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Introduction
WinCan Web has been developed originally as an interface allowing users to view projects that have been uploaded via the WinCan VX application and to send project links to end customers (local water authorities, engineer offices etc.). An end customer thus can download the project data directly to his local hard drive and view them either in WinCanVX (viewer mode) or in the LightViewer.
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Flex mode: this mode is activated per user account. The corresponding user thus can create new projects or objects (Sections, Laterals or Manholes) and modify them directly on the WinCan Web instead of entering data with the software WinCan VX on the local hard drive.
MobileApp mode: this mode implies uploading manhole data entered via the SmartPhone application WinCanMobile from at least 3 different devices.
AI credits: this functionality scans the video file attached to the corresponding section using artificial intelligence. A credit is a unit the customer pays for and allows scanning of at least 500m.
Activation of the Flex mode
Log-in to your personal WinCan Web workspace using your basic account. A basic account always gets the user role Company Admin and contains 1 Flex seat and 3 MobileApp seats per default. Contact the administration of WinCan (sales@wincan.com), if you need more Flex seats and proceed as follows to manage the account settings:
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Basic account: | Flex seat: 1 | MobileApp: 3 | |
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User account 1: | Flex seat: 1 | Mobile App: 1 | |
User account 2: | Flex seat: 1 | Mobile App: 1 | |
User account 3: | Flex seat: 1 | Mobile App: 1 |
Blue: seats included in the basic package
Red: seats to be purchased separately
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The Flex mode is always enabled per user and is valid for one year. Only one instance per user is allowed so you won’t be able to be logged in on several machines or devices with the same account at the same time. |
Creation of Projects
You can create new projects and do a fully cloud-based damage assessment from the uploaded video clips. WinCan Web supports creation of normal and simple projects.
Normal projects
Normal projects contain a database and ask the user to set the damage standard (e.g. PACP, WRC, WSA, NZPIM) used in his country (or region).
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A section for each video clip is finally created and the clip itself is automatically assigned to the first observation of the first inspection:
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Simple projects
Simple projects just contain the media files (video clips and pictures) which are assigned to the project. This kind of project is created automatically on the cloud after you have uploaded project media files via software tools installed on mobile inspection systems (e.g. QuickView, SewerLink).
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A section for each video clip is created and the clip is automatically assigned to the first observation of the first inspection:
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Data Entry
Now you can either start damage assessment based on the uploaded video clips or modify and complete existing projects that you previously uploaded via WinCan VX.
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The menu buttons to the right of each line provide the commands for editing or deleting the corresponding record (section, node, inspection, observation).
Data Entry for Sections
Pick an existing section from the list, click on the menu button (1) to the right of the section line and select the command Edit section:
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Simply highlight the desired continuous defect and confirm the observation entry (4). The list item Finish is written automatically into the field Continuous Observation and marks the end point of the continuous defect.
Data Entry for Manholes
Select the tab Nodes and proceed in a similar way to enter data for the manholes you need to inspect. Use the button Add node to create new manholes.
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Clicking on the photo icon is going to open a full-size view of the picture in a separate panel. Use the trash bin icon (1) on the header of this panel to remove the photo from the current observation. Hitting the pen icon (1) opens the media bucket and allows you to replace the current picture directly with another one.
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Damage Assessment via Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence for damage assessment in sewer pipes works with complex algorithms that are able to detect noticeable structures inside a pipeline and to find the best description for them in the damage catalogue.
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AI-based detection and correct description of observations inside pipeline networks is a new technology which will be developed continuously. Therefore always get checked an AI-Scan manually by an experienced professional person (e.g. tv operator) as the artificial intelligence may interpret wrongly some kinds of damages (e.g. cracks instead of scratches on the pipe wall surface). |
Add Project Participants
Before printing the inspection report you usually have to assign client, project manager (site) and contractor to the current project. Proceed as follows to do so:
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Assigned participants are marked accordingly in the column Assigned. Hitting the button Go Back (6) brings you back to the section list.
Add Project Drawing
It is always helpful for the end customer to get some information about the location of the inspected objects. Therefore you can launch the Drawing tool and load existing maps or plots which are often provided directly by the end customers as PDF JPEG or PNG files:
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The command Shapes > Symbols even provides predefined symbols for any type of connection point (manhole, inspection chamber, gully etc.). Complete your drawing with customized text fields you may set via the command Text:
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Printing report
You may even create a PDF report directly on the CLOUD using the command Project > Reporting. Next select the desired report pages on the left screen part (1) and finally hit the button Generate Report (2):
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Please note that the user will not have as many printing options for inspection reporting via WebFlex as if he created the same PDF-report in WinCanVX. |
Direct access to PDF report
If you want forward just the PDF report to your end customer, you can also download it to your local hard drive send it as attachment via e-mail. The command Project > Documents opens a folder with all the documents referring to the current project (e.g. inspection reports, maps, project pictures etc.):
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