Introduction The DD Lite Cog-4 version is a simple text overlay device that can count distances from a reel, display pages, and observation data on screen. This device is menu driven and has help menus to guide users though setup screens. The DD Lite allows for five title screens to be stored and displayed, twenty six observation codes, one always on line for manhole information, and a comment line that can be configured to be on or off.
Help Menu Figure 2: F1 Help Menu Pressing the F1 key will open the help menu. The help menu describes each function key used by the DD Lite. To exit the Help menu press the ESC (escape) key. Page...
Function Keys The function keys allow the user to quickly setup and run the main functions of the DD Lite. F2 Pointer On/Off Figure 3: F2 Pointer On / Off Pressing F2 will display a triangle pointer on screen. To move the cursor press the up/down/left/right arrow keys on the keyboard.
F3 Comment Mode On/Off Figure 4: F3 Comment Mode On/Off Pressing F3 will turn on the line one comments on. On this line any alphanumeric text can be typed in. To clear the line the back space key may be used or the user can press F4 (Clear Comment Text). To turn the comment line off, press F3 again.
F6 Toggle Distance Mode Figure 5: Toggle Distance Mode To change the distance mode from Feet to Meters press F6. This should only be used if the user wishes to count in meters when the reel is configured for feet. If your reel is configured for meters use the Encoder Option setup from the Setup menu to change the distance label.
F7 Display Title Screens Figure 6: Display Title Screens To display configured title screens press F7. Each screen will appear for the configured time. The keyboard will be locked while displaying pages. Once the pages have displayed the user will be able to add observations and change settings.
F12 Setup Menu Figure 7: F12 Setup Menu Pressing F12 will open the setup menu. Refer to the Setup Menu section of this manual for information about each setup option. To close the setup menu press ESC. Page...
Setup Menu Figure 8: Setup Menu The Setup Menu will allow the user to configure the DD Lite’s Display options, title pages, encoder options, and observation codes. Page 10...
F1 Set Time/Date Figure 9: Set Time and Date To Set the Date and Time use the up and down arrow keys to change values and the tab key to move between the Hour, Minute, Date, Month and year fields. To save the changes and exit, press Enter. To cancel changes and exit, press ESC.
F2 Set Display Options Figure 10: Set Display Options The display option menu allows the user to configure what items will be on screen at all times. Use the up and down arrow keys to change values and the tab key to move between fields. In this example The Time, Date, and Encoder are enabled.
F4 Set Encoder Options Figure 12: Set Encoder Options The Encoder Options menu allows the Counting Sense, Decimal Place, Units Label, Distance Pre-Set, Scale Factor, and Calibration to be set. Use the up and down arrow keys to change values and the tab key to move between fields. Set the counting Sense to Up to have the counter count up as the cable is pulled out.
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To begin press enter to zero the encoder. Figure 14: Calibrate Encoder -Enter Distance to Calibrate Over Enter the distance of cable to calibrate the system with. Ten feet (or meters) is enough to provide an accurate count, but longer distances can be used to create an even more accurate count. Figure 15: Calibrate Encoder - Pull Cable Pull the cable off of the reel for the set distance entered.
F5 Set Title Screens Figure 16: Edit Title Screen The title screen editor allows the number to screens to be set, how long the screens will be displayed, and what will be displayed on each screen. Use the up and down arrow keys to change values and the tab key to move between fields. The number of screens may be set to 0, 1,2,3,4, or 5.
F6 Set Observation Codes Figure 18: Set Observations Codes Set observation codes allows the user to set the number of seconds observations are displayed, which line the observation will show on, which code to edit, and the code itself. Use the up and down arrow keys to change values and the tab key to move between fields.
F7 Set Header Line Figure 19: Set Header Line Set Header Line allows the user to display one line of text at all times such as manhole numbers. In this screen the line to which the text is displayed can be set, the line can be toggled on and off, and the text for the line can be changed. Use the up and down arrow keys to change values and the tab key to move between fields.
Zeroing and Presetting Distance When starting a run the distance counter can be either set to zero or to the predefined distance set in the Encoder options. To set the distance counter to zero, press Alt-Z. To set the distance counter to the predefined distance, press Alt-P.
Adding Observations Figure 20: Adding observations To add observations the observation codes must first be setup. Refer to the F6 Set Observation Codes section of the setup menu for more information on how to setup observation codes. To put observation text on screen press CTRL plus a letter on the keyboard.
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