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1. Filename 3 rectionPoint _SubLevel2 Annotation 4 pectionPointi SubLevel2 Figure 12 Automatic Filenames and Annotations Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 23 Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 2 Resetting Filenames and Annotations cont If you have changed your filenames and or annotations but later decide that you prefer the automatic text strings simply select the Reset Filenames Annotations toolbar button highlighted in Figure 13 below AO de F Sale OO Ba Y a Figure 13 The Reset Filenames Annotations Toolbar Button Selecting the Reset Filenames Annotations toolbar button to opens a window similar to Figure 14 below Then select Filenames or Annotations or Both to reset the desired text strings E Reset Filenames Annotations What aspects of the inspection tree would you like to change Filenames Annotations Both Continue Cancel Figure 14 Reset Filenames and Annotations 24 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 3 Changing the Language MDI Builder comes pre loaded with eleven languages To change the language used select the following menu File gt Languages gt Language Name When the above menu is selected a window similar to Figure 15 below opens Simply choose the desired display language on the drop down list 3 MDI Builder File Edit Help B i New Open2. Admin Defined Text Show vehen building inspection DICONDE Tag Section Y 0015 2010 Y 0015 2011 Component Y 0015 2012 Detail Y 0015 2013 0015 2014 0015 2015 0015 2016 0015 2017 0015 2018 0015 2019 0015 2020 Stage Menu Directed nspecti ns can help Rhythm software to tum information into intelligence Check with your Rhythm software administrator before changing any of the admin defined text DICONDE Digital imaging and Communication in Nondestructive Evaluation provides standards designed to exploit a universally compatible image data format Figure 5 MDI Builder Setup Image Labels Tab Note The Setup Inspection Labels tab is visible only after Administrative Tabs have been enabled 8 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 3 Building Your First MDI Inspection When you first open the MDI Builder software you should go to the Inspection tab and do the following see Figure 6 below 1 Name your inspection 2 Add your first inspection point 3 Name your first inspection point E MDI Builder JE xX File Edit Help 2 Dod bda a 308 Inspection D Inspection Atthe start of Inspection user will be asked for Asset Serial Number Customer Inspector Name Date Name of inspection 1 Inspection Enter Inspection Point Inspection Point Name Herel Figure 6 Entering Your First Inspection Poin
3. BROWSE Select an MS Word document to be included as your inspection report end note 20 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks The information in this chapter is intended to provide you with information to help you use all of the MDI software features more effectively and more efficiently 5 1 Generating Multiple Inspection Points You can add multiple inspection points based on a pattern at one time by using the Advanced Add toolbar button highlighted in Figure 9 below Figure 9 The Advanced Add Toolbar Button To use this feature you must first choose the pattern to be used for your inspection points As shown in Figure 10 below the fields for Text and Text2 are repeated for each inspection point while the n field is incremented after each inspection point is added E Advanced Add Patterns Text4 n Starting From n Text1 2 A Text 1 n Text2 No of Inspection Points En Number of Digits Text Pattern Add Inspection Points Figure 10 Advanced Add Data Entry Window Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 21 Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 1 Generating Multiple Inspection Points cont As you enter your inspection point pattern in the Advanced Add window see Figure 10 on page 21 the inspection points are added to the inspection tree as shown in Figure 11 below ET MDI Builder File Edit Help e e P 2360
4. Tricks no content intended for this page proceed to next page 28 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Index A Advanced Add Toolbar Button 1 0 0 ce eee eee eee 21 Annotations Resetting sss 23 C Collapsing the Inspection Tree 62 eee eee tee ene 26 Customizing Reports 0 e teen eens 20 D Displaying Study Label im ee Les PNA Se ee eS 27 Document Number 0 ai ccc cnet eh i E Enable Administrative Tabs Toolbar Button 0 eee eee eee 5 Expanding the Inspection Tree 26 F Files see MDI Files I Images Saving A e e e tes 15 17 Inspection Point Level Information Description esee 3 Inspection Point Level Tags Description 0 00 0c cece esee 3 Inspection Points Entering sisters tiara D QUU n EN MSN EUH DU E ed dE e 9 Generating Multiple 0 ccc eee 21 Maximum Allowed z2514nebwertRbvi4bBewsp IR PIA ba 6 Selecting iie eEE ie SURE 14 16 Inspection Tab Description e be Sate eR eS dt 5 Inspection Tree Exile r a a E Be SL E 11 Expanding Collapsing 0 0 0 cee cece e 26 Inspections Generating a Report lisse 19 Loading Unloading on VideoProbe oooococcoocccoccocccor o 13 Performing od seras sd uesoq eer qu UE De eee NN 14 Planning sse uer RR REA m dus 3 RESUME A A XS ge ee Se a INE VES EA AAA 15 17 Star ng e sols 4 Re ida ded 14 16 SIODDIIB copita dr daa dere 15 17 Menu Directed Inspection User s
5. Planet Stage Label Component Planet Gears Sun Shan 9 C Sun Gears Inspection Point Planetary Pinions D Upwind 3 Center IM Dy Downwind Filename 1st PI lanetary Pinions 9 C HiSpeedShan 9 19 0RB D Outer Race Annotation ox 1 t Planetary Pinions C Rollers Figure 3 MDI Builder Inspection Tab For example the highlighted inspection point in Figure 3 above is part of a multi level inspection Gear Box is the first level st Planet Stage is the second level and Planetary Pinions is the third level These levels are used as illustrated below to construct the filename and annotation associated with the highlighted inspection point Gear Box _ Ist Planet Stage _ Planetary Pinions Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Note 4 maximum of 1500 inspection points are allowed and a maximum of four inspection levels are allowed 6 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 2 2b Setup Inspection Labels Tab The Setup Inspection Labels tab as shown in Figure 4 below displays the labels specific to a particular inspection occurrence for the information you wish to capture When performing an inspection on a VideoProbe the user is asked to enter the information for each label defined in this tab The information is then displayed on the cover page of all reports generated by the Menu Directed Inspection software El MDI Builder Gearbox 1 mdd Ju File Edit He
6. cette eens 19 Ald AO 84 chase EOT Ado ee en aio ox 19 BAD KL G0 i eee XE ERR MEAN SERA CER RI AUS 19 4 2 Customizing MDI Reports 00 0c eect eh 20 Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 1 Generating Multiple Inspection Points 0 0 eee eee eee ee 21 5 2 Resetting Filenames and Annotations 0 0 0 eee eee eee 23 5 3 Changing the Languages e piser erdiyu pEi p ER E bp perenes 25 5 4 Expanding or Collapsing the Inspection Tree ooooooooooooooo 26 5 5 Designating Study Labels as Displayed Requited o ooooo 27 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual iii Contents EE gt gt gt gt gt 32 gt 3 gt S gt _ __ _ z________O_ EEE mm TS no content intended for this page proceed to next page iv Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Preface Typographical Conventions e Note paragraphs provide information that provides a deeper understanding of the situation but is not essential to the proper completion of the instructions Important paragraphs provide information that emphasizes instructions that are essential to proper setup of the product Failure to follow these instructions carefully may cause unreliable performance Caution paragraphs provide information that alerts the operator to a hazardous situation that can cause damage to property or equipment Warning paragraphs provide information that alerts the operator to a hazardous situation that ca
7. gt REPORT Note Reports can be customized with cover pages end notes different image options etc see Customizing MDI Reports on page 20 After designating your preferences for Report Name Images to Include Image Size Cover Page and End Note press ENTER to generate your report Note For more information see Tips amp Tricks on page 21 Reports generated on the XL Go are saved as executable files exe To convert these to MS Word documents simply run the executable file on your PC Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 19 Chapter 4 Post Inspection Reports 4 2 Customizing MDI Reports On both the XLG3 and the XL Go VideoProbes you can customize your inspection report by specifying the following parameters Report Name Override the automatic inspection report file name Include Images Select either all images or only flagged images to be included in the inspection report Image Size Select one of the following image sizes to be included in the inspection report e SMALL e MEDIUM e LARGE e Cover Page Select the cover page to be included in the inspection report e FACTORY DEFAULT Use the factory default settings for all parameters BROWSE Select an MS Word document to be used as your inspection report cover page End Note Select the pages to be included as the last pages of the inspection report e NONE Don t include any custom features in your inspection report
