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Battery off level: decide at which battery level the system should be turned off. 

 

Battery power level: this will be the maximum battery voltage registered by MIRA HDR; 

this setting affects the battery level displayed in the status bar. 

 
When changes are made, press Write to MIRA HDR, to send the new information to the firmware 

of the antenna box. 

 

Note: Writing PowerOff to MIRA HDR powers off the system.  

 

 

 

 

 

Содержание MALA MIRAsoft HDR

Страница 1: ...MALÅ MIRAsoft HDR User Guide ...

Страница 2: ...GPR products with the capability to meet your needs for efficiency and productivity now and into the future Whether this is your first MALÅ product or addition to the MALÅ collection we believe that small investment of your time to familiarize yourself with the product by reading this manual will be rewarded with a significant increase in productivity and satisfaction At Guideline Geo we welcome c...

Страница 3: ...ntended only to assist the reader in the use of the product and every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Guideline Geo shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of any information in this document or any error or omission in such information or any incorrect use of the product Guideline Geo the MALÅ logo are trademarks of Guideline ...

Страница 4: ...nstallation 7 Computer requirements 7 First run 7 Overview MIRAsoft HDR 8 MIRAsoft HDR Main Screen 9 File Directory 9 Measurement Settings with MIRAsoft HDR 11 Start 11 Settings Menu 12 Positioning Menu 14 Advanced Menu 16 Projects Menu 19 About Menu 22 Measurements 23 Tips and tricks during measurement 26 ...

Страница 5: ...service advice training GPR Case Studies www guidelinegeo com solutions case stories GPR Downloads www guidelinegeo com support service advice training resource center Feedback Feedback regarding the contents of this manual or the product may be sent using any of the following channels Phone Sweden 46 953 34550 Phone USA 1 843 852 5021 Phone China 86 108 225 0728 Phone Malaysia 60 0 3 6250 7351 Ph...

Страница 6: ...em As a Windows 10 based software MIRAsoft HDR gives you an easy to use user interface file management and other key features Each measurement and associated settings are stored in files Filtering can be performed during measurement all radargrams viewed as top view and MIRAsoft HDR supports GPS logging during measurement Projects can be exported for post processing and interpretation to other sof...

Страница 7: ...0 64 bit It is recommended to have an i7 processor and 8GB of RAM and a minimum of 1GB RAM is required The MIRA HDR system collects approximately 246kb data m2 Minimum required Recommended Operating system Windows 10 Processor i5 i7 RAM 1 GB 8 GB First run When you start MIRAsoft HDR for the first time you are asked to Create or Open a project ...

Страница 8: ...IRA HDR antenna box is on and connected to the data acquisition platform 2 Create a new project with name and type or open an existing project 3 Measurement settings different acquisition options channel selection and trigger type 4 Positioning GPS and Total Station parameters 5 Advanced settings trace position geometry settings power settings GPS settings 6 Ready to Measure The following definiti...

Страница 9: ...RAsoft HDR creates a file directory in Documents called MIRAsoft HDR This file directory contains a folder called Measurements where all the previous projects created can be found The location of this folder cannot be changed You can import paths to other locations and this will be shown as an available project in MIRAsoft HDR In detail the following file folders and files are created by MIRAsoft ...

Страница 10: ...name _ swath cor if positioning is available it will contain the interpolated GPS positions in the format trace_id NMEA 4 If data are exported e g to rSlicer format a folder is created to store all files in that export If export is made to rSlicer format the folder is called rSlicer as well Note All configuration data are saved to disk in the settings files The configurations that are written to t...

Страница 11: ...ropdown list see Projects Menu section below Note If the project name already exists the Create option is greyed out Note The project name is also used for the separate single swaths in a project but with an extension _01 _02 and so on When opening an existing project or creating a new project MIRAsoft HDR immediately brings you to the settings menu for checking and changing measurement settings A...

Страница 12: ...eds to be calibrated see Advanced section Measurement Options Selected antenna choose the correct antenna or demo antenna to run the software in demo mode Sampling Frequency It is a fixed value optimized for the antenna frequency used Stacks How many times each trace is to be stacked higher numbers give better data quality but will lower the maximum acquisition speed Samples How many samples are c...

