REMSCAN
QUICK START
INSTRUCTIONS
PDA v1.12
PREPARATION PRIOR TO SCANNING SAMPLES
1. In advance, ensure that the batteries in the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and the instrument are
fully charged and loaded as per the Operations Manual instructions. The PDA battery will give up
to 8 hours of regular scanning and the instrument batteries will each give at least 3 hours of regular
scanning. It is good practice to ensure that one instrument battery is charging while the other is in
use to allow continuous scanning.
2. Turn on the RemScan instrument using the button at the base of the handle below the trigger. The
button will ash red/green for a few seconds before turning solid green. When the light is green the
instrument is turned on. It is recommended that the instrument is turned on BEFORE the PDA is
turned on.
3. Start the PDA as follows:
a. Once the instrument is turned on, using the stylus (or a pen) press the at the top right hand
corner of the PDA once and release (see diagram over page). The green Windows Mobile
home screen will appear.
b. Push the “START” button on the PDA front panel (see diagram over page).
4. After a few seconds a warm up screen will appear with a blue/green progress bar in the centre
of the screen. The message “Device is warming up” will appear. After around 15 minutes the
instrument will be warmed up and a message “Background Required. Please attach Background
cap and press trigger” will appear.
5. Place the Background Cap (black cap labeled “Background”) on the nose cone of the instrument
and ensure it is secured and clipped on correctly. Pull the trigger and a blue/green progress bar will
appear and the scan will take around 1 minute to complete.
6. If the Background Cap scan was unsuccessful the message “Background energy is out of range.
Make sure the background cap is clean and rmly in place” or “Background Failed” will appear.
Please ensure that the Background Cap and Nose Cone is clean and dry. This can be done using
deionized water but MUST be thoroughly air-dried before using. If background material is noticably
dirty, replace with spare Background cap supplied with kit. Then ensure the cap is attached rmly
and follow the prompts on the screen to repeat the calibration process.
7. If the Background Cap scan was successful, the message “Background Scan Complete.
Reference Scan Required” will appear. Place the Reference Cap (white cap labeled “Reference P/S”)
on the nose cone and ensure it is secured and clipped on correctly. Pull the trigger and a blue/green
progress bar will appear and the scan will take around 1 minute to complete.
8. If the reference scan is unsuccessful the message “Re-present sample” or “Reference Failed” or
“Reference energy is out of range. Make sure the reference cap is clean and rmly in place” will be
displayed on the screen. Please ensure that the Reference Cap is clean and dry and that the cap
is attached rmly and follow the prompts on the screen to repeat the calibration process.
9. If the Reference Cap scan is successful the instrument is now ready for scanning soil and a
message will be displayed “instrument is now ready for scanning soil”.
10. If the Background and Reference Caps are both clean and dry and the calibration steps are
unsuccessful after several attempts, please contact Ziltek for technical assistance.
11. The PDA will ask the user to repeat the background standarization (steps 5-8) every hour.
NOTE: A quick reference check may be required to calibrate the instrument before the next
background is needed. A message will be displayed saying that a quick reference check is
required. Clean the nose cone and place the Reference P/S cap on and click the trigger.
12. Select Calibration Model - Press the “Admin” icon and enter password, the default password is
“admin”, then click “Login”. Select desired calibration model from the drop down menu, click “Save”.
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