8. 0 de 2 glg Inspection Study Labels Cover Page Inspection Point Labels mage Inspection CUE At the start of Inspection user will be asked for 5 Pattem1 Asset Serial Number D Pattern Customer Pattern3 Inspector Name Date Mame of inspection Inspection 22 Figure 11 Inspection Tree with New Points Added Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 2 Resetting Filenames and Annotations MDI Builder automatically constructs your file names based on the structure of your inspection tree For example in Figure 12 below the first level of the inspection tree is InspectionPointl 1 and the highlighted second level is SubLevel2 2 The automatic file name for this inspection point is InspectionPointl_SubLevel2XXX 3 and the automatic annotation is InspectionPointl SubLevel2 4 The MDI Builder gives you the option of changing the automatic text strings by overriding the Filename 3 and or Annotation 4 fields E MDI Builder File Edit Help 36 0 ee 3 0083 35 Inspection StudyLabels Cover Page Inspection Point Labels Image C Inspection At the start of Inspection user will be asked for CI InspectionPointi 1 Asset Serial Number 3 SubLevert Customer C supveverz 2 Inspector Name Q SubLevel3 Date D e cau CI InspectionPoint3 5 InspectionPoint4 Eae Dm Inspection Point SubLevel2
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10. GE Sensing amp Inspection Technologies Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual ae P N 816308 1 1 Rev C imagination at work Menu Directed Inspection Version 1 1i User s Manual P N 816308 1 1 Rev C GESensinglnspection com 2009 General Electric Company All rights reserved Technical content subject to change without notice no content intended for this page proceed to next page Contents Chapter 1 About Menu Directed Inspection MDI LAO YVES a aec 1 1 2 Pre Inspection Plan amp Build your Inspection oooooooooooooo 2 1 3 Inspection Use MDI on the VideoProbe 0oocooccoccocccoocccco 2 1 4 Post Inspection Report amp View the Inspection Results 2 Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 1 Mapping Your Inspection o o oooooooororrr e 3 2 2 Using MDI Builder Software 2 0 0 ccc eens 4 2 2 1 Toolbar Buttons op cto O neban a eaaa E RR PRG 4 2 22 Setup Tabs ico ies O 5 2 3 Building Your First MDI Inspection 0 00 ees 9 Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures 3 1 Loading and Unloading Inspections 0 0 e cece eee ee 13 3d i E e e 2 aa CURE aaa ders 13 Bled XI a epee mies Mee YRUCEORFEENTPIAPRVESTRIALAULQVEPRS 13 3 2 Performing an Inspection 0 cece cee eee 14 A NN A 14 BD D gt X200 a ere ted ited ce be te Ps do esi ei LC OM at 16 Chapter 4 Post Inspection Reports 4 1 Generating a Report 00
11. LJ close LJ Save a Save As a Languages gt Load Transtarion y Create Rhythm Database qj exit Ba e Inspection Point Labels Image ENGLISH C ITALIANO 301 ESPA OL RUSSIAN FRENCH PORTUGUESE POLSKI JAPANESE CHINESE GERMAN At the start of Inspection user will be asked for Asset Serial Number Customer Inspector Name Date OE Name of inspection Inspection Figure 15 List of Available Languages Note For the language change to take place you must restart the MDI Builder application IMPORTANT Remember to save your inspection before restarting the MDI Builder application Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 25 26 Chapter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 4 Expanding or Collapsing the Inspection Tree To quickly expand or collapse your inspection tree select one of the following menu options see Figure 16 below Edit gt Expand Inspection Tree or Edit gt Collapse Inspection Tree p fea E MDI Builder Jage File Edit Help _ Cd aa amp 3 OB Ins n nspection Point Labels Image pp ER At the start of Inspection user will be asked for Asset Serial Number Customer Inspector Name Ta Date _ Expand inspection Tree 1 E Collapse Inspection Tree 1 28 Reset _ Name of inspection Inspection Be Advanced Add Figure 16 The Expand Collpase Inspection Tree Menu Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chap
12. Manual 29 Index L Language Changing con Pabedan EE ee ESS 25 M MDI Builder Creating InspectiOBs s iv AS Ee S obe estt 4 Setup Tabs iR LEER a AA eS 5 Toolbar But ui aw Ape Rev ne dhe hea es 4 MDI Files Automatic Namin goss cees Cesate sea cece n 6 Filename Extension e a a a a A e 13 Loading onto XLG3 rretra e bre GR ee ee RIP ees 5 Resetting Names ee cuit een E d oan geet 23 O NN 11 Multiple Inspection Points Generating llle 21 O Overview Inspection a et ett a Suited a rta ds 2 Post Inspection ia ii ta ORS ee tie 2 SS NS 2 Workflow iti a e ita bites 1 R Recording a Video ai A se EU nhe cs awe 15 17 Reports CUSTOMIZIA LAA Aa 20 Generat ng i p E ae Rae Re Pea RE bitch Hee a eet 19 Requiring Study Labels noi eene enh UT PRG P YU S 27 Reset Filenames Annotations Toolbar Button 0 00 00 cece eee 24 Resetting Annotations ie c et tee 23 MDI File Names tua HRS Ua PI e 23 Resuming an Inspection 15 17 S Safety VideoProbe october EIA ATLAS de Fe UR d V Saving an Image se uo DER oa Si ea ea EA ORER E ES 15 17 Setup Image Labels Tab Description 000 cece eee eee 8 Setup Inspection Labels Tab Description 0 00 e cece eee ee 7 30 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Index Setup Tabs Enabling ssc ti OEE Roses Ova Se diem es 5 Inspection Tab csse a y RE ee we eee 5 Screen Images SE OR EE a PIG Ps 6 Setup Image Labels 0 2 0 0 a a Aa eet teenies 8 S
13. a later time go to the inspection list see Selecting an Inspection Point on page 14 and select STOP To resume a previously stopped inspection go to the following menu MENU gt MENU DIRECTED INSPECTION gt RESUME Then you may either resume the last inspection or browse for a previous inspection to be resumed Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 15 Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures 3 2 2 XLGo To perform an inspection on the XL Go VideoProbe follow the instructions in the following sections 3 2 2a Starting an Inspection To perform an inspection using MDI select the following menu option LIVE MAIN MENU gt MDI gt INSPECTION NAME 3 2 26 Entering Study Level Information At the start of an MDI inspection you are prompted to enter the study level information and to select the PC drive that will be used to save your inspection results You can use either the on screen keyboard or an external USB keyboard to enter your information on the VideoProbe Note For a list of supported keyboards see your VideoProbe user s manual 3 2 2c Selecting an Inspection Point At this time a list of your inspection points which is organized by level is displayed To select the desired level either press the right Soft Key or use the Joystick to navigate left or right Continue to navigate through the inspection levels until you have reached the desired inspection point When you see the annotation for the selected inspection p
14. bs available in MDI Builder software allow you to modify the Study Level and Inspection Point Level tags that label your inspections and images These tabs are accessed by toggling the Enable Administrative Tabs toolbar button see button 17 in Figure 2 on page 4 2 2 2a Inspection Tab The Inspection tab see Figure 3 on page 6 displays your inspection tree as you build it When an inspection point is selected you can see the defined Label that you associated with that point the Inspection Point definition the Filename generated by the inspection point and the annotation generated by the inspection point If the selected level of your inspection tree is not the final level the contribution to filename and contribution to annotation will be displayed This is because only the final levels of the inspection tree define the full filename and Annotation that is used within your inspection Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 5 Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 2 2a Inspection Tab cont El MDI Builder Gearbox 1 mdd CUY File Edit Help QOO age t 2 CO Bs 43 3 Inspection Setup Inspection Labels Setup Image Labels 9 Ci Gearbox 1 At the start of Inspection user will be asked for 9 CI Gear Box Site Location 9 C 1st Planet Stage Toveer Designation D Ring Gear Gearbox Serial Number D Gearbox Model Number 9 3 2nd Planet Stage Inspector Name Planet Gears Sun Shan 9 C 3rd
15. e file created using the MDI Builder may be used multiple times on your VideoProbe For example if you create an inspection plan for a CFM56 engine you can use that plan to perform multiple inspections on multiple CFM56 engines For more information on building your inspection plan refer to Pre Inspection Planning on page 3 1 3 Inspection Use MDI on the VideoProbe After you have built an inspection plan you need to load the file onto your GEIT VideoProbe You can then use the digital inspection plan to ensure that you are capturing all of the data that you intended to capture Once you have completed your inspection you can automatically generate an inspection report on the VideoProbe For more information on using Menu Directed Inspection refer to Inspection Procedures on page 13 1 4 Post Inspection Report amp View the Inspection Results After completing your inspection the inspection results can be found in files on your PC These files have names that indicate their content Each completed inspection creates a unique file folder on your PC that contains your results Each such inspection folder includes all of the information required to use the GEIT Rhythm data management software For more information on working with Menu Directed Inspection reports refer to Post Inspection Reports on page 19 2 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planni
16. etup Inspection Labels 0 ccc cect teens 7 Stopping an Inspection 0 0 2 0 eect teen ees 15 17 Study Level Information Descrmptionm zer aie tote act So tint E AU RENNES 3 Entering edi a ad 14 16 Study Level Labels Designating as Displayed Required 27 Study Level Tags Description 0 0 0 3 T Tabs see Setup Tabs Tags see Study Level Tags or Inspection Point Level Tags Toolbar Buttons Advanced Addie aie IER 21 Complete List eass os asa rt ri addins cele eed 4 Enable Administrative Tabs oooooooooooorrrrr teens 5 Reset Filenames Annotations 00 0 e eee cece eee eee eens 24 Typographical Conventions 00 ccc ete ees V V Video Recording cur ceux ares ES BR PERE OR OMEN ess 15 17 VideoProbe Generating a Report 2 2 2200 234 ne0ee db og E ces 19 Loading Unloading Inspections 0 00 cee cece teenies 13 Performing Inspections XL Go 1 cece eens 16 Performing Inspections XLG3 00 14 Satety ee Oe dd ae e e V W Workflow OvervieW 0 0 0 e eee eens 1 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 31 Index 32 no content intended for this page proceed to next page Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Customer Support Centers North South America 721 Visions Drive Skaneateles NY 13152 U S A Tel 888 332 3848 toll free 315 554 2000 ext 1 Eurpope Lotzendcker 4 72379 Hechingen Germany Tel 49 0
17. evel3 D SubLevel4 FJ InspectionPoint2 o CJ InspectionPoint3 J InspectionPoint4 At the start of Inspection user will be asked for Asset Serial Number Customer Inspector Name Date Name of inspection Inspection Figure 8 Typical Completed Inspection Tree Note t is recommended that you save your MDI files on external media so that they may be loaded onto a VideoProbe easily For advanced methods of building an inspection refer to Tips amp Tricks on page 21 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 11 Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning tt no content intended for this page proceed to next page 12 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures 3 1 Loading and Unloading Inspections To load or unload a Menu Directed Inspection on a VideoProbe proceed to the section below for your GEIT VideoProbe model Note MDI inspection files have the file extension of mdd A maximum of five MDI inspection files may be loaded on a VideoProbe at any given time 3 1 1 XLG3 Use the following menu to load and unload MDI inspections on the XLG3 VideoProbe MENU gt SETUP gt SYSTEM gt MDI 3 1 2 XL Go Use the following menu to load and unload MDI inspections on the XL Go VideoProbe LIVE MAIN MENU gt SETUP gt SYSTEM TOOLS MDI Note On the XL Go the LIVE MAIN MENU is accessed using a joystick press or by holding the GOTO MENU b
