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Falling Weight Deflectometer User Manual
Introduction
Dear Valued GEOTRAN Customer, thank you for purchasing this product.
These Instruments have been optimized to meet the requirements of the majority of
customers out of the box and may have been delivered tailored to your needs. In any
case, to be able to get the most out of our product, please carefully study this manual,
its appendices and referenced manuals, as well as any other documents delivered
with it.
This is a reliable and easy to use device, and at the same time a sophisticated
product, which requires careful attention and know-how to configuring, installing,
operating and maintenance.
Note:
Do not plug in any cable to the Falling Weight Deflectometer before carefully studying
this manual.
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System Requirement
Software Installation
CD auto plays the desired file if not double click file name GEOTRAN FWD Analysis
below window get appeared
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Check on Create a desktop icon and click Next below window get appeared
Now click on Install button, this will install all required file to computer and create
shortcut to desktop with below screen
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Software operation
After installation run icon named GEOTRAN FWD Analysis on desktop of computer
below screen get appeared.
Next user will see below window on computer screen. This is the main window of
GEOTRAN FWD Analysis.
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iv. New Project: Create new project data base that helps in data storage.
V. Mode of operation: There are 2 mode of operation that can be select by user:
a. Automatic mode:
This mode is used when machine seem to be fit to take 3 drop operation.
b. Manual mode:
When user requires some check operation of any movement of FWD
than this mode should be selected (explained in Manual mode
operation).
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Make sure data acquisition system (DC4000S) is connected with computed before
entering in setup and click on button below login window get appeared
Enter User name and Password (given below) and press OK, if user dont want to
enter in setup mode or user forget to connect DC4000S to computer than user can go
back to main window by clicking on Cancel button.
After entering user name and password press OK if system is not connected below
message get displayed.
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With this window user able to save configuration of DC4000S system along with
window include calibration of load cell, geophone and temperature sensors.
By default, the Bluetooth module acts as a slave and the PC is the master. You
connect to the Bluetooth module using your computers Bluetooth device manager,
which varies depending on the operating system. Regardless of the operating system,
the process is the same: discovery, pairing, and connecting.
DISCOVERY
When you turn on the DS4000S unit, the white LED (labeled as connectivity) blinks
once per second and the module is discoverable. Open your PCs Bluetooth device
manager and choose to add a new device. The Bluetooth device managers icon is
located in the bottom right corner of your screen in the taskbar for Windows. The
Bluetooth device manager displays a list of discoverable Bluetooth device. The board
displays as GEOTRAN FWD, as shown below
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PAIRING
To pair with the DC4000S, select the device as shown below and click on Next. Select
the device and click on Next button ask for paring code enter 1234 and press OK now
driver get installed automatically.
(Note: Before getting COM Port, paring of DC4000S should get successfully done)
COM Port is used to communicate DC4000S unit with GEOTRAN FWD Analysis
software. Start GEOTRAN FWD Analysis software this time dont click on connect
button, click on Setup button . Fill user name and password and click OK, message
get displayed DC4000S is not connected!!. Click OK below window get appeared and
COM Port tab get displayed.
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At COM Port setting select desired COM Port by dropping COM Port and Baud Rate is
always 115200 now apply new setting and restart software and try to connect
DC4000S if selected COM Port is ok than DC4000S white led get still.
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Steps to calibrate:
After calibration is done now user want to check calibration, follow below steps
I. Select load cell capacity for example 10 Tn.
II. Click on show button. This will initiate a command to DC4000S to display Raw
ADC.
III. Settle down load cell and click on Tare button to zero Raw ADC value.
IV. Apply physical load user able to see output in kN at Sensor O/p box.
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Geophone Calibration
Note: make sure before doing calibration of geophone user is in noise and vibration
free environment .Click on Geophone tab as shown below
This will show geophone dedicated location, area and calibration factor. It is good
practices after updating location of geophone on tale of FWD enter it in software and
click on Save button. Now if user wants to calibrate geophone click on Calibrate
System button geophone calibration window get appeared as shown
below
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b.
c. Selecting G7 will restore its previous values of area and calibration factor
in their dedicated boxes.
Calibrating Geophone
Before doing calibration make sure geophone are still and properly mounted on
calibration zig. Let say I mounted geophone no.7 on zig.
I. Now start calibration zig and click on Geophone Data button a beep get
appeared of about 2-3 second, when beeps get over click on Transfer data to
sheet button will transfer all data to bottom right sheet shown on window. To
display behavior of geophone tick on G7 Plot Graph. This will show sine wave
as shown in figure below:
II. Now we have to calculate area for this select geophone by pulling down the
selector and enter Deflection for example I enter cam deflection is 0.565
mm.
III. Click Calculate AREA button.
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Steps to calibrate:
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It is recommended at the time user going to take deflection data to some place he/she
Creating new project helps in saving data automatically at desired location, this
includes project name, location, performer name, organization, place, district, start
point and end point of project. Enter all the field and click on Next and then Finish
button below message get appeared means database created successfully
Click ok and exit. Now everything gets synchronized as per new project details
entered. At this stage user is able to take deflection detail.
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Connect DC4000S before entering Manual operation mode after connection gets
successful window is as shown below
After connection GO and manual mode button get enabled. Click on Manual Mode
button will display below window with below buttons
I. Transport Lock
II. Transport Unlock
III. Tale Lock
IV. Tale Unlock
V. Main Assembly Rise
VI. Main Assembly Rest
VII. Weight Assembly Rise
VIII. Weight Assembly Rest
IX. Weight Lock
X. Weight Unlock
XI. Return: Clicking on return button will return user to Main Window.
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Connect DC4000S before entering Automatic operation mode after connection gets
successful window is as shown below
I. Main Menu:
a. File:
i. Using File menu user is able to export date to Excel and Unicode
format.
ii. Return to mail window.
b. View: To view drop detail or to plot this icon is used.
c. About: Give detail about registration of software.
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