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Model GK-604D
Digital Inclinometer Reader
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Instruction Manual
©2022, GEOKON. All rights reserved.
Document Revision: A | Release date: 8/1/22

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  • Page 1 Model GK-604D Digital Inclinometer Reader Application Instruction Manual ©2022, GEOKON. All rights reserved. Document Revision: A | Release date: 8/1/22...
  • Page 3 The buyer's sole remedy for any breach of this agreement by GEOKON or any breach of any warranty by GEOKON shall not exceed the purchase price paid by the purchaser to GEOKON for the unit or units, or equipment directly affected by such breach.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.2.1 INSTALLING GK-604D READER FROM GOOGLE PLAY STORE ......2 2.2.2 INSTALLING GK-604D READER VIA USB LINK TO HOST PC ........3 STARTING THE GK-604D READER APP THE FIRST TIME ....4 3.1 CREATING A NEW “HOLE” ................5 3.2 SETTING THE SYSTEM PARAMETERS ............7 3.2.1...
  • Page 6 8.4 AXIS PROFILE PLOT ..................35 8.5 AXIS DEFLECTION PLOT ................35 TERMINAL WINDOW PAGE ............36 DATABASE BACKUP ..............37 ABOUT GK-604D READER .............. 38 APPENDIX A. HOLE DATA GKN FILE FORMAT ......... 40 APPENDIX B. TEXT REPORTS ..............41 B.1 RAW DATA TEXT REPORT ................
  • Page 7 FIGURES Figure 1: FPC-3 Running the GK-604D Reader App ............1 Figure 2: GK-604D Reader Icon ..................2 Figure 3: Google Play icon ....................2 Figure 4: GK-604D Install page ................... 3 Figure 5: Permission Request ....................4 Figure 6: Main Screen ......................4 Figure 7: Main Screen "Kebab"...
  • Page 8 Figure 53: Terminal Window Page ................... 36 Figure 54: Terminal Window Page (Connected) ............... 36 Figure 55: Android Folder Choose ..................37 Figure 56: About GK-604D Reader................... 38 Figure 57: Attempting to Connect Dialog ................38 Figure 58: About GK-604D with Probe Status ..............39...
  • Page 9 TABLES Table 1: Hole Data GKN File Format ................. 40 Table 2: Raw Data Text Report ..................41 Table 3: Axis A Profile Data Text Report ................42 Table 4: Axis B Profile Data Text Report ................43 Table 5: Axis A Deflection Data Text Report ..............44 Table 6: Axis B Deflection Data Text Report ...............
  • Page 10 EQUATIONS Equation 1: Change in Digits Calculation (Deflection) ............49 Equation 2: Deflection Calculation ..................49 Equation 3: Change in Digits Calculation (Profile) ............. 50 Equation 4: Profile Calculation..................50...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Remote Module, a Pulley Assembly and the Readout Unit. The Readout Unit must have an Android operating system of at least version 6.0 (Marshmellow) and the GK-604D Reader | aos application installed on it. This application is available on Google Play or on the GEOKON website. Primarily, this manual will cover the operation of the GK-604D Reader | aos application.

  • Page 12: Installation And Operation

    The readout software runs as an application under the Android operating system (OS) installed on a handheld PC (FPC-3) or other Android device. If an FPC-3 has been purchased from GEOKON then the GK-604D Reader | aos will already be installed.

  • Page 13: Installing Gk-604D Reader Via Usb Link To Host Pc

    2.2.2 INSTALLING GK-604D READER VIA USB LINK TO HOST PC The GK-604D Reader | aos application can also be installed by copying an Android Application Package (.apk) file to the Android device from a host PC. The process is as follows: Download the zipped installer from GEOKON’s software download...

  • Page 14: Starting The Gk-604D Reader App The First Time

    TIME The readout software is launched by entering the Android Apps drawer, then selecting the GK-604D Reader | aos icon (see Figure 2). When starting the application for the first time, the screen shown in Figure 5 will be shown.

  • Page 15: Creating A New "Hole

    From the Main Screen (see Figure 6), tap the “Holes” button to view the “Holes” screen (see Figure 8). Figure 8: Holes Screen MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | STARTING THE GK-604D READER APP FOR THE FIRST TIME | 5...

