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.

As governmental institutions and water authorities more and more ask for cloud-based data management, WinCan Web was extended to the following license options (license modes):

• 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:

• Open the user settings under Management > Users and hit the pen icon (1) to show the details (2) to your basic account:

• Use the button Invite User (3) to add other users (role = VX Operator) inside your company. These users will get an e-mail and will have to set their personal password, so that they can access the same workspace and see the same list of projects that have already been uploaded.

• Select those user(s) who should also have the right to edit project data and hit the pen icon (1) to modify their settings. The corresponding Flex seat per user must not be greyed out for that purpose.

• Check the option Flex mode for each user and confirm with the button Save.

The sample list below shows the possibilities a customer has if he wants to create a multiple user environment with a Flex seat for each additional user:

Blue: seats included in the basic package

Red: seats to be purchased separately

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).

Proceed as shown below to create a normal project on the cloud. Make sure the option Simple project is unchecked (1):

Finally click on Open Project: the tabs Sections, Laterals and Nodes are now available. Next hit the button Project and open the media bucket, that works as a container for non-assigned video clips or photos.

Upload the desired video clips or photos via Drag and Drop from the WINDOWS file explorer.

Wait until the video file previews are shown as depicted below. This may take a while because each video needs to be transcoded. This process converts the video clips into a format that can be played back with the video player used in WinCan Web.

You may upload additional videos later on hitting the button Upload Files:

Pick the video clips from the media bucket and get the inspections created from the selected videos hitting the corresponding button.

A section for each video clip is finally created and the clip itself is automatically assigned to the first observation of the first inspection:

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).

Proceed as shown below to create and open a simple project on the cloud. Make sure the option Simple project is checked (1):

Next the media bucket opens automatically. Upload the desired video clips and photos via Drag and Drop from the WINDOWS file explorer and hit the button Add to Project:

The result is a kind of container without any database that just shows the uploaded media files:

Hit the button Project to upload either more video clips or to convert it to a normal project.

Make sure you have selected the correct damage assessment standard before you hit the button Convert. This is going to create a project database that will allow data entry for sections, laterals and nodes.

Finally click on Reload Project: the tabs Sections, Laterals and Nodes are now available. Next hit the button Project and open the media bucket:

Pick the video clips from the media bucket and get the inspections created from the videos hitting the corresponding button.

You may upload additional videos at any time hitting the button Upload Files:

A section for each video clip is created and the clip is automatically assigned to the first observation of the first inspection.

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.

Mind the following definitions before you start any damage assessment:

·      SECTION: pipeline between an upstream and a downstream node (manhole, connection point)

·      NODE: manhole or connection point where the pipelines join.

·      INSPECTION: group of observations. An INSPECTION is directly linked to a specific SECTION or NODE

·      OBSERVATION: description of what the TV operator detects at a given spot inside the pipe. An OBSERVATION is directly linked to a specific INSPECTION.

The corresponding buttons to add new objects (i.e. sections and nodes) and to create new inspections and observations become automatically visible once you are logged in as a user with activated Flex mode:

The menu buttons to the right of each line provide the commands for editing or deleting the corresponding record (section, node, inspection, observation).

Data Output

You may even create a PDF report directly on the CLOUD using the command Project > Reporting (1 and 2). Next select the desired report pages (3) and finally hit the button Generate Report (4):

Be patient and wait a few seconds or even a few minutes until the print preview has been loaded: