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ABEM Product Number 33 3100 08
ABEM 2016-12-07, based on release 2.0.1 of Terrameter LS Toolbox

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  • Page 1 User Manual Terrameter LS Toolbox ABEM Product Number 33 3100 08 ABEM 2016-12-07, based on release 2.0.1 of Terrameter LS Toolbox...
  • Page 2 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox...
  • Page 3 Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and constitutes no commitment by ABEM Instrument AB. ABEM Instrument AB takes no responsibility for errors in this manual or problems that may arise from the use of this material.
  • Page 4 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Table of Contents Section Page Introduction ......................1 Installation ......................2 Overview ....................... 6 Instrument Communication and Management ..........8 Initiating Communication ................8 Importing Data ..................... 10 Spread and Protocol Transfer ............... 11 Firmware Update ..................14 4.4.1 Updating the application software ............
  • Page 6 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Introduction Terrameter LS Toolbox is a revised replacement for the Terrameter LS Utility Software. The Terrameter LS Toolbox can be found and downloaded from www.guidelinegeo.com The following functions are included:  Transfer of data files Terrameter LS => PC ...

  • Page 8: Installation

    “C:\Program Files” and “C:\Program Files (x86)” folders, which might cause errors. To avoid issues it could be recommended to install the Terrameter LS Toolbox in another folder, e.g. “C:\ABEM\Terrameter\” The Terrameter LS Toolbox installer is available for download from www.abem.se.
  • Page 9 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox The default Start Menu shortcut can be accepted or changed. To change click Browse… or type directly in the text field. Click Next. Choose if a desktop icon shall be created or not. Click Next.
  • Page 10 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox The installation process is now ready to start. Click Install. The installation is executed.
  • Page 11 When installation is complete, choose if you want to launch the Terrameter LS Toolbox immediately or not: Click Finish. The installation process is now complete and Terrameter LS Toolbox is ready to be used. Terrameter LS Toolbox can be started either from the desktop icon or the start menu.

  • Page 12: Overview

    The user interface is based on a tree structure holding one or more project groups as well as any number of Terrameter LS instruments (Figure 1). A project group can contain any number of projects. These projects are taken from one or more Terrameter LS instruments.
  • Page 13 If a project group is removed from the tree the data will not be deleted, but it may be desirable to keep the Terrameter LS projects organised in project groups e.g. for possible future re-processing of the data. Instead...

  • Page 14: Instrument Communication And Management

    PC. Alternatively the built-in DHCP server can be activated in the Terrameter LS and the PC connected directly to it. Please read section “The Network” in the instruction manual for Terrameter LS for details on how to do that.
  • Page 15 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 5. Context menu for an unconnected instrument Figure 6. Context menu for a connected instrument Figure 7. Properties section...

  • Page 16: Importing Data

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Importing Data To import data from a Terrameter LS, right click on the instrument tree node and choose Manage Projects (Figure 6). The Manage Projects dialog (Figure 8) is shown with a list of the projects on the instrument. Use the checkboxes on the left side (Figure 9) to select the project(s) to import to the PC.

  • Page 17: Spread And Protocol Transfer

    Press the respective arrow button to transfer from the PC to the instrument or vice versa. The default directory in the PC is dependent on the Windows version Terrameter LS Toolbox is run on. The current directory is shown, bottom-left, and it is...
  • Page 18 Browse button or entering text into the text box. If a spread or protocol in the Terrameter LS is to be replaced by a new improved or corrected version Allow overwrite must be checked.
  • Page 19 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox All protocols that can be used with a spread are listed under that spread in the tree lists. A protocol can in some cases be used in combination with two or more spreads, and as a result the same protocol can be present under more than one spread in the tree view.

  • Page 20: Firmware Update

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Firmware Update For the Terrameter LS there are two software that can be updates. The first is the application software, which is the graphical user interface and the data acquisition software. The second is the current transmitter software, also called current transmitter firmware, which controls the behaviour of the current transmitter.

  • Page 21: Updating The Current Transmitter Firmware

    The entire process is described in a separate guide that can be found on Guideline Geo’s website in the Resource Center. With the Terrameter LS Toolbox the current transmitter can be set to programming mode. Open the Enable TX Update on Instrument dialogue (Figure 18) by right- clicking on the tree node of the instrument and choosing Enable TX Updating from the context menu.
  • Page 22 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 18. Enable TX Update on Instrument Once the current transmitter is in programming mode, it can be programmed using a separate software called SAM-BA. See separate update guide for instructions. Figure 19. Process completed...

  • Page 23: Setting Timezone And Time

    Figure 20. Manually select TX Update script file Setting Timezone and Time The Terrameter LS will upon delivery be pre-set to a time and timezone according to the known information about the end user. If this information was not correct or if the time needs to be changed the Change Timezone &...
  • Page 24 If there are very few Regions or Cities available in the drop down list this may be because not all timezone packages have been installed in the Terrameter LS. To install all current timezone packages press the button Upload more time zones. This will take a little while so please be patient.
  • Page 25 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 23. Synchronizing completed...