  • Page 16: Figure 9: Hole Editor Screen

    To save the new hole, tap the back button, “<”. Figure 10: Holes Screen (with new hole shown) Tap the back button again to return to the Main Screen (see Figure 6). 6 | STARTING THE GK-604D READER APP FOR THE FIRST TIME | GEOKON0...

  • Page 17: Setting The System Parameters

    When taking live readings, if the difference between two subsequent readings of the A and B channels are less than or equal to the "Stability Filter" then the reading will be deemed stable. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | STARTING THE GK-604D READER APP FOR THE FIRST TIME | 7...

  • Page 18: Stable Sound

    System Manual for more information regarding Bluetooth pairing. 3.2.8 EMAIL ADDRESS This parameter allows entry of an email address so that the Android device can export a data file as an email attachment. 8 | STARTING THE GK-604D READER APP FOR THE FIRST TIME | GEOKON0...

  • Page 19: Gk-604D Reader Application Main Screen

    Remote Module. See Section 9 for more information. Backup Database: See Section 10 for more information. About GK-GK604D Reader: See Section 11 for more information. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | GK-604D READER APPLICATION MAIN SCREEN | 9...

  • Page 20: Connecting To The Reel And Conducting Asurvey

    (blue light will be blinking) before tapping the “Begin Survey” button. After the Remote Module successfully connects to the Android device, the blue POWER ON indicator will transition from blinking to steadily lit. If the GK-604D Reader app recognizes the attached inclinometer AND if the selected hole references this inclinometer, then the Live Readings screen will be displayed (see Figure 12).

  • Page 21: Figure 13: Problem Connecting To Reel

    (see Figure 15), allowing the new probe to be named. When done, tap the “Back” button () to save the new probe. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | 11...

  • Page 22: Figure 15: Inclinometer Editor

    Figure 16: Probe Not Assigned See Section 3.2 of the Digital Inclinometer System Manual and Section 3.3 above for more information about setting up the readout and inclinometer system 12 | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | GEOKON...

  • Page 23: Live Readings Window

    A2/B2 and checksums “A1 + A2” and “B1 + B2”. This gives a running indicator of how the second portion of the survey compares to the first. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | 13...

  • Page 24: Live Readings Screen Kebab Options

    Figure 21 shows the available options from the Live Readings menu when a Digital Inclinometer/Compass probe is detected. These options are described below. Figure 21: Live Readings "Kebab" Options 14 | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | GEOKON...

  • Page 25: Figure 22: Previous Survey Data Viewer

    Editor allows a survey to be named and a brief description added. Optionally, a picture can be selected/taken of the site and saved to the Android file system. Figure 23: Meta Data Editor MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | 15...

  • Page 26: Figure 24: Initial Compass Calibration Screen

    CALIBRATE COMPASS: For optimum accuracy, the digital inclinometer/compass probe should be calibrated for each survey site. The GK-604D Reader application provides a dialog to facilitate this (see Figure 21). A compass survey does not need to be enabled to perform the calibration. Tapping the “Calibrate Compass" menu item displays the initial calibration screen (Figure 24).

  • Page 27: Conducting A Survey

    6 inches of clearance from the bottom of the probe to the bottom of the casing. If using telescoping sections in the casing, allow for an additional 6 inches of clearance for each telescoping section installed. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | 17...
  • Page 28 15. Tap the back button to exit the Live Readings Page. A prompt will be displayed asking if the user would like to save the data. Tapping “Yes” will cause the reel to shut down and the main page to be displayed on the GK-604D Reader | aos app.

  • Page 29: Auto Record Sequence

    • At the start of an “Auto Record” sequence, the probe should be down the casing at the starting level, in the “A+” orientation. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | 19...

  • Page 30: Figure 28: Auto Record Paused, Dataset 2 Selected

    “Auto record is paused” and the “Pause” icon will change to the “Play” icon while “Dataset 1” becomes “Dataset 2” (Figure 28). Figure 28: Auto Record Paused, Dataset 2 Selected 20 | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | GEOKON...

  • Page 31: Figure 29: Unsaved Data Prompt

    “Hole” name. For example, if there were four previous surveys saved for a hole with the name of “HL123_Dam75”, the new survey would be named: “HL123_Dam75_005”. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | CONNECTING TO THE REEL AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY | 21...

