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P a g e | 10 Changing Backlight Settings If the user would like to change these settings then follow the steps below: 1) Turn on the Trimble ha

P a g e | 100 3) The user may then select if the search will be performed by the use of the GPS or the Barcode. The user must tap one of the op

P a g e | 101 5) The user may now perform any ID maintenance desired. 6.10.2 View Missed Well Report The View Missing Well Report was designed s

P a g e | 102 The user may return to the Main Menu or the Utilities screen by tapping one of the buttons at the bottom of the touch screen. 6.10

P a g e | 103 The “Meter Status” screen gives the user useful information about the status of the Envision® meter.  Battery time remaini

P a g e | 104 6.10.4 License Manager The Elkins Gas Analyzer software will not run unless a license is activated. Licenses not yet activated wil

P a g e | 105 2. Enter your license key in the designated area. 3. Once the license key is entered click “Activate Options”.

P a g e | 106 6.10.5 Set Options The purpose of the set options screen is to allow the user to determine specific data reporting parameters. 1.

P a g e | 107 3. Set the decimal gas measurement precision to tenth or hundredths.

P a g e | 108 6.10.6 Restore All Factory Cal 1. Tapping “Restore all Factory Cal” will restore the calibration values from its last factory serv

P a g e | 109 6.11 Stored Data Return to the Elkins Gas Analyzer Main Menu and then click on “View Files”. A file explorer window will open to

P a g e | 11 3) Tap “Settings” 4) Next tap “System”

P a g e | 110 6.12 O&M Manual Return again to the Main Menu, and then click on “View Manual”. The O&M manual button will take the user di

P a g e | 111 6.13 Exiting the Gas Analyzer Software To exit the program, return to the Main Menu through the buttons on the bottom of the screen

P a g e | 112 7 The Envision® Gas Analyzer Configuration Editor Software (GAC) The Trimble handheld computer software can utilize an ID set made

P a g e | 113 7.3 Add a Site, Technician, Valve Adjustment, Well Condition and/or Well Repair 1) Click on the “Edit Tables” tab and select the

P a g e | 114 2) A text box will open for the user to enter a new item within the selected category. 3) Click inside the text box, typ

P a g e | 115 7.4 Add a monitoring point Click on the “Add Row” button on the upper left corner of the screen. A row must be selected where the

P a g e | 116 Select the “Site”. If the user needs to make a new site then the “Add Site” button can be used to make a new site. Next tap the “

P a g e | 117 Click inside the text box and type in the name of the new well. The text in the box that the user just entered will stay once the

P a g e | 118 Once the well names have been loaded, the user may now configure each well. Click on the well that is to be configured. The user

P a g e | 119 The user may now set acceptable ranges for use with the Trimble user interface. The user may do this by clicking in the appropriat

P a g e | 12 5) Next tap “Backlight” 6) On the “Battery Power” and “External Power” screens, uncheck the “Turn off backlight if device is n

P a g e | 120 7.5 Cloning wells To make it easier for the user to enter multiple wells that have the same configuration, the software was design

P a g e | 121 Once the “Copy Row” button from the top of the screen is selected the Well Entry list will open. Type (or cut and paste) a list of

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P a g e | 123 7.6 Delete Wells The user may delete a well from the ID set by highlighting the Well and clicking on the “Delete Row(s)” button.

P a g e | 124 The user may also delete multiple rows at the same time by holding the CTRL key and clicking the desired rows.

P a g e | 125 7.7 Combining wells from another ID set The Gas Analyzer Configuration Editor will let the user find a second ID set and combine s

P a g e | 126 Browse for the second ID set which contains the well ID’s that the user desires to add to the new ID set. Check the ID’s that shoul

P a g e | 127 7.8 Save File The user must click on the save button to save the changes that have been made to the ID set. The user may use the

P a g e | 128 7.9 ID set stored location on PC The ID set file is located in the c:/My Documents/Elkins Earthworks/Configuration directory. The

P a g e | 129 4) Select the file that contains the ID set that you want to manage and click on the “Copy File” button.

