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Quick Guide

The quick guide is giving you a quick overview of the basic work flow operators must know to get a report that contains the most important inspection data

17.06.2020
WinCan Version 2020.8.x

Introduction

WinCanVX is a special software application to gather data from pipeline inspections done with camera robots. The application is finally providing you easy readable reports implying pictures and video clips taken/recorded directly via the LiveVideo signal.
Furthermore inclination data, section/manhole sketches and other kinds of information can be assigned to the corresponding pipe sections.
The present guide is giving you a quick overview of the basic work flow operators must know to get a report that contains the most important inspection data.
Unlike in previous versions WinCan VX is providing a main interface split into different working panels that can all be moved freely or individually hidden and thus rearranged on one or several screens. A built-in positioning wizard always selects that spot on the screen where you actually move the preferred panel keeping the left mouse key pressed:


Once you have rearranged the panels according to your personal needs for the acquisition of main and lateral sections (satellites) or manholes this individual view (profile) can easily be saved for further WinCanVX sessions via the tab Views. The main interface (group of panels) as well as each single panel of course can be maximized to full screen size.

Launching WinCan VX:

Plug your licence dongle (1) into a free USB-port and double-click on the corresponding desktop icon , in order to launch WinCan VX. The main interface is showing you a ribbon bar at the top, subdivided into different tabs (2), a list of the recently created projects (3) and an empty area (4) to display the section/inspection data after a project has been loaded:
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Simply click on the command button New Project to create a new project: a wizard (5) then is going to guide you stepwise through the procedure. Before you are able to start with the survey, the wizard asks you to enter the job data first.

Entering project data:

Switch to the tab Sections to start with the survey. All data (i.e. section, inspection and observation records as well as media data) are saved continuously within the folder structure, which is administered in the background by WinCanVX:

The folder structure consists on a main folder and a group of sub-folders; the most important ones are listed below:
Sub-folder with all section/manhole photos linked to the current project.Sub-folder with all section/manhole clips linked to the current project.Sub-folder, that contains project data and media files that have been deleted from the current project.Sub-folder, that contains the databases with the project as well as the assigned address data (i.e. *Meta.sdf).Sub-folder, that contains the PDF files (\Misc\Docu{_}).

WinCan VX; Main Interface for Section Survey

WinCan VX; Main Interface for Lateral Survey

Click on the main pipe symbol to jump back to the section the current lateral is linked to.

WinCan VX; Main Interface for Manhole Survey

Entering Section and Inspection Data

Highlight a section, lateral or a manhole and double click on it. This is going to open the input mask below, where you can enter all the data needed for the current object. Fields highlighted in YELLOW are mandatory and require data entry:
A field template in the background controls, which fields and field properties have to be available, in order the user is able to enter data as defined by the country specific survey standard (e.g. PACP, WRC, WSA etc.).Number of inspections for the current sectionInspection fieldsSection fields

Entering Observations via Damage Catalogues

The structure of damage catalogues strongly depends upon the standards that are defined by independent authorities. The example below shows and excerpt of the catalogue PACP-6, mainly used in the United States (imperial version) and Canada (metric version):
The catalogue opens and shows additional parameters on the right hand side. When highlighted in YELLOW you must enter a value in to this field, otherwise you are unable to confirm the observation with the green OK-button.*1*Type the OP-Code or a part of the observation text into the SEARCH field (1) and double click on the catalogue entry which has been filtered out.
Damage catalogues in WinCan VX allow the operator to have the most used OP-Codes listed at the top of the code index (1), so there's no need to manually browse for them anymore: simply select the corresponding OP-Code and hit the key F3. To remove the code from the list, select it and type the shortcut Ctrl + F3.
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The operator also can create his own list of default remarks used to specify the current observation. Such a list will then be valid for each OP-Code that provides a text box for remark entry. Right click on the text Remarks (1), hit the command Edit list (2), enter the remark text into the list box panel (3) and confirm with the OK-button (4). From now the remarks you set are available when pushing the arrow button (5) right to the remark entry field:
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Navigation Functionalities

Use the navigation buttons to browse through the section list.Move the red slider to navigate through the observation table and the video clip simultaneously.

Deleting Objects and Media Data

Right click on any record inside the overview panels, hit the command Delete or select the corresponding icon in the symbol bar. To delete only photos or video clips, right click on the corresponding icon in the observation panel and hit the command Delete photo 1/2 or Delete Clip:

IMPORTANT:
WinCanVX NEVER deletes your data: deleted sections, inspections, laterals or manholes can always be restored via the project manager (Projects > Manage Projects). Deleted photos and video clips are moved directly into the project sub-folder TRASH and can be restored from there.