  • Page 32: Working With Application Configuration Elements

    “GPS Status” (above) displays “GPS Available”. If the button is enabled, tapping it will cause the application to access the GPS hardware, read the current location and populate the Latitude and Longitude parameters (described above). 22 | WORKING WITH APPLICATION CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 33: Figure 30: Edit Hole Parameters, Screen 1

    Figure 30: Edit Hole Parameters, Screen 1 Figure 31: Edit Hole Parameters, Screen 2 MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | WORKING WITH APPLICATION CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS | 23...

  • Page 34: Inclinometer Configuration

    Digital inclinometer probes will have this value programmed at the factory and will be read-only. For analog inclinometer probes, enter appropriate numbers for the B-axis gauge factors. See the Inclinometer manual and Calibration sheet for more information. 24 | WORKING WITH APPLICATION CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 35: Project Configuration

    Optional. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter a brief description of the project. CREATED: Read-only date and time value, generated when the project was created. Figure 33: Project Parameters MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | WORKING WITH APPLICATION CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS | 25...

  • Page 36: Importing And Sharing (Exporting)

    (see Figure 34) . When ready, tap the “IMPORT FILE” button to display the import file selector (see Figure 35). Figure 34: Import Screen Figure 35: Import File Selection 26 | IMPORTING AND SHARING (EXPORTING) | GEOKON...

  • Page 37: Figure 36: Importing Page

    “Downloads”) is generally available and GEOKON recommends using this folder for importing. The following file types can be imported into the GK-604D Reader database: .lvhe: A compressed file that contains information about an inclinometer “hole” or well and may contain data files from previously performed surveys. These “import”...

  • Page 38: Sharing (Exporting)

    The Export Options menu is shown when the Share Data button is tapped, allowing the export of survey data, log files or entire databases (see Figure 38). Figure 38: Survey Export Options 28 | IMPORTING AND SHARING (EXPORTING) | GEOKON...

  • Page 39: Figure 39: Survey List

    Then select an export method (see Figure 40): Figure 40: Select Survey Export Method If the user selects “Export to folder”, the GK-604D Reader will show an Android Folder Chooser, allowing a folder location to be selected to export to (see Figure 41).

  • Page 40: Figure 41: Folder Chooser

    Figure 41: Folder Chooser If the user selects “Export as email attachment”, the GK-604D Reader will show an Android Email Chooser, allowing the user to select which email application they want to use to export with (see Figure 42). Figure 42: Choose Email Provider...

  • Page 41: Figure 43: Email Composer

    The System Parameters (see Section 3.2 and Figure 11) and can be changed inside the email composer. The exported document appears as a “zipped” attachment in the email. Figure 43: Email Composer MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | IMPORTING AND SHARING (EXPORTING) | 31...

  • Page 42: Plots/Reports

    The survey or surveys are selected from rolling lists and, depending on the report type selected, requires the selection of one or two surveys. Deflection reports or plots require two surveys to generate the report or plot (see Figure 45). Figure 45: Two Surveys Selected 32 | PLOTS/REPORTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 43: Raw Data File Report

    (see the “Options” pane in Figure 44). See Appendix B for an example of a profile report saved in text form. This report can be viewed in landscape or portrait mode. MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | PLOTS/REPORTS | 33...

  • Page 44: Axis Deflection Report

    ) The header can be scrolled up to see the metadata information for Figure 49 both the “Initial Data” and “Current Data” file. This report may also be saved in comma-separated value (.csv) format. Figure 50: Deflection Report (Scrolled Figure 49: Deflection Report (Portrait Left) View) 34 | PLOTS/REPORTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 45: Axis Profile Plot

    3.2.8. Much like when exporting data via email (see Section 7.2), the plot or CSV file is compressed into a “zip” file and then sent via email as an attachment (see Figure 43). MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | PLOTS/REPORTS | 35...

  • Page 46: Terminal Window Page

    “Command:” prompt, followed in most case by a “SEND CR” button tap. See Appendix C. for more information about commands. 36 | TERMINAL WINDOW PAGE | GEOKON...

