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Veris Technologies Quad 1000 Soil EC Mapping System - Operating Instructions User Manual

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OM17-Quad1000

4-2

Field Operations

—Soil EC Surveyor with Sensor DataLogger


Before logging any data, make sure the SD card in the Datalogger is clear of any files that
are not Veris .dat files. Any other files will cause the data an error when logging data.

The Veris DataLogger is not compatible with SDHC cards. Only SD cards will work
correctly.

Sensor DataLogger display readings
Here are the display readings that you will see when operating the Sensor DataLogger:

Starting up…

Figure 4
The unit is ready to operate. The DataLogger is informing you of the firmware version its
programmable interface chip (PIC) contains.

Press any of the four keys, and the next screen will appear:

Figure 5

For EC mapping, press the #1 key. #4 Exit returns you to the initial start-up screen. pH Setup is
not used with EC logging. Pressing #1 brings up the next screen:

Figure 6

For EC mapping, press the #1 key. #4 Exit returns you to the initial start-up screen. EC and pH are
not used with EC logging. Pressing #1 brings up the next screen:

Figure 7

The DataLogger is displaying the map file number it is creating, in case you want to record it along
with any other information about the field. Press any key to begin new map file. After starting the
file, pressing the #4 key will stop the file. If DataLogger freezes at the screen shown in Figure 6 or
Figure 7, check formatting of SD card

—must be FAT format. See Proc. #6 for formatting

instructions.