P a g e | 13 7) Tap on the Brightness tab at the bottom of the screen. 8) Increase the brightness to 100% 9) At the bottom of the “Bright

P a g e | 130 5) The selected ID set will then populate into the Configuration Editor. 6) Make any desired changes to the selected ID set.

P a g e | 131 7) After all changes have been made the user should send updated ID set back to the handheld.

P a g e | 132 8) Updated ID set will be sent to mobile device and changes to the ID set will be viewable once Elkins Earthworks® Gas Analyzer pr

P a g e | 133 7.11 Importing GEM Configuration Files In order to import a GEM file, the user must find the location of an existing GEM .xml file

P a g e | 134 7.12 Print Preview The “Print Preview” button allows the user to view the entire ID set and all of the configurations set for those

P a g e | 135 8 Connecting the Trimble Handheld Computer to a PC 8.1 Windows Mobile Device Center Windows computers utilize Windows Mobile Devi

P a g e | 136 3) First click on Mobile Device Settings then “Set up your device”. 4) Check the items that you want to synchronize each time yo

P a g e | 137 5) Name the Trimble

P a g e | 138 6) The Nomad will then Sync with the PC

P a g e | 139 8.2 Windows XP Machines 8.2.1 Download Active sync 1) Visit the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us

P a g e | 14 10) Select the “Advanced” tab then uncheck the box “Turn off device if not used for”. This will keep the unit from going into hib

P a g e | 140 5) The Synchronizing Wizard will open during the first connection. Click next. 6) Enter the name of what you want to call the T

P a g e | 141 7) Allow wireless connections option screen. Make sure the check box for “Allow wireless connections” is unchecked. Click on ne

P a g e | 142 9) ActiveSync will now open and sync with the Trimble. The Trimble will now perform this function each time it is connected to th

P a g e | 143 11) Once the Nomad has synchronized, the files in the desktop folder are now exactly what is on the Trimble. The user may now dis

P a g e | 144 8.3 Transferring Files 8.3.1 Directory Structure The files associated with the gas analyzer program may be found on the Trimble h

P a g e | 145 3) Field Data Directory – This is where all the .csv field data files reside. A new file is generated each day and each month t

P a g e | 146 8.3.2 Copy Files from PC to Trimble 1) Right click on the file and click copy. 2) Open ”File Management” from Windows Mobile

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P a g e | 148 3) Follow the path shown to the proper folder on the Trimble. Right click in an empty space and click paste. 4) If a file with

P a g e | 149 5) The file will now load onto the Trimble. 8.3.3 Copy File from Trimble to PC If an ID set is modified in the field with the Tri

P a g e | 15 Next, on the Wireless Manager Screen tap the Bluetooth button and the Bluetooth will activate.

P a g e | 150 3) Open the Nomad’s “Configuration” folder which can be found by following the path shown. Right click and copy the ID set file.

P a g e | 151 5) Click paste. If an ID set file with the same name already exists, then a warning message will appear. If you are sure you wa

P a g e | 152 9 Errors and Troubleshooting 9.1 Envision® Error Conditions: Error conditions from meter are presented by a blinking red “!” ne

P a g e | 153 a. Explanation- Oxygen sensor is out of spec. Potentially bad sensor. b. Solution – Restore factory calibration on O2 sensor a

P a g e | 154 a. Explanation- Bluetooth connection has been disrupted either due to interference or user has walked out of range from the Envisi

P a g e | 155 10 Envision® Maintenance 10.1 Factory Maintenance The Envision® gas analyzer should be returned to the factory at a minimum once pe

P a g e | 156 The user may now remove and replace the filters by turning the Luer filter fittings. Make sure the seal is still in place and re-

P a g e | 157 11 Warranty 11.1 Envision® Warranty Elkins Earthworks®, LLC warrants its products to be free from defects in workmanship. This warr

P a g e | 158 Software/Firmware Extended Limited Warranty. Commencing on the Software/Firmware Extended Limited Warranty Commencement Date and d

P a g e | 159 12 Problems and Potential Solutions 12.1 Problems and Potential Solutions for Envision & Trimble Problem Potential Solution No

P a g e | 16 5.5 Enable GPS The Envision® gas analyzer system software is designed to utilize GPS to locate monitoring points.

