Collecting Data
ManagingFiles
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Managing Files
Rawdataisrecordedastime‐taggedmeasurementsinasinglerawdatafile.Eachfileisrecordedtothereceiver’ smemoryand
automaticallygivenanameanda*.tpsfileextension.Youcanthentransfera fi leofcollecteddatatoacomputerwithfile
managingsoftware,suchasthe
TopconReceiverUtility(TRU),whichissuppliedontheGPS+SoftwareCD.Thisprogramallows
youtouseanautomaticnamingfeature,enterfilenames,anddeletefilesasnecessary.Formoreinformation,seetheTRU
ReferenceManualsuppliedontheHiPerVCD.
Downloading and Deleting Files
Aftercompletingasurvey,down loaddatafilestoacomputeroracontrollerforstorage,post‐processing,orbackup.
Downloadinganddeletingfilespreparesthememorycardforthenextsurvey.(Whenthememorycardisfull,thereceiverstops
loggingdata,andtheRECLEDturnsdark/off,indicatinganerror
condition.Existingdataisnotoverwritten.)
Therearethreeoptionsfordeletingrawdatafilesfromthereceiver:
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DeleteallofthefilesusingtheLEDdisplaypanel(i.e.holdthepowerbuttonfor20to25seconds).
Thiserasesallofthe
filesinthereceiversinternalmemory
.
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UseaserialorBl uetoothconnectiontodownloadthefilestoacomputer/controller.IntheTopconReceiverUtility(TRU),
youcanselectthefilesyouwanttodeletefromthereceiver.SeetheTRUReferenceManualformoreinformation.
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Removethememorycardandinsertitintothememorycardslotofacomputer/controller.