Recording and Playing Back Video Clips:

Always check the LiveVideo settings prior to start recording video clips with your camera equipment: WinCan VX officially supports to MPEG-encoding devices. After the installation of the software package WinCanVXDriverSetup.exe the corresponding entries appear in the dialogue box as shown below:
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Select the entry Vitec VM4 or MobileCap124 depending upon which one of these MPEG encoding devices you have currently installed:

Switch on the camera and hit the camera icon to show the LiveVideo signal in the video panel. Pushing the recording button then starts recording a video clip:
Start, pause and stop recordingTake picture from LiveVideoAdjust image quality
during recordingSwitch off
LiveVideo
Video recording is paused automatically as soon as the damage catalogue is open.
Double click on the clip icon in the field Clip to play back the video clip or double click on the photo icon in the field Photo1/Photo2 to show the picture:
Close video clipAdjust panel
to full screen sizeSlide to play back video clip at a specific location
Set play back speed
(far left = "normal")Play back video clip, pause and stop play back

Importing existing Photos and Video Clips

Hit the button in the video panel to switch off the LiveVideo signal and double-click on the grey bullet in the field Clip. Use the windows dialogue to browse for the video clips located on your local hard drive, select a video file and click on the Open button:

The video clip is copied automatically into the sub-folder Video\Sec or Video\Nod within the current project.
Hit the button in the video panel to switch off the LiveVideo signal and double-click on the grey bullet in the fields Photo1 or Photo2. Use the windows dialogue to browse for the pictures located on your local hard drive, select a picture file and click on the Open button:

The picture is copied automatically into the sub-folder Picture\Sec or Picture\Nod within the current project.

Connection to OSD device:

Check the OSD-settings in order to be able to control the display of various text parts as project bar, section data (object data) and values directly provided by OSD-objects (date, time, inclination, distance…) directly from the WinCan software:
32*1*Click here to check the communication between the selected OSD-device and the computer -> GREEN = OK


Once the communication between OSD-device and computer is established, project bar, section data and observation text are displayed as soon as the user hits the corresponding buttons.
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Assigning Project Participants

Select the command Projects > Project Participants to open the address panel: the left part is subdivided into three address categories: right click into each category or hit the button to create a new address and enable the check box to assign a specific address to the current project:

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The right part of the panel allows the user to manage a list of operators, cameras and trucks, which can then be selected directly from the corresponding fields within the inspection panel (page 9).
Client, manager and contractor addresses that have got a check mark will be printed on the project information page. So always make sure you properly assigned the addresses to the current project before you print the whole report.
The contractor panel provides an additional command button to set the currently selected address as the default contractor (1).
This address is going to be assigned automatically to future projects.
To change the contractor's logo simply double-click on the address, go to the logo line in the address input mask and click on the grey square button. This is going to open a Windows dialogue where you can browse for corresponding logo file:



Finally hit the button to save your changes.
Each address you create is saved to the file WCMETA.sdf, which is located in the installation folder C:\Users\Public Documents\CDLab\Common\Ressources\sqlCE.
The addresses you have just assigned to the current project are saved to the file [project name]_Meta.sdf which you can find in the project folder DB.

 Printing Inspection Reports

Select the command Printing > Printing Panel to open the printing dialogue. Enable the kind of reports you want to print in the left part (1). Select any report type to show a group of specific options you may enable or disable for that report (2).
The third part (3) of the printing dialogue provides options to control the data output.

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Finally click on the printer icon to get either a print preview or a PDF file of the inspection report. The progress of this procedure is shown in the status bar below.
Especially mind that large projects with several hundred sections, laterals and manholes may take more than 45 minutes to be printed.
Example of an inspection report:

Copying/Burning Projects to External Drives

Select the command Data Exchange > Media Distribution and follow the steps given by the wizard to have your project copied on a removable disk together with WinCanVX – running in the Viewer mode - or with a LightViewer software.
End customers thus are able to view all project data on their workstations without any licence.


It is recommended to select the distribution type Normal for projects that contain inclination, scan or map data as the Light Viewer only shows basic data (inspection report, video clips, photos).
When selecting the option Normal the project data should be distributed to a USB-stick or USB-disk instead of burning them on a DVD as data are going to be launched much more quickly from USB-drives.
Project distributed with WinCanVX software (option Normal):

Project distributed with the LightViewer software (option Light):


Handy Shortcuts supported in WinCan VX

Customizing shortcuts for a given set of commands is a completely new feature in WinCanVX. Click on Home > Settings > Keyboard Entry and directly hit the corresponding key on your keyboard in order to define the desired shortcut:


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