P a g e | 160 13 Envision® Specifications Operation Range Unit Minimum Maximum Comments Envision® -4° F 122° F Heater unit option for low temp

P a g e | 161 Pressure Sensors Range Static (-)5 H2O to 5" H2O (-)130" H2O to 130" H2O Comments Accuracy 0.1375 +/- 2% of

P a g e | 162 Battery Life (NiMH) Temperature (°F) Life (hours) 77 13.8 50 13.1 32 10.5 14 6.6 -4 2.6

P a g e | 163 14 Contact information Service and Sales: 865 West Liberty, Suite 220 Medina, Ohio 44256 Phone: 330-725-7766 Fax: 330-725-7799

P a g e | 17 3) Verify GPS program port is set to COM 3 4) GPS Hardware Port is set to COM2 and BAUD rate 9600

P a g e | 18 5) Verify that this box is checked too.

P a g e | 19 6 Envision® Gas Analyzer Application The” Elkins Gas Analyzer” program is the software developed to run the Envision® gas

P a g e | 2 1 INTRODUCTION ...

P a g e | 20 6.1 Software Screen Properties The detail below illustrates the main features common to each screen of the Elkins Gas Analyzer Pr

P a g e | 21 1) Select the Desired ID set and the name of the Technician who will be using the Envision® gas analyzer from the drop down menu

P a g e | 22 2) Verify that the date and time is correct as displayed on the login screen 3) If date and/or time is incorrect then tap the “

P a g e | 23 5) Tap the “Set” button when the date and time have been corrected. This will return the user to the Login Screen. 6) If the use

P a g e | 24 2) Turn on the Envision® gas analyzer by pressing the power button on the front of the Envision® gas analyzer 3) The Envision® g

P a g e | 25 6) The Trimble handheld computer screen will display “Searching…” above the “Meters” box and will change to “Select Meter to conn

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P a g e | 27 8) Select the desired analyzer by tapping the Envision® Meter ID and then tapping “Connect” 9) Once the connection is made the

P a g e | 28 10) Once connected, tap the “Main Menu” button on the lower right hand corner of the screen. 6.3.3 Serial Connection (if desi

P a g e | 29 6.3.4 Disconnecting from the Envision® To disconnect from the Envision® gas analyzer follow the steps listed below: 1) From the “M

P a g e | 3 6.13 EXITING THE GAS ANALYZER SOFTWARE ...

P a g e | 30 2) Tap the “Disconnect” button 6.4 Main Menu The “Main Menu” is the user’s access point for all of the features included in the

P a g e | 31 Each gas sensor should be calibrated with a zero gas and then a span gas. The order in which the gas sensors are calibrated is not

P a g e | 32 6.5.1 Zero Gas Calibration Before a span gas can be calibrated the zero gas calibration must be performed. 1) Tap the “Zero” bu

P a g e | 33 2) The user now has the ability to scan the barcode on the calibration cylinder. Tap the “Scan Barcode” button and aim the scanne

P a g e | 34 4) Tap the “Start Calibration” button. This action will turn on the sample pump and will change the Trimble hand

P a g e | 35 5) For the first 20 seconds the “Calibration Status” will display “Initializing Gas Sensor”. The “Calibrate” and “

P a g e | 36 6) The “Calibration Value” located in the middle of the touch screen should be 0.00%.

P a g e | 37 7) Once the sensors are initiated and warmed up the “Current Value” will fluctuate. When the “Current Value” is less than 1% the C

P a g e | 38 b. If the “Current Value” is greater than 1% then the Trimble handheld computer will display the following message “Ve

P a g e | 39 8) The pump will continue to run and the sensors will continue to monitor until the user returns to the “Calibrat

P a g e | 4 1 Introduction Elkins Earthworks® would like to welcome you to the Envision® gas analyzer system. The Envision® gas analyzer, desig

P a g e | 40 9) Now that the Trimble handheld computer has returned to the “Calibration Menu” the user will notice that the parameter that has b

P a g e | 41 6.5.2 Span Gas Calibration Once the Zero point has been calibrated for the desired gas, a calibration can then be performed on the

P a g e | 42 3) If the user types in a span gas value, he must first type in the desired gas quality then tap the “User Defined” button. Once