18. her one of the following e Hold the BACK button for two seconds Select MENU gt INSPECTION NAME gt LIST 14 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures 3 2 1d Saving an Image To save an image of the selected inspection point press the SAVE button During the save process the following options are available e Save This option saves the image with the associated MDI data and filename e Save with Flag This option saves the image with FLAG appended onto the filename If you use this option you can then generate a report that includes only the flagged images e Add Comments This option allows you to save comments along with the image When generating a report these comments are associated with the specific image Images saved using MDI are located in the inspection folder created at the beginning of the inspection They are given file names based on your designated inspection points and have meta data associated with them to ensure that they communicate with data management software such as GEIT Rhythm 3 2 1e Recording a Video To record a video of the selected inspection point press the RECORD button Videos recorded using MDI are located in the inspection folder created at the beginning of the inspection They are given file names based on your designated inspection points 3 2 1f Stopping Resuming an Inspection To stop an inspection which may be resumed or finished at
19. lp Inspection Setup Inspection Labels Setup Image Labels Admin Defined Text Display Required DICONDE Tag Site Location v v 0010 0020 Tower Designation vi ivi 0010 0010 Gearbox Serial Number L l 0020 0010 Gearbox Model Number J 0015 2030 Inspector Name vi ivi 0015 2031 Commission Date vi O 0015 2032 Oil Pressure Bar Y LJ 0015 2033 Oil Temp degree C vi O 0015 2034 0015 2035 0015 2036 v v Y Auto generete 0008 0020 Menu Directed inspections can help Rhythm software to tum information into intelligence Check with your Rhythm software administrator before changing any of the admin demned text DICONDE Digital imaging and Communication in Nondestructive Evaluation provides standards designed to exploit a universally compatible image data format Figure 4 MDI Builder Setup Inspection Labels Tab Note The Setup Inspection Labels tab is visible only after Administrative Tabs have been enabled Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 7 Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 2 2c Setup Image Labels Tab The Setup Image Labels tab as shown in Figure 5 below displays the text used to label the different levels of your inspection tree Each inspection point has a specific label that corresponds to each image within the reports generated by the Menu Directed Inspection software E MDI Builder Gearbox 1 md TQ File Edit Help 43 8 Inspection Setup Inspection Labels Setup Image Labels
20. n cause injury to personnel Cautionary information is also included when applicable Safety amp Regulatory Issues For detailed information on safety and regulatory issues refer to the user s manual for your specific GEIT VideoProbe Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual V Preface vi no content intended for this page proceed to next page Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 1 About Menu Directed Inspection MDI Chapter 1 About Menu Directed Inspection MDI 1 1 Overview To use the GEIT Menu Directed Inspection MDI application effectively three general steps must be completed As illustrated in Figure 1 below these steps are e Pre Inspection e Inspection e Post Inspection Repeatable Steps Report amp View Organized Results PC amp Rhythm Software Plan amp Build Inspect Using Your MDI Inspection MDI Enabled MDI Builder VideoProbe Figure 1 MDI Workflow Overview Proceed to the next page for a more detailed description of the above steps Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 1 Chapter 1 About Menu Directed Inspection MDI 1 2 Pre Inspection Plan Build your Inspection Using the MDI Builder application on your PC allows you to turn your inspection plan into a digital map that can be loaded onto your GEIT VideoProbe You can use the MDI Builder application to define the specific information that you want to capture during inspection Th
21. ng 2 1 Mapping Your Inspection To begin using Menu Directed Inspection you need to think about your inspection as a multi level process Each inspection defined using Menu Directed Inspection consists of both study level information and inspection point level information These are defined as follows e Study Level Tags This is the information captured at the beginning of each inspection The study level tags are printed on the cover page of all reports generated by the Menu Directed Inspection software Study Level Information This information is specific to a particular inspection occurrence Some examples of study level information are Date Inspector Name Inspection Location and Asset Serial Number You can use the MDI Builder Software on your PC to define the specific information that you want to capture every time the MDI is run on a VideoProbe e Inspection Point Level Tags This is the information that is associated with each image within reports generated by the Menu Directed Inspection software e Inspection Point Level Information This information is specific to images captured during your inspection Typically the information describes the location of an inspection point within an asset Some examples of inspection level information are Section Component Detail Tube Number or Weld Number You can use the MDI Builder Software on your PC to define the specific information that you wish to capture Men
