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If the Remote Module was purchased separately from the handheld unit, see Section 2.3,
“Establishing Contact with the Remote Module”.
Launch the GK-405 VWRA by tapping on “Start” from the handheld PC’s
main window, then tap “Programs”, and then tap the GK-405 VWRA icon
(shown to the right).
If the GK-405 Vibrating Wire Readout Application has not been installed, please see Section
2.4, “Installing the GK-405 VWRA”.
2)
After a few seconds, the blue light on the Remote Module should change to a steady state
blue (lit but not flashing) and the Live Readings Window will be displayed (Figure 4). If the
window shown in Figure 5 is displayed instead of the Live Readings Window, please refer to
Section 2.5, “Starting the Vibrating Wire Readout the first time”. If the Live Readings
Window is displayed but no Thermistor or Vibrating Wire output is shown, please refer to
Appendix A, “GK-405 Connections”.
Figure 5 - Select Workspace Name
3)
From the Live Readings Window, different display modes may be selected as appropriate for
the sensor (see Section 3.2.1, “Display Mode”). If a sensor is connected that contains more
than one vibrating wire “cell”, the “Sensor Index” may be changed to view the vibrating wire
output for each “cell”, or the average may be displayed.
4)
If displaying sensor output in engineering units is desired, tap on “View” then “Sensor
Selection Screen” to select a predefined sensor or to create a new sensor configuration.
Please refer to Section 3.3, “Sensor Selection Screen” as well as, Section 4.2, “Sensor
Configuration”.
5)
To close the GK-405 VWRA from the Live Readings Screen, tap “Menu” then “Close GK-
405”.
Figure 4 - Live Readings – Raw Readings
