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The software for the easy assessment of pipe inspection data on mobile workstations
User Manual
Version 2.0
Date 03.08.2022
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If you like to assign a contact to a new project already before the project has been created, you will have to pick existing address data (2) provided by the correspond list fields for clients, managers or contractors (1) and confirm with the button Apply (3):
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Note:
New addresses are getting created You can create new addresses only in the contact management hitting the button Create Contact.
Forwarding project data
Creating PDF reports
Then the project is finished and ready to generate the final report – it also can be done inside WinCan ProTouch. The report generator is available on the active project screen.
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The report contains the project summary connected with inspection and section details. Those values describes all the works from the current project.
Upload projects to WinCan WEB
From the home screen there is a way to get into the “Project Management” screen.
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From this screen there is a possibility to create, open, import, export, rename and delete the project. The user has the possibility to maintain the Web connectivity: send, download and look through the WinCan Web projects.
To preview the project that are available on WEB account it is required to go to settings (from Home Screen) and go into network tab (Figure 9). Next there is a need to provide account credentials and click apply to save changes. The notification informing about the successful connection will appear.
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After a successful connection the user should get back into the “Project Management” screen. The list of project should now be filled with the projects from WinCan Web’s account. To filter those data click on the “Show filters” button. The cloud icon on every row informs that the project is available online and the USB stick next to it gives user the information that it is also available offline on the device.
Download the project
To download the project and use it locally there is a need to click on the settings button and select “Download from Cloud” option (Figure 10).
Editing project drawings
One of our main modules in the ProTouch Application is the “Drawings module”.
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It gives the user a possibility to create a drawing or leave some notes about the current project and/or section. This tool allows to import some pictures, add map background, text, icon, text and geometry. Every provided shape can be manipulated and deleted and the drawing can be saved. Every single drawing created by this tool is automatically supported by the WinCan Draw application from WinCan VX.
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On the above screen (Figure 26) the basic module’s functionalities has been presented. Every single functionality needs to be enabled to be used. Basic scenario:
Select desired tool by pressing its button on the toolbar,
Draw this element on the screen,
Change its shape and position,
Set the desired color and saturation using two provided sliders.
The object is ready. To remove the element that has already been drawn please click on the delete button having the object selected.
To place a background object like map or image the user needs to get into the “Picture” dropdown, select image or map tool and provide desired location.
At the end the user is supposed to save the drawing or discard changes to leave the module.
Every single project can have one drawing per section and one additional for the project itself. Created drawings are able to be seen on the gallery. From there the user is able to open a drawing and edit it. At the end when the project is finished it can be added into the report (). To do that the user has to get into the report generator. This functionality is available from the active project screenThere are two possibilities to forward projects you created with the software ProTouch:
Copy the project on a removable drive, open it in WinCanVX on an office computer and upload it to the WinCan cloud.
Upload the project directly from your mobile equipment to the WinCan cloud.
1.) Check whether you have assigned all contacts (i.e. client, manager and contractor (with logo)) to the current project.
2.) Create a report preview via the standard menu (1) ans save the protocol as a PDF file hitting the corresponding button (3):
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3.) Check the status of your internet connection.
4.) Switch to the Home Screen, click on the button Settings and make sure you have entered a valid account to make full use of the cloud service WinCan-WEB.
5.) Get back to the Home Screen and click on button Project Management to see the list of all projects that are available on your local disk.
6.) Select the desired ProTouch project, hit the gear icon and choose the command Send to Cloud from the menu:
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Editing plots or maps with the drawing program
You can assign a plot either to your project or to a single section and draw the geografic location of the inspected objects accordingly. Open the project and click on the button Project data entry. Next click on the button Drawings (1) left to the Observation Entry button. Select the type Project drawing (2) in the pop-up panel to draw the location of all sections on one single page:
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The drawing module in ProTouch supports the formats JPG, PNG or PDF for the import of existing plots or maps. So you can draw the inspected sections on a background layer (1) and have them adjusted automatically to the corresponding scale:
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The button Shapes (2) provides curved and straight lines, arrows, circles, rectangles, polygones and a huge number of predefined symbols for access points (3) that you can select and draw directly on the plot.
Adding captions to drawing elements is done with the button Text (4) whereas all formatting commands can be found in the symbol bar (5) above the drawing area.
The drawing program is automatically saving any modification in small intervals. Hitting the diskette icon (6) will also save your work manually.
Expert mode (unavailable in official version)
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