How To Use This Manual - Face Dipstick 2277 Operator's Manual

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

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This manual shows you how to collect data with the Dipstick 2277, as well as how to process
and report the data. It will show you how to manipulate the data on either the 2277 Windows
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CE 6 touch-screen 2277 Tablet that mounts on the Dipstick , or on the RoadFace analysis
software that resides on your desktop or laptop PC.
The Dipstick's Windows CE tablet runs the RFCollect program (RFCollect) which allows you
to collect, edit, and report your data. Because the editing portions of the menu on the Windows
CE tablet is virtually identical with the RoadFace analysis program on your desktop PC, the
menus and commands are nearly identical. Chapter 5 of this manual will identify any
differences and explain how to operate in either the RFCollect program (RFCollect_2277) or
the RoadFace desktop analysis program.
This manual is laid out in the order that you will probably use the program - first collect some
data, then process and report it.
If you want to collect some new data, and if you have never done this before, you should read
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in this manual. These are quite short – Chapters 1 & 2 are only 4 pages
each, with lots of photos & diagrams.
If you just want to process/edit/report some existing data, you can skip to Chapter 5,
Processing Data.
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