  • Page 26: Data Management And Post-Processing

    Data Management and Post-Processing Project Management In order to open data in Terrameter LS Toolbox the data must first be added to a project group. A project group can contain one or several Terrameter LS projects. It is possible to combine projects from different instruments in a project group. Start by right-clicking on Project Groups and select Create Project Group (Figure 24).
  • Page 27 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 26. Expanded and collapsed Project Figure 27. Project context menu Figure 28. Project Summary page...

  • Page 28: Task Data Post-Processing

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 29. Properties section showing project summary In the project context menu projects can also be removed from the project group, by selecting the option Remove. By selecting Dormant in the project context menu, projects can be marked as inactive (Figure 30).
  • Page 29 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 31. Right-click context menu of a task Clicking on Summary will show a page similar to the one in Figure 32. Figure 32. Task Summary page Before viewing the task data, e.g. as a pseudo section, bad data points can be filtered away.

  • Page 30: Table

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 5.2.1 Table The Table page (Figure 33) displays the data points of a task in a list. The checkboxes on the Show data panel on the right hand part of the page can be used to deselect or select which columns to show in the table.
  • Page 31 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 35. The right click context menu of the data table Note! One or more data points can be selected using the shift and control keys combined with mouse clicks in the standard Windows way (Figure 36).

  • Page 32: Export

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 5.2.2 Export The Data Export dialog can be invoked directly from the task in the project tree view or from the data point list (see chapter 5.2.1). In the Data filter options panel of the dialog it is possible to filter the exported data. E.g. according to type of electrode array and whether to include IP data or not (only enabled if the data set contains IP data).

  • Page 33: Show On Map

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 39. Right click to bring up export menu items 5.2.4 Show on Map The geographical location of the measurement task can be plotted on a map using the Show on Map function (Figure 40). This menu item is accessible via a right-click on the tree node of the task.

  • Page 34: View Pseudosection

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 5.2.5 View Pseudosection The pseudo section plot (Figure 41) function is also reached via right-click on the tree node of the task. On the right side of the plot window there is a menu for setting up plot options.
  • Page 35 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox There are four tabs for setup of pseudo section plot options (Figure 43). Figure 43. Plot option tabs for pseudosection view. Note! The software Erigraph is recommended for pseudosection plotting for reports and presentations. It is...
  • Page 36 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox...

  • Page 37: Full Waveform

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox 5.2.6 Full Waveform Note! Full waveform recordings of the data can only be plotted if the option for saving such data was enabled during the field data acquisition, and that the data was imported from the Terrameter LS.
  • Page 38 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox It is possible to zoom in the diagram by using the mouse (Figure 45). Place the pointer and press down the left mouse button while selecting the area to zoom in on. Figure 45. Zoom-in view of full waveform data. Zoom by selecting part of diagram with left mouse button pressed.

  • Page 39: View Ip Decay Curves

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox By right clicking on the diagram a summary of the electrode geometry can be shown with the Show Info menu item (Figure 47). This is also the way to access export of the diagram to the clipboard or as graphic file, and to export the full waveform data as a text file.

  • Page 40: Edit Electrode Coordinates

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox By right clicking on the diagram it can be exported to the clipboard or as a graphic file (Figure 49). Figure 49. Context menu items 5.2.8 Edit Electrode Coordinates The Edit Electrode Coordinates page (Figure 50) can be used to add additional coordinate information, such as topography, to tasks.
  • Page 41 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox To add topography either import topography information from a file, or press the Add layout button to add the topography data directly into the list. To import topography information from a file press the Import from file button. In the open box select to open files of the type “Topography text files (*.txt)”...

  • Page 42: Main Menu

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Main Menu The main menu of Terrameter LS Toolbox has four top menus (Figure 51). Figure 51. The Main Menu...

  • Page 43: Conversion Of Adr To Xml Spread File

    Hence this routine will only be needed if cable sets different than the types ones delivered by ABEM, or if a set of standard cables are configured in a different way than the standard spread. The spread file in ADR format can be created in a text editor or spread sheet, and it may be convenient to do it by modifying a copy of an existing spread file.
  • Page 44 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 52. ADR to XML spread file conversion dialog before conversion Figure 53. ADR to XML spread file conversion dialog after conversion...

  • Page 45: Conversion Of Org To Xml Protocol File

    The input files for this conversion routine must be in the ORG format that is used by the Lund Imaging System based on Terrameter SAS1000 / SAS4000. The format is described in Appendix C of the instruction manual for Terrameter LS. Please read this appendix carefully before attempting to create your own protocol files.
  • Page 46 ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Figure 55. ORG to XML protocol file conversion dialog before conversion Figure 56. ORG to XML protocol file conversion dialog after conversion...

  • Page 47: Windows Display

    ABEM Terrameter LS Toolbox Windows Display The tree panel on the left side can be hidden or shown. This may be useful in order to see more of the tabs on the right side. There are three different ways to do this. Either...

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