P a g e | 43 6) Tap the “Start Calibration” button. This action will turn on the sample pump and will change the display. 7) For the first

P a g e | 44 8) The “Calibration Value” located in the middle of the touch screen should be the same as the gas quality that is being used for c

P a g e | 45 b. If the “Current Value” is greater than 20% (relative) of the calibration gas value, then the Trimble handheld computer will disp

P a g e | 46 10) Now that the Trimble handheld computer has returned to the “Calibration Menu” the user will notice that the parameter that has

P a g e | 47 2) On the “Pressure Calibration” screen allow the pressures in the 5 pressure blocks to stabilize. 3) Ensure that the sample f

P a g e | 48 5) The values in the green pressure boxes should now read 0.00” H2O. Due to the high sensitivity of the sensors the values may st

P a g e | 49 6) The user may also enter the current Barometric pressure by tapping the up and down arrows next to the Barometr

P a g e | 5 The Envision® (Gas Analyzer Unit) The Envision® gas analyzer houses the gas and pressure sensors. The gas analyzer utilizes inf

P a g e | 50 8) Tap the “Calibration” button on the lower right of the screen to return to the main “Calibration” screen. The pressure sensor

P a g e | 51 Follow the same pressure calibration procedure as detailed in the previous section then tap the Analyze button in the lower right

P a g e | 52 6.5.4 Storing a Calibration File Once all of the calibration gases have been calibrated the user can select the option to

P a g e | 53 File” button again the unit will store a “Calibration File” but will place NA in the fields that were not calibrated. Elkins Earthw

P a g e | 54 6.6 Analyze The Analyze feature of the Envision® software allows the user to measure and record gas qualities, associated pressure

P a g e | 55 6.6.1.1 Manually Select ID On the “Select ID” screen you may manually select the monitoring point by following the instructions bel

P a g e | 56 2) If the “Site” or “ID” is not stored in the ID list, the user can manually create a Site and/or ID within the “Well ID Maintena

P a g e | 57 3) Once the correct ID is selected the user should tap the “Purge” button. The sample pump will turn on and the button will turn g

P a g e | 58 4) Once the purge is complete keep your sample trains disconnected and shielded from the wind then tap the “Zero P

P a g e | 59 6.6.1.2 GPS Selection of ID If the user desires to locate the monitoring point via GPS then follow the instructions detailed below

P a g e | 6 Sample Ports The Envision® gas analyzer has four (4) ports located on the front of the unit. From the right to the left: Calibrate

P a g e | 60 3) On the “Select ID” screen tap the “Barcode” button on the Trimble handheld computer touch screen and aim the laser scanner at th

P a g e | 61 5) Once the barcode has been verified the status will change to “Site/ID selected by Barcode” 6) The Trimble handheld compu

P a g e | 62 6.6.2.1 Analyze Screen buttons 6.6.2.1.1 Pump This button activates the sample pump located within the Envision® gas analyzer.

P a g e | 63 6.6.2.1.2 Read Pressures The Envision® unit measures Available, Applied, and Differential pressures. In order to view and record

P a g e | 64 This button takes the Trimble handheld computer to the “Pressures” screen.

P a g e | 65 6.6.2.1.3 Previous Data If the user desires to view data previously recorded on the Trimble handheld computer then the Previous Da

P a g e | 66 This button will take the Trimble handheld computer to the “View History” screen. The “View History” screen will display any histor

P a g e | 67 6.6.2.1.4 Browse File The “Browse File” button will take the Trimble handheld computer to the File Explorer. This will allow yo

P a g e | 68 6.6.2.1.5 Lock Readings The “Lock Readings” button is designed to lock the gas values and to turn off the pump. This feature lock

P a g e | 69 6.6.2.1.6 Next ID This button will allow you to select another ID without having to proceed through the entire sample procedure.

