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Chapter 3

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BlastMate III Operator Manual

3.7.10. Notes Key

The

Notes

key accesses the Notes and the Job Number features.

a. Notes

The

Notes

key lets you enter notes that are recorded with an event and printed in the Event

Summary Report. You can choose to include notes in your Event Summary Reports by selecting
the Use Notes choice. If you do not require notes, select the Use Blank Text Notes choice. With
this chosen, the BlastMate III leaves the space on the Event Summary Report where the notes
would have appeared. This allows you to write your own notes on the Event Summary Report in
the space provided.

To configure this setting, press the

Notes

key. The Notes Format: Window appears. Press the

Down

Arrow

keys to display the two choices, either Use Notes or Use Blank Text Notes. Press

the

Enter

key to save your setting.

If you chose Use Notes, the five notes windows appear in order allowing you to change the notes
titles and add your notes using the BlastMate III keyboard. Each of the five windows identifies
itself as either Notes 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Title with the default titles appearing under these. You can
change the default titles to your own. Titles can be up to 20 characters in length. Move the cursor
to the existing title and enter your new title. Press the

Shift

Delete

keys to delete characters.

Press the

Enter

key to save your changes. The text area for each title appears after you have

pressed the

Enter

key. The text area for the first four notes is 40 characters. Note 5 text area can

be up to 640 characters. Enter your notes in these windows. Remember to press the

Enter

key to

save your notes.

b. Job Number Format

You may include a job number for each recorded event. Job numbers help you keep track of
events stored in the BlastMate III or in a computer. Job numbers range from 1 to 9999.

To display the Job Number Format Window, press the

Notes

key when the Main Window is

displayed. Press the

Enter

key to scroll through the windows until the Job Number Format

Window appears. To enter a job number, press the

Down

Arrow

key to display the Use Job

Number setting. Press the

Enter

key to choose this setting. The Job Number Window appears.

Enter a job number and press the

Enter

key. If you do not require job numbers, display the Don’t

Use Job Number setting and then press the

Enter

key.

c. Scaled Distance

Scaled distance information can be saved with each event and printed on the event summary
report. The scaled distance information includes two factors: Distance from blast and Charge
Weight. The Distance from blast factor is the measured distance from the blast charge to the
monitor’s sensors. The charge weight is the physical weight of the charge used.

To enter scaled distance information, press the

Notes

key when the Main Window is displayed.

Press the

Enter

key to scroll through the windows until the Scaled Distance: Window appears.

Press the

Down Arrow

key to display the Use Scaled Distance Window. Press the

Enter

key. The Distance from blast Window appears. Use the

Arrow