GTCO CalComp QUIKRULER Manuale utente
QuikRuler
Contents
IntroducingQuikRuler 1
SettingUp 2
Components 2
Connecting the Components 3
Digitizer Connections 3
Interface Module Connections 3
Display Module Connections 4
Optional PC Connections and
Program Installation 4
Starting QuikRuler 5
Making Selections 6
Stylus 6
16-Button Cursor 6
4-Button Cursor 6
ConfiguringQuikRuler 7
Locating the Menu 7
Relocating the Menu at Start-up 8
Relocating the Menu While Working
with QuikRuler 9
If You Lose the Menu Location 9
Using the Configure Block 10
Setting Fractional Digits 11
Setting Tone Options 12
Selecting Your Language 13
Choosing the Decimal Point Character 15
Setting the Last Output Character 15
Setting Scale and Units 16
Identifying the Unit of Measure 16
Setting the Scale Manually 17
Setting the Scale Automatically 19
Setting the Counting Scale 21
Contents
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GTCO Document Number 53-00039, Revision C
GTCO Corporation, 1994. Under copyright laws,
this manual may not be copied in whole or in part,
without the written consent of GTCO Corporation.
PRECISIONinside is a trademark of Timberline
Software Corporation. Roll-Up and QuikRuler
are trademarks of GTCO Corporation. All other
marks are the marks of their respective
Companies.
GTCO Corporation, 7125 Riverwood Drive,
Columbia, MD 21046, USA
Phone (410) 381-6688 • Fax (410) 290-9065
Contents
Measurements 23
Measuring the Size of an Area 23
Area Shortcut 24
Adding or Subtracting Areas 25
Measuring the Length of a Perimeter 26
Counting Elements of Your Drawing 26
Measuring a Straight Segment 27
Measuring a Continuous Length 28
Adding or Subtracting Segments
and Lengths 29
Using QuikRuler as a Calculator 30
Editing Data on the Display 31
Correcting Mistakes When Accumulating
Measurements 31
Clearing the Total 31
Correcting Numeric Entries 32
Sending Data to Your PC 33
Messages 35
Radio and Television Interference 37
Appendix 39
Transducer Button Functions 39
Limited Warranty for QuikRuler 40
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QuikRuler
Introducing QUIKRULER
Congratulations for purchasing the GTCO
QuikRuler. QuikRuler is a portable measuring
system that is perfect for estimators, builders,
contractors, surveyors, scientists, planners,
designers, appraisers, and anyone else who
needs to take measurements from blueprints,
maps, diagrams, and other drawings.
With QuikRuler, you can quickly measure areas,
perimeters, and lengths, using any scale and
unit of measure. You can perform more complex
measurements by adding or subtracting areas
and lengths. The built-in measurement functions,
combined with QuikRuler's calculator, make
QuikRuler an indispensable tool. And with the
optional PC interface, you can send results
directly from the QuikRuler display to your PC,
for use in a spreadsheet or estimating package.
Best of all, you don't need any special
experience or training to use QuikRuler. Simply
select an option from the QuikRuler menu, touch
the stylus or cursor to the drawing, and read the
result on the QuikRuler display.
1
Introduction
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Setting Up
Components
QuikRuler combines a digitizer, stylus or cursor,
and portable display into a single system that is
easy to move and set up as needed.
QuikRulerMenu
GTCORoll-UpDigitizerTablet
2
As an option, use your
computer to take input from
QuikRuler
Stylus
(A 4-button or 16-button
cursorcanalso beused)
InterfaceModule
DisplayModule
SettingUp
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Connecting the Components
•Connect the stylus (or optional cursor) to the
digitizer.
•Connect the QuikRuler interface module to the
digitizer.
•Connect the QuikRuler display module to the
interface module.
•Connect the power cable to the interface
module.
DigitizerConnections
Interface Module Connections
3
Connecttodisplaymodule
Connecttopowersupply Connect to digitizer
Connectto
stylus/cursor
Connectto
interfacemodule
DONOTconnect
digitizerpower
supply if using a
Roll-UpDigitizer.
Powerissupplied
from the QuikRuler.
SettingUp
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4
DisplayModuleConnections
OptionalPCConnections
andProgramInstallation
If you want to use QuikRuler with a PC, you must
attach the interface module to an available PC
serial port and install the QuikRuler interface
program.
•Insert the QuikRuler disk into drive A (or B).
•Type a:install (or b:install) at the DOS prompt
and press ENTER.
•Follow the instructions on your screen.
Connect to the serial port on
the back of your PC
Connectto
interfacemodule
SettingUp
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Starting QuikRuler
QuikRuler starts up when you connect the power
supply. If the start-up was successful, you
should hear four short beeps from the digitizer
and, after the sign-on messages, line 1 of the
display should read Select from Menu. Line 2
of the display will show the current X-axis and Y-
axis position of the stylus and a number
indicating the status of the stylus switches. If the
stylus is over the menu, the numbers will be
replaced by minus signs (- -----,-----) or, if the
stylus is not in the tablet's measuring area, the
numbers will be replaced by asterisks
(* *****,*****).
Press the tip of the stylus on a menu function
button to begin using QuikRuler.
SettingUp
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MakingSelections
You can use either a stylus or a cursor to trace
and measure drawings. You can also use either
device to make selections from the QuikRuler
menu. This manual assumes you have a stylus.
Stylus
16-Button Cursor
4-Button Cursor
Crosshairsfortracing
orselecting
Crosshairsfortracing
orselecting
Press any button on the bottom
three rows to activate a menu function
without pointing to the menu.
(see"TransducerButtonFunctions")
Press the white, green or blue button on
the cursor to activate a menu function
without pointing to the menu.
(see"TransducerButtonFunctions")
6
Press any button on the top
row to make a selection.
(sameasstylustipswitch)
Press the yellow button
on the cursor to make a selection.
(sameasstylustipswitch)
SettingUp
Tomakeaselection
with the stylus,
press the tip down. Press the side button to
use the Count function.
For more information, see
"CountingElementsof
Your Drawing" later in this
manual.
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Configuring QuikRuler
Locating the Menu
Use the QuikRuler menu to select functions you
want to use.
When QuikRuler is shipped to you, it is
programmed to expect the menu to be in the
lower left corner of the digitizer surface.
7
When you first start QuikRuler,
it expects the menu to be in the
digitizer's lower left corner.
Configuring
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Relocating the Menu at Start-Up
When you start QuikRuler, it shows the following
message for five seconds.
Press Switch to
Relocate Menu...
If you want the menu to be in a different location,
you can relocate it when you start QuikRuler:
•Put the menu where you want it to be and tape
it down. The entire menu must be within the
digitizer's measuring area.
•Power up the QuikRuler.
•Press the stylus tip anywhere when the
Relocate Menu message is displayed.
•QuikRuler prompts you to Select Left Pnt
•Press the stylus on the left point of the menu.
•QuikRuler prompts you to Select Right Pnt
•Press the stylus on the right point of the menu.
8
Left point Right point
Configuring
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