GEISMAR Amber - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Document No. GUK0018/2007 issue 02 4 of 53
Operating Manual
for GEISMAR Amber Manual Track Geometry Recording Unit
Contents
1.0 General Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6
2.0 Specification and measuring Parameters ...................................................................... 7
2.1Metric (Standard Gauge) ............................................................................................... 7
2.2Imperial (Standard Gauge) ........................................................................................... 8
2.3Metric (Narrow Gauge) .................................................................................................. 9
2.4Imperial (Narrow Gauge) ............................................................................................. 10
3 Principal components of the Amber unit .......................................................................... 11
3.1Folding Unit ................................................................................................................... 11
3.2Fixed Length Unit ......................................................................................................... 12
3.3Amber unit control buttons ........................................................................................ 13
3.4Amber Unit event buttons .......................................................................................... 14
3.4.1Programming the Event Button .......................................................................... 14
4 Operation of the hand held PC software .......................................................................... 15
4.1Operating the menu screen. ....................................................................................... 15
4.2Using the on-screen key board. ................................................................................ 16
4.3Working Off Line or On Line ...................................................................................... 17
5 Set up and recording procedure ...................................................................... 18
5.1 On tracking ............................................................................................ 18
5.2 Track Recording Setting up ................................................................. 21
5.2.1 Switching on - Unit and hand held PC(PDA) ............................ 21
5.2.2 Closing the Job .......................................................................... 28
5.2.3 Updating location ....................................................................... 29
5.2.4 Adding existing comments........................................................ 30
5.2.5 Creating a new comment ........................................................... 32
5.2.6 Cant re-zeroing whilst collecting data ...................................... 34
5.2.7 Job settings, storing copying and deleting ............................. 34
5.2.7.1Copying or deleting a job setting ............................................. 34
5.3 System Security - Using your password and Operator ID ................................. 36