Face Dipstick 2200 Series, Руководство оператора

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Battery is fully charged, it should show about 13.5 volts. As the Tablet uses up the power
available in its’ internal computer battery, the Tablet will “Top itself off” from the Handle
Battery. This means that the Handle Battery will get drained first. So long as the power in the
Handle is over 8-9 volts, the Handle Battery will supply power to the Tablet. Below 8 volts, the
Handle Battery will still supply power to the Tablet, but not the total amount that the Tablet
needs, so at this level, the Tablet begins to start to drain its internal battery. The LED just above
the Tablet’s “On/Off” button will be both green and red when it is fully charged. When the
Tablet is being fed by the Handle Battery, this LED will be red. This LED will stay red so long
as the computer is getting more than about 5 volts from the Handle Battery. When the Handle
Battery drops below about 5 volts, this LED will turn black.
CHECKING THE VOLTAGE IN THE TABLET:
You can see the voltage in the Tablet’s internal battery by going to the Tablet’s desktop and
tapping the shortcut to Power. This will take you to the computer's "Power Properties" window,
Where you can see the percentage of power remaining in the computer’s internal battery. To
open the battery power window, tap the icon in the Tablet’s lower right corner that looks a little
like a series of folders stacked one behind the other. When you tap this icon, a menu item
“Desktop” will appear. Tap this “Desktop” icon, and the RFCollect program will disappear
behind the Tablet’s desktop. Now double-tap the “Shortcut to Power” and you’ll see the Tablet’s
power properties. The important thing is the Remaining Power %. This tells you the percentage
of a full charge that exists in the Tablet’s internal battery.
ZEROING:
Zeroing has been covered in detail in Chapter 2. Be sure that your Dipstick
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is Zeroed before
collecting data.
HARDWARE AND RUN INFORMATION SETTINGS:
Tap SETTINGS/HARDWARE to open the Hardware Settings screen. This screen allows you to
change the Dipstick parameters before you start collecting data. You'll learn more about RPH,
Type, Averaging, Beeper, Foot Spacing, and Allowable Difference in the
COLLECT DATA
chapter later on.
WARNING
Be sure you know what you are doing before changing the Dipstick
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between Imperial and
Metric, or changing the footspacing. For now, just leave the Dipstick
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footspacing set how it
was when you got it. Tap OK to accept the settings, or Cancel if you don’t want to change
anything.
Tapping SETTINGS/RUN INFORMATION will open a dialog box that allows you to set some
default settings for the individual sample measurement line ("Run") of data that is to be
collected. For now, just leave the Run Information set how it was when you got it, and insert
your name as the operator. You'll learn more about Data Collection Bias, Design Slope, Start
Point Elevation, and Elevation Tolerance in the
COLLECT DATA chapter later on. The
“Operator” field identifies who is taking the data. Be sure to change the Operator Name every
time a new operator uses the Dipstick
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. This is an optional field, but we do recommend that you
use it. For now, leave everything else alone.