  • Page 47: Database Backup

    When the appropriate folder has been selected, tap the “SELECT” button and the GK-604D Reader app will make a copy of the current database and place it in the selected folder (see Figure 55). The Reader app will then return to the Main Screen (see Figure 6).

  • Page 48: About Gk-604D Reader

    11. ABOUT GK-604D READER When “About GK-604D Reader” is selected from the Main Screen Menu items (see Figure 7), an information screen is displayed giving copyright information as well as the application version (see Figure 56). Tapping on the “Remote Module Status” button will display another screen reminding the user to press the “Power On”...

  • Page 49: Figure 58: About Gk-604D With Probe Status

    Figure 58: About GK-604D with Probe Status The full text of GEOKON’s Privacy Policy can be read by tapping the “PRIVACY POLICY” button from the About GK-604D Reader screen(s) (see Figure 56 and Figure 58). GEOKON’s Privacy Policy can also be accessed from our website at the following link: https://www.GEOKON.com/Privacy...

  • Page 50: Appendix A. Hole Data Gkn File Format

    Note: The “DATE” value in the data file above is displayed in the "Short date" format from Regional Settings of the Nautiz. The “TIME”value in the data file above is always displayed as "HH:mm:ss". 40 | HOLE DATA GKN FILE FORMAT | GEOKON...

  • Page 51: Appendix B. Text Reports

    159.6 27.5 1014 -1050 -318 159.1 -1048 -337 158.6 28.5 -978 -331 158.1 -981 -346 157.6 29.5 -985 -377 157.1 1013 -1052 -380 156.6 Table 2: Raw Data Text Report MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | TEXT REPORTS | 41...

  • Page 52: A-Axis Profile Data Text Report

    A-AXIS PROFILE DATA TEXT REPORT Table 3: Axis A Profile Data Text Report 42 | TEXT REPORTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 53: B-Axis Profile Data Text Report

    B.3 B-AXIS PROFILE DATA TEXT REPORT Table 4: Axis B Profile Data Text Report MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | TEXT REPORTS | 43...

  • Page 54: A-Axis Deflection Data Text Report

    A-AXIS DEFLECTION DATA TEXT REPORT Table 5: Axis A Deflection Data Text Report 44 | TEXT REPORTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 55: B-Axis Deflection Data Text Report

    B.5 B-AXIS DEFLECTION DATA TEXT REPORT Table 6: Axis B Deflection Data Text Report MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | TEXT REPORTS | 45...

  • Page 56: Compass Survey Data Text Report

    COMPASS SURVEY DATA TEXT REPORT Table 7: Compass Survey Data Text Report 46 | TEXT REPORTS | GEOKON...

  • Page 57: Appendix C. Remote Module Command Structure

    GT:70A ZR:0.0000 GF:1.0000 GO:0.0000 GT:70B ZR:0.0000 GF:1.0000 GO:0.0000 Channels VA and VB: Linear Conversion Zero Read Offset = 0 Gauge Factor = 1 Gauge Offset = 0 Results in digits display = 2500(Vout) MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | REMOTE MODULE COMMAND STRUCTURE | 47...
  • Page 58 6105-E,126543 EXAMPLE 5: ENTER PROBE SERIAL NUMBER Note: The GK-604D Reader Application uses the serial number to determine the inclinometer probe units (metric or English) by reading the model number portion of the serial number string (the part to the left of the comma).

  • Page 59: Appendix D. Data Reduction Formulas

    Deflection B (in inches, English units, corrected for angle) Deflection B (in centimeters or millimeters, Metric units, corrected for angle) Cosine function Sine function Table 10: Data Reduction Variables (Profile) MODEL GK-604D INCLINOMETER READER APPLICATION | DATA REDUCTION FORMULAS | 49...

  • Page 60: Gtilt Users

    GTILT USERS When using GTILT with the GK-604D data files, use a Probe Constant of 10000 for both English and Metric "2.0sin" probes. For 2.5sin Units (Sinco) use a Probe Constant of 12500.
  • Page 64 GEOKON Phone: +1 (603) 448-1562 GEOKON is an ISO 9001:2015 48 Spencer Street Email: info@GEOKON.com Lebanon, New Hampshire Website: registered company 03766, USA www.GEOKON.com...

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