be configured to
display and record data in English units (Cone Index in
PSI and depth in inches) or SI units (Cone Index in kPa
and depth in centimeters).
Meter Settings (cont.)