SunScan User Manual v 1.05
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................6
How to use the manuals ............................................................................. 6
Organisation of this manual .......................................................................... 6
The SunScan Canopy Analysis System .................................................... 6
PAR measurements...................................................................................... 6
SunScan probe ............................................................................................. 7
Beam Fraction sensor .................................................................................. 7
Data Collection Terminal .............................................................................. 7
SunData software ......................................................................................... 7
Field accessories .......................................................................................... 7
Getting Started ............................................................................................8
Preliminary checks ..................................................................................... 8
The Workabout and SunScan probe ............................................................ 8
Checking the Workabout hardware .............................................................. 9
Installing the SunData s/w in your PC ..................................................... 10
The SunData s/w Diskette .......................................................................... 10
Installing the s/w ......................................................................................... 10
Running SunData ...................................................................................... 11
Setting up your PC's COM port .................................................................. 11
Communication checks:........................................................................... 12
SunScan probe to PC ................................................................................. 12
Workabout to PC ........................................................................................ 12
Running SunData in Windows ................................................................. 13
SunScan Tutorial ......................................................................................14
About this tutorial ..................................................................................... 14
What you will learn...................................................................................... 14
Using a portable PC instead of the Workabout .......................................... 14
Working with the Workabout ................................................................... 14
Powering up................................................................................................ 14
Navigating around the Workabout .............................................................. 14
What to do if you get lost ............................................................................ 15
Starting SunData in the Workabout ............................................................ 15
Using a PC instead of the Workabout ..................................................... 16
Starting the PC software............................................................................. 16
Setting up a measurement session ......................................................... 18
Working through the menu options............................................................. 18
File Saving .................................................................................................. 19
"Hot Keys"................................................................................................... 19
Taking readings ........................................................................................ 20
Using the Emulator mode ........................................................................... 20
Without a Beam Fraction Sensor................................................................ 21
Connecting the SunScan probe.................................................................. 21
Connecting the Beam Fraction Sensor....................................................... 22
Measuring Leaf Area Index without a Beam Fraction Sensor .................... 23
Averages..................................................................................................... 24
Reviewing your data file ........................................................................... 24
Transferring the data file to your PC ....................................................... 25
Initiating the file transfer from the Workabout ............................................. 26
RS232 communication problems................................................................ 28
Conclusion of the Tutorial........................................................................ 28
SunData Screens on the Workabout ....................................................... 29
