Saving An Image Or Video In An Mdi Inspection - GE Mentor Visual iQ User Manual

07/30/2014

Saving an Image or Video in an MDI Inspection

To save an image in the selected inspection point, press the SAVE hard key. During the
save process, some of the following are available:
Required Characterization - If required, a characterization list appears before the save
menu. You must select an entry to continue.
Save - Saves the image with the associated MDI data and filename.
Save with Flag - Saves the image with "FLAG" appended onto the filename. If you use
this option, you can then generate a report including only the flagged images.
Observation - Assign characterization to this image.
Add Comments - Save typed comments along with the image. When generating a report,
these comments are associated with the specific image.
Add Audio Comments - Record audio comments along with the image.
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– Press this hard key to save the frozen image into the selected inspection point.
Note: The system automatically names the image to correspond to the location in
the MDI file currently selected.
2
– Save Options are described above (not all appear in every MDI).
Note: Save (or Save With Flag) only after all Comments, Observations, or Audio
Comments are entered as this added information will then be associated with the
saved image.
3
– These menus allow the user to add Audio Comments to any image prior to saving.
Be sure to select Done to complete the audio-comment recording process.
4
– Select Comments to enter written comments to be saved with the image.
5
– Entered comments can be added to a list of Preset comments from which you can
later select.
6
– Choose Observations from a pre-loaded list
Note: Images and Videos saved using MDI are located in the inspection folder created
at the beginning of the inspection. The image or video file has Meta data associated
with it to ensure communication with data management software such as GEIT
Rhythm.
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