Страница 13: ...of TX columns and Rx rows This sequence of Tx Rx combinations is repeated every time a measurement is triggered Note If the selection turns red it indicates that an antenna used in that combination is not working It is possible to add up to 132 channels in any combination But it should be noted that only the channels that have the same Rx to Tx distance can be shown together in the top view see Me...

Страница 14: ...N 02014 0641824 E 4 7 1 19 13 416 M 23 629 M 1 4 73 6 GPGGA 011952 52 6350 5979513 N 02014 0641493 E 4 7 1 19 13 410 M 23 629 M 0 6 72 7 GPGGA 011952 52 6350 5979281 N 02014 0641211 E 4 7 1 19 13 390 M 23 629 M 0 8 73 8 GPGGA 011952 52 6350 5979017 N 02014 0641084 E 4 7 1 19 13 390 M 23 629 M 0 8 70 9 GPGGA 011952 52 6350 5978756 N 02014 0640843 E 4 7 1 19 13 412 M 23 629 M 1 0 75 10 GPGGA 011953 ...

Страница 15: ... an online map for offline use At a certain zoom level the background map can be saved locally so it can be used if you need to work in off line mode the extent of a saved map is shown as a blue area The name of the map is shown to the right and can be deleted ...

Страница 16: ...activated in the Channel selection see Settings section to locate the zero level on the same position Reset signal positions The signal positions are Reset back to the last stored saved values Geometry Settings In the geometry settings you define the location of each antenna element Tx and Rx related to the 0 0 position of the enclosing array box this is different from the navigation zero position...

Страница 17: ...e 0 0 point of the system is located in the back left corner of the array box Power Settings In this tab adjustments can be made to power levels Power Mode choose between PowerOff PowerOffAtLevel or AlwaysOn ...

Страница 18: ...evel this will be the maximum battery voltage registered by MIRA HDR this setting affects the battery level displayed in the status bar When changes are made press Write to MIRA HDR to send the new information to the firmware of the antenna box Note Writing PowerOff to MIRA HDR powers off the system ...

Страница 19: ...w projects delete old ones or select projects to view after a measurement is finished Open Existing Projects The project is opened with a single click on the chosen project folder When an existing project is opened it can be Supplemented with new swaths check measurement settings first in the Settings menu Viewed by choosing Measurement from the main drop down menu ...

Страница 20: ...20 If several swaths have been measured it is easy to change the radargram view by clicking on the swath in the map view or you can choose which swath to display in the swath selector in the status bar ...

Страница 21: ...aths with the same settings Template The option Template found in a project s options menu Save Template This gives the possibility to save settings used for a project so that you can reuse them in new projects A template is saved with a user defined name and will show in the list of templates that you can choose from when creating new projects see Start section Saved templates can be deleted via ...

Страница 22: ...ith this format are compatible and can be chosen MIRAsoft HDR determines based on the current system status and the chosen firmware package which components will need to be upgraded It will display the time required for the upgrade Note If running the system on battery power make sure that you have enough battery before starting a system upgrade Do NOT disconnect the system during the upgrade proc...

Страница 23: ... accurate GPS position before it starts or ends a measurement Note Sometimes if GPS conditions are bad you may need to move your starting position e g if you are too close to a building or underneath tree cover The first swath in a project will get the project name_01 the next_02 and so on When a swath is complete press to stop the measurement Data are automatically saved by MIRAsoft HDR and again...

Страница 24: ...n Note If several swaths have been collected you can choose which to display by clicking in the map view Alternatively you can choose the swath to be displayed in the swath selector in the status bar See Projects section Profile view Pv With radargram and live trace view The trace shown is the last collected When the mouse pointer is held above the radargram again distance and depth are shown Top ...

Страница 25: ...all the different views there are possibilities to change the filter and display settings These features are accessed by pressing the arrow located towards the centre of the tool bar at the bottom Note Any filtering or gain applied are only cosmetic they do not affect the recorded data which are saved in a raw state ...

Страница 26: ...pt to work diagonally with respect to their orientation If the direction is unknown some test lines might be advisable It is ok to stop the movement of the antenna array and take a rest within a traverse Note If the break is for a long time make sure to turn off the antenna array as it will otherwise continue to use power however traces are only collected when the encoder wheel is moving If a meas...

Страница 27: ...d under the Advanced menu especially in curves resulting in positioning discrepancies in the end result When the GPS antenna location is decided or if it is ever changed remember to change the GPS settings Advanced Menu to fit the present set up ...

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