Giatec SmartRock User manual

User Guide
Sm ar t Rock
Wireless Concrete Quality Control
Sm ar t Concr et e Test ing Technol ogies

Sm ar t Rock
Activation
wires
Temperature
Sensor
Wireless
Transmitter / Logger

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Quick St ar t
1- Tag sensor
2- Install sensor
3- Connect
4- Obt ain results

Gi a t e c Sc i e n t i f i c In c . 1
Dow nl oad and Inst al l t he App
From the Go o g l e Pl a y or the Apple App Store, sear ch f or
Gi a t e c Sm ar t Ro c k . Dow nl oad and inst al l the latest version
of the app on your device.
Af ter the inst al l at ion is complete, click on the Giatec
Sm ar t Ro c k icon t o l aunch t he app.
Not e: If you have pr eviousl y inst al l ed t he app, skip t o the
next step.
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Launch theApp
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menubar located at the top of t he page and the navigation
pane at the bottom of the page which incl udes t he
following main functions:
Tagging: used t o assign a Nam e or ID t o a sensor .
Co n n e c t : used to wirelessly connect to a previously
tagged sensor.
View: w her e t he user can see t he pl ot s of
downloaded data from the sensor.
Not e: Make sur e t he Bluetoot h on your phone is turned on.
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Gen e r a l Se t t i n g s
Navigat ion Pane

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Tur n On The Sensor
St icking out on the bottom side of the sensor, there are
two electrical wires (exposed metal). These wires ar e
used to inst al l and fix the location of the sensor, and also
turn on the sensor at t he sam e tim e.
A common inst al l at ion practice is schematically shown in
the figure below. Twist the exposed wires around the
reinforcing bar (this will also turn on the sensor) and
ensure that the wires are not loose.
Tip 1: Co n n e c t i o n w i r e s a r e d e l i c a t e . Pl e a s e h a n d l e w i t h c a r e
when connecting/disconnecting these wires.
Tip 2: In or der t o m axim ize t he w ir el ess ant enna r ange, do
concrete surface. This will incr ease t he range of sensor
visibility (especially in the early age).
Not e: If st eel w ir es ar e disconnect ed f r om each ot her , t he
sensor turns off and memory is cleared.
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Tag The Sensor
From the home screen on your smartphone, click on the
Tagging key on the screen to go to the tagging page.
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on the screen.
Tip: You should in t he of f ice
bef ore using them in concrete. For this, you need to
act ivate/ deactivate them one by one (in the of f ice) and tag
them on theapp as they appear on thescreen separately.You
can write the tag name on the sensor label in order to make
the field installation process easier.
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Tag The Sensor -continued
Ent er a l abel f or t he sensor in t he Sensor Tag f iel d.
Af ter creating the sensor tag, the app will show the list of
tagged sensors in t he connect page.
Not e: Pr eviousl y t agged sensor s w il l not appear in t he
Tagging tab. They can be accessed f r om the Connect tab.
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1) Ent er Tag nam e
2) Tap to create

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Co n n ec t i n g t o Se n s o r
a list of tagged sensors is shown.
To connect to a sensor, stand within visibility range of the
sensor (up to 8 meters if the sensor is installed within
5cm from the concrete surface) and wait for the sensor
to establish a communication with the smartphone. This
can be verified by checking the status of the Bluetooth
signal on the right side of the sensor tag. When the sensor
is f ound, the gray signal icon turns into blue.
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