P a g e | 7 and safety protocols as appropriate must be used when using the instrument. All vents on the meter are designed to exhaust to the at

P a g e | 70 6.6.2.2 Gas Quality and Gas Quality Ratios The Envision® gas analyzer measures concentrations of three gases: CH4, CO2 and O2. Th

P a g e | 71 6.6.2.2.2 Gas Ratios Balance/ O2  Results near “4” indicate a direct air leak into the sample train, sample f

P a g e | 72 6.6.2.3 Color Definitions The Elkins Gas Analyzer software has been programmed to help the user make tuning decisions

P a g e | 73 The software is also programmed to detect when the gas sensors have stabilized. When the gas sensor has stabilized the gas quality

P a g e | 74 When initially entering the “Pressures” screen from the “Analyze” screen the user will notice that the Initial pressures are visib

P a g e | 75 When the user is satisfied with the Initial pressures they may tap the Lock Initial button to lock in the initial pressures. Once

P a g e | 76 Once the user makes an adjustment and the sensors have stabilized the user can tap the “Lock Adjusted” button. The button will th

P a g e | 77 If the user has defined this monitoring point as “User Defined” then the user may type in a flow device for both the Initial and Adj

P a g e | 78 6.8 Comments The comments screen is accessed from the “Pressures” screen. The “Comments” screen is designed to give

P a g e | 79 The open text boxes can be populated by tapping on the text box and tapping the keyboard symbol to open the touch screen keyboard.

P a g e | 8 5 Trimble® Handheld Computer Preparation The Trimble handheld computer is the prime driver for the Envision® gas analyzer. The T

P a g e | 80 6.9 View and Store Data The “View Data” screen is intended to let the user view all of the data collected for this ID. If the user

P a g e | 81 Once the store button is tapped the data is stored in a .csv file on the Trimble handheld computer. The data may be accessed by eit

P a g e | 82 6.10 Utilities The “Utilities” menu is accessible from the main menu. The “Utilities” menu contains the information needed to assis

P a g e | 83 6.10.1 Well ID Maintenance The “Well ID Maintenance” feature of the utility menu is intended to allow the user to create or delete I

P a g e | 84 6.10.1.1 Create New Site The Well ID maintenance screen will allow the user to make a new site for the existing ID set installed i

P a g e | 85 2) Open the touch screen keyboard by tapping the key board Icon at the bottom of the touch screen. 3) Type in the name of the new

P a g e | 86 4) Tap the “New Site” button 5) The new site name will now appear in the “Site” text box and a default ID will be generated 6)

P a g e | 87 7) The new Site is now stored in the ID set located on the Trimble handheld computer. 6.10.1.2 Create New ID The Well ID maintenan

P a g e | 88 2) Open the touch screen keyboard by tapping the key board Icon at the bottom of the touch screen. 3) Type in the name of the ne

P a g e | 89 5) Select the Wellhead Type. If the user desires to manually type in a flow at the selected point each time then the user may sele

P a g e | 9 Parameter Battery Power External Power Backlight* Never turns off Never turns off Backlight Brightness 100% 100% Keypad on Time 1 m

P a g e | 90 7) Select the appropriate “Plate” if using an orifice plate. If there is no orifice plate then do not worry about the “Plate” size

P a g e | 91 10) The new ID is now located on the Trimble handheld computer. 11) If the user is at the monitoring point, the GPS location o

P a g e | 92 13) Tap the GPS button to mark the GPS coordinates or tap the Barcode button to mark the Barcode 14) Once the GPS location or Bar

P a g e | 93 6.10.1.3 Delete Site The software on the Trimble handheld computer will let the user delete a site from the configuration file loade

P a g e | 94 3) Tap the “Clear Site” button 4) The “Confirm Clear Site” message will appear. If the user is sure that they wish to delete th

P a g e | 95 5) The user may now return to the Analyze or Utilities menu by tapping the “Analyze” or “Utilities” button at th

P a g e | 96 3) Tap the “Clear ID” button 4) The “Remove ID from Site in Configuration file” message will appear. If the user is sure that th

P a g e | 97 6.10.1.5 Mark Location If the user is at the monitoring point, the GPS location or Well Barcode may now be recorded by using the mar

P a g e | 98 3. Tap the GPS button to mark the GPS coordinates or tap the Barcode button to mark the Barcode 4. Once the GPS location or Barco

P a g e | 99 5. The ID is now updated and located on the Trimble handheld computer. 6.10.1.6 Search location If the user is uncertain about the