File=MANUAL1A.TXT 18th Nov 1999 For the Brantz Surveymaster PC precision Highway data collection system. This computer program was designed to form a simple system to collect data from a road survey to be analysed later by means of a database or similar. The actual distance measuring is performed by the Brantz Surveymaster which downloads data on request to a Personal Computer running 'Windows 95' or compatible operating system using the serial port. Data collected could be used for highway maintenance or motorsport or similar purposes. The main program is SURVEY~1.EXE which can be invoked from either the floppy disk or from another drive. The DLL file on the floppy disk must be present. When the main program is envoked, the front screen shows a photograph of a Brantz meter along with a notice which advises that the disk may be copied freely, and its' use is licensed at nil cost to those who register with the licensors. Pressing the ENTER key changes the screen to the worksheet. The software version 1.0a is indicated. It is important that the Brantz is connected to the serial port, and that the instrument is switched on before going any further with the program. By means of the computer mouse select the serial port ID (port 1 or port 2) at the top right of the screen. The Upper Display window and the Lower Display window will not show any contents yet. Use the mouse to change the 'Sound' box (bottom centre) to beep, or not, on each keypress. Keys 1 to 8 can be defined by a text string. Select 'Define Keys'. Select either the text adjacent to the number key and modify it from the keyboard, or scroll down the pretyped text and select that text. This text will be entered beside the distance readings which will be saved to file during the survey. Conduct the survey, noting that control of the Surveymaster (presets, zeroing etc) is done on the instument itself. The distance readouts con be downloaded by pressing any of the number or letter keys. At the end of the survey the data can be saved to file by means of the 'Save As' box which will offer a choice of file names and locations. The box marked 'Clear All Data' will empty the current data from the current survey. Ensure that the data file which has just been made has been saved before the 'Clear' key is selected if you want it to be retained. The data file can be viewed by any simple word processor, or one such as 'MS Word' which can manipulate data; or it can be imported into a database such as 'Excel'. Exit the program by means of the 'Exit' button at bottom right.