22. oint at the top of your screen you may save an image or video of that inspection point To select a different inspection point go to the following menu GOTO MENU gt INSPECTION NAME gt CONTINUE 16 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures 3 2 2d Saving an Image To save an image of the selected inspection point press the ENTER button and then select SAVE During the save process the following options are available e Save This option saves the image with the associated MDI data and filename e Save with Flag This option saves the image with FLAG appended onto the filename If you use this option you can then generate a report that includes only the flagged images e Add Comments This option allows you to save comments along with the image When generating a report these comments are associated with the specific image Images saved using MDI are located in the inspection folder created at the beginning of the inspection They are given file names based on your designated inspection points and have metadata associated with them to ensure that they communicate properly with data management software such as GEIT Rhythm 3 2 2e Recording a Video To record a video of the selected inspection point hold the RECORD button for two seconds Videos recorded using MDI are located in the inspection folder created at the beginning of the inspection They are given file names based on yo
23. t Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 9 Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 3 Building Your First MDI Inspection cont You may add inspection points as sub levels to any existing inspection points in a manner similar to bulleted lists with sub bullets To do this select an existing inspection point and add a new inspection point As shown in Figure 7 below your new inspection point is added as a sub level of the existing inspection point E MDI Builder 3 EJ File Edit Help 2 8801480 r 00486235 38 Inspection C3 Inspection At the start of Inspection user will be asked for CI inspectionPointt 1 Asset Serial Number 3 SubLeven Customer Inspector Name Date weld int InspectionPointi Enter Inspection Point 3 SubLevelt o Filename InspectionPointi OK Cancel T o Annotation InspectionPointi Figure 7 Adding Sub Level Inspection Points 10 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 3 Building Your First MDI Inspection cont Continue to add inspection points until you have completely documented your inspection process When complete you should have an inspection tree with multiple levels and multiple inspection points similar to the tree shown in Figure 8 below E MDI Builder eS Hovde a Bis 38 Inspection 9 Inspection 9 CJ InspectionPointt D SubLevel1 D3 SubLevel2 D SubL
24. ter 5 Tips amp Tricks 5 5 Designating Study Labels as Displayed Required You may designate your Study Labels as Displayed and or Required using the Study Labels Cover Page tab in the MDI builder This tab is activated by selecting the Enable Administrative Tabs button on the toolbar see Toolbar Buttons on page 4 If the label highlighted in Figure 17 below is not Displayed an inspector will not see this as a field while using MDI on the VideoProbe If a label is Required an inspector will need to populate this field before continuing with their inspection on the VideoProbe E MDI Builder Joes File Edit Help 4j d Inspection Study Labels Cover Page Inspection Point Labels Image Admin Defined Text Display Required DICONDE Tag 1 AssetSerial Number L 0010 0020 2 Customer v v 0010 0010 3 Inspector Name 0020 0010 4 0015 2030 5 0015 2021 6 0015 2032 7 0015 2033 8 0015 2034 9 0015 2035 10 0015 2036 11 v E Y 0008 0020 Menu Directed Inspections can help Rhythm software to turr information into intelligence Check with your Rhythm software administrator before changing any of the admin defined text DICONDE Digital Imaging and Communication in Nondestructive Evaluation provides standards designed to exploit a universally compatible image data format Figure 17 MDI Builder Study Labels Cover Page Tab Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 27 Chapter 5 Tips amp
