Xylem SonTek FlowTracker2 - 14.7.2 Opening FlowTracker2 BeamCheck Files (.ft_beamcheck)

SonTek – a Xylem brand
FlowTracker2 User’s Manual (January 2019)
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The FlowTracker2 BeamCheck (.ft_beamcheck) file results from a user requesting a
BeamCheck to be done separately from a measurement. To open a .ft_beamcheck file,
follow the same instructions for opening a .ft file, but select “Beamcheck file
(*.ft_beamcheck)” in the drop-down menu, or select an appropriate .ft_beamcheck file
from the “All files” drop-down option.
Opening a Beamcheck file produces the screen shown in Figure 14:22. The time stamp
on the top of the file dialog corresponds to when the beam check was started, in local
time. Handheld information, probe information, beam check statistics, and quality control
warnings are displayed in the first row of panels. For each sample, Sample information
and statistics are displayed in the second row of panels. A plot of the SNR (dB) against
the distance from the ADV receiver is shown at the bottom. To toggle between samples,
press the “Previous sample” and “Next sample” buttons. “Show average” will show the
average SNR profile over all samples in the beam check file.