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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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You may also change the media filenames hitting the pencil icon or delete a media file via the trash symbol.
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Contact management
During the project creation there is a possibility to prepare and provide the Client, Contractor and Manager information. When the user selects those fields there is a possibility to select or create a contact (Figure 15). The “Add new contact” button leads directly into the “Contact management” screen which is also available from the dashboard (Home screen). In this page (Figure 16) there is a possibility to take a look at the list of contacts, filter them, search for existing ones, delete, create, import and export.
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Create contact
To create a contact the user has to click on the “Create contact” button on the “Contact management” page or on the “Add new contact” on the “Pick Contact” pop-up during project creation. The pop-up will occur (Figure 17) presenting all the fields that could be provided including:
Type: the contact type chosen from:
Client,
Contractor,
Manager,
Company Name,
Address,
Logo,
Etc.
All those fields will be saved in the contact details and will be available in the report and in Contact management screen.
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All the fields that has “*” next to its name are mandatory – which means that they needs to be filled to save the contact information successfully.
Edit contact information
In the need of changing contact data the user is able to click on the “CONTACT DETAILS” fields available on the right side of the application. Those data can be changed for every contact. After the change has been done there is a need to “SAVE” or discard changes. It can be done using the buttons on the bottom of the application (Figure 18 Confirmation buttons).
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Delete contact
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Managing project
All projects you created on your mobile computer are saved per default into the folder C:\WinCan_Projects:
Get back to the Home Screen and hit the button Project Management to easily look for a specific project available on the list:
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The most important function buttons of this panel are briefly described below:
Enter a part of a project name into the search field and run the search process via the magnifier icon.
Update project list: invalid entries to deleted projects will be removed and the project list thus cleaned up.
Create a new project
Open an existing project from the list
Add a project to list, that you have previously copied into the folder C:\WinCan_Projects. Therefore you always must browse for the project database in the project sub-folder \DB an (e.g. Test_ProTouch_EN.db3).
Copy a project to a removable drive
Rename the selected project
Delete the project from the list
Managing addresses of project participants (contact)
The addresses of all project participants (clients, managers and contractors) will be saved in the address database C:\WinCan_Projects\Meta.db3 and are automatically available for all future projects on the current computer.
Get back to the Home Screen and hit the button Contact Management to easily look for a specific address available on the list:
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The most important function buttons of this panel are briefly described below:
1.) Enter a part of a contact name into the search field and run the search process via the magnifier icon.
2.) Click on this button to create a new address.
3.) Run the import of an existing address database saved as a ZIP file from another computer.
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4.) Run the export of an existing address database on the current computer and save it as a ZIP file.
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5.) Select and edit an address from the list. Use the input mask on the right to modify the current contact or select a specific contractor address to assign the logo file via the corresponding text field (6).
To delete the contact the user needs to select it from the list and click on the TRASH icon in contact details bar.
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Mind that you cannot restore contacts which have previously been deleted! |
Data Output and Transfer
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).
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Share project
After the project is completed the user has a possibility to share the link and send it into the provided e-mail address (Figure 11).
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Import project
In case of a need to import a project made on another device or in the WinCan VX there is a button called: “Import project”. When the user clicks on that button the pop-up appears and gives a possibility to select the project location. When the application will recognize the project (by the internal structure) the checkbox will appear next to the folder:
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After the confirmation the project appear on the list. If the user creates projects in WinCan VX as well as in WinCan ProTouch all of them will automatically be visible on the list.
Export project
When the project is finished it could be exported to be used on another device or imported onto the WinCan VX application. To do so there is a need to select a project that is available locally (there should be a usb stick icon colored in white:
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Assigning existing addresses to a project
You can assign contacts to existing projects via the contact management: select the desired contact (1) and hit the button Append (2) to link it to the current project:
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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 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
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