25. u Directed Inspection User s Manual 3 Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 2 Using MDI Builder Software To map out your inspection use the MDI Builder software on your PC as described in the following sections 2 2 1 Toolbar Buttons The toolbar buttons in the MDI Builder software are shown in Figure 2 below 4 6 7 rH 1112 zc 16 17 3 E DIB set Gedrbox 1 md E ze E sae e e de eu ws 68 Inspection Setup Inspection Labels Setup Image Labels Figure 2 MDI Builder Toolbar Buttons 1 Create a New MDI File 2 Openan Existing MDI File 3 Close the Open MDI File 4 Save 5 Save As 6 Addan Inspection Point 7 Delete the Selected Inspection Point 8 Cutthe Selected Inspection Point 9 Copy the Selected Inspection Point 10 Paste an Inspection Point from Memory 11 Move the Selected Inspection Point Down One Level 12 Move the Selected Inspection Up Down One Level 13 Reset the Filenames and Annotations for the Entire Inspection Tree 4 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 2 Pre Inspection Planning 2 2 1 Toolbar Buttons cont 14 Generate Multiple Inspection Points Based on a Pattern 15 Load the Open MDI File onto an XLG3 VideoProbe 16 Exit the MDI Builder Application 17 Enable Administrative Tabs Note Open MDI files may be loaded directly onto an XLG3 VideoProbe while using the MDI Builder on the desktop mode of the XLG3 2 2 2 Setup Tabs The multiple setup ta
26. ur designated inspection points 3 2 2f Stopping amp Resuming an Inspection To stop an inspection which may be resumed or finished at a later time enter the following key strokes GOTO MENU gt INSPECTION NAME gt STOP To resume a previously stopped inspection enter the following key strokes LIVE MAIN MENU gt MDI gt RESUME gt INSPECTION NAME Then you may either resume the last inspection or browse for a previous inspection to be resumed Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 17 Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures ____ _ gt QDLhr DQBQOIDDA E zz zQz gt o y QQ oRRoo e Ss no content intended for this page proceed to next page 18 Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual Chapter 4 Post Inspection Reports Chapter 4 Post Inspection Reports 4 1 Generating a Report After completing your inspection you are ready to generate an MDI report For instructions on this procedure go to the appropriate section below for your GEIT VideoProbe model 4 1 1 XLG3 Use the following menu to generate a report on the XLG3 VideoProbe MENU gt MENU DIRECTED INSPECTION gt GENERATE REPORT gt DRIVE gt INSPECTION NAME To generate a Quick Report press and hold the ENTER button for five seconds 4 1 2 XLGo After completing your inspection you can automatically generate an MDI report on the XL Go VideoProbe in MS Word format by entering the following key strokes GOTO MENU gt INSPECTION NAME
27. utton which is the right Soft Key in live mode for five seconds Menu Directed Inspection User s Manual 13 Chapter 3 Inspection Procedures 3 2 Performing an Inspection To perform an MDI inspection on a VideoProbe proceed to the appropriate section for your GEIT VideoProbe model 3 2 1 XLG3 To perform an inspection on the XLG3 VideoProbe follow the instructions in the following sections 3 2 1a Starting an Inspection To start an inspection using MDI select the following menu option MENU gt MENU DIRECTED INSPECTION gt INSPECTION NAME 3 2 16 Entering Study Level Information At the start of an MDI inspection you are prompted to enter the study level information and to select the PC drive that will be used to save your inspection results You can use either the on screen keyboard or an external USB keyboard to enter your information on the VideoProbe Note For a list of supported keyboards see your VideoProbe user s manual 2 1c Selecting an Inspection Point At this time a list of your inspection points which is organized by level is displayed To select the desired level press either the Enter button or the Trigger Continue to navigate through the inspection levels until you have reached the desired inspection point When you see the annotation for the selected inspection point at the top of your Screen you may save an image or video of that inspection point To select a different inspection point do eit
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