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Media-Distribution
VIEWER
WinCan Video Player
Instruction manual
Version: 2.2
Date: 17.08.2011
Table of contents
1
Introduction.................................................................. 3
2
Minimum system requirements ........................................ 3
3
Data transmission.......................................................... 3
3.1
Selection of the sections to be exported ....................................................... 3
3.2
Distributing data using MediaDistribution ...................................................... 4
3.3
Burning data using an external program ....................................................... 6
3.4
Burning data using the WinCan8 burning tool ................................................ 7
4
What is WinCan VIEWER? ............................................... 8
4.1
System requirements ................................................................................. 8
4.2
Installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0................................................. 8
5
Launching WinCan VIEWER ............................................. 9
6
WinCan VIEWER projects ................................................ 9
7
Language Settings ....................................................... 10
8
Icons used in the grids/tables........................................ 10
9
Function overview........................................................ 11
10
Videoclips and photos................................................... 11
10.1
Displaying photos .....................................................................................11
10.2
Displaying videos......................................................................................12
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Icons of the symbol bar................................................ 13
12
Project on several CDs or DVDs ..................................... 13
13
Printing projects .......................................................... 13
13.1
Printing a selection of sections....................................................................14
14
ScanExplorer functionalities .......................................... 15
14.1
What is ScanExplorer?...............................................................................15
15
WinCan Video Player .................................................... 16
15.1
Licensing the WinCan Video Player ..............................................................16
15.1.1 Reading the license file................................................................................................... 16
15.2
Activating the Basic Video Player ................................................................17
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Appendix.................................................................... 18
16.1
Launching WinCan Viewer with START parameters ........................................18
16.2
Using combinations of START parameters ....................................................19
Introduction
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1 Introduction
This user guide describes the procedure of making a WinCan8 project ready to be sent to a
final customer (engineer office, town administration etc.) in easy to handle format.
This procedure implies the following four steps:
1. Exporting the projectdatabase as well as the media files from WinCan8.
2. Distribution of the data stuff via the software WinCan8 - MediaDistribution
3. Burning of the distributed data (via MediaDistribution or an external burning software)
4. Checking the exported data in WinCan8-Viewer
2 Minimum system requirements
The following modules must be licensed and installed on the PC, which the WinCan8 project
will be distributed on:
• WinCan v8 Entry (Version 8.24.0.XXXX or higher)
• The language of the project to be exported
• WinCan8 MediaDistribution
• WinCan8 Viewer (Version 4.X.X.XX) or higher)
3 Data transmission
3.1 Selection of the sections to be exported
Open the project to be exported in WinCan8. Select the menu command Export, WinCan
Viewer Export:
ALL the sections displayed on the section table will be distributed and exported.
If there has to be exported a group of sections only, you may set filter criteria in the current
project. Click on the symbol (1) to set the criteria you like in the filter dialogue (see docu-
mentation WinCan Replicator). Filtered sections can then be exported directly via the com-
mand WinCan Viewer Export.
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Data transmission
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3.2 Distributing data using MediaDistribution
The software WinCan8 MediaDistribution is running directly after the exporting process. Ac-
cording to the size of the WinCan8 project the amount of CDs/DVDs (1) needed is automati-
cally calculated and the files put on the corresponding media are listed as shown below (1):
Besides the distribution of the project data the software is also copying the tool WinCan8-
Viewer (3) automatically on every DVD. Click on the button and check the following
settings in the dialog box shown below:
2
1
The WinCanViewer always must be copied to
the distributed project using this path!
During the distribution of the data the media
name will automatically be written in the field
SI_MediaNumber1 AND copied into
SI_VCRNumber1.
3
Free spac
e:
Free space:
Data transmission
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Click on button media name settings and define another name pattern for the folder that
will finally contain the distributed data.
Confirm all the name settings with a click on the green button and you will find yourself
again in the dialogue WinCan8 Media Distribution. Also click on the green button in this win-
dow to distribute your project data directly to the hard disk (4):
First define the folder on the hard disk where the data finally should be written in (e.g.
D:\EXPORT) and confirm this entry with the green button in the Select directory panel (5):
now the distribution process is launched. Once this job is finished the MediaDistribution
software can be closed by clicking on YES in the dialogue shown below:
In case you want to provide the distributed project data on CD or DVD, you will have to
burn them afterwards.
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Data transmission
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3.3 Burning data using an external program
Just burn the data using exactly the same data structure the MediaDistribution has built up
before. Neither delete any folder/file nor rename one of them nor move any file into another
folder. In case you decide not to transmit some files to a final customer, you will have to
delete these before starting the distribution software.
The Mediadistribution is creating folders with the media name defined before followed by a
serial number (e.g. DVD1, DVD2, ...).
IMPORTANT: Burn the CONTENT of the folder DVD1* on the first DVD then burn the CON-
TENT of the folder DVD2* on the second DVD etc. The data distributed on the hard disk
must be visible finally in the root directory of the DVD (as show in the graphic below!); oth-
erwise the WinCan8 Viewer will NOT start automatically after sliding in the DVD in the drive.
HINT: Always check if the data are readable after burning before you forward the DVDs to
your customer.
Data transmission
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3.4 Burning data using the WinCan8 burning tool
Select the media type first (1) and then select the entry Write to media (2) to get the data
burnt directly on a CD or DVD:
Check again the program settings via the button and launch the WinCan8 burning tool
with a click on the green button (3):
Click on the button Burn to start the burning process. If necessary you will AUTOMATICALLY
be asked to slide in a new media (6). Close the default WINDOWS message (4) by clicking
on the Close button (5): the burning process will be launched or resumed.
IMPORTANT: Always wait until the software is telling you that the burning process has fin-
ished completely!
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5
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Free space:
Free space:
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System requirements
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4 What is WinCan VIEWER?
WinCan VIEWER enables one to visualize and print the WinCan8 project data on every
Computer with a WINDOWS operating system that has got the system requirements as
mentioned below.
4.1 System requirements
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3
• Microsoft .NET-Framework 2.0 und SP2
• Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 6 or higher)
• Microsoft Media Player 11
• Minimal screen resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
• Special decoder software according to the video format
4.2 Installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Your operating system will be checked first to make sure all requirements are fullfilled. If
the software extension Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is NOT yet installed on the target
computer a message is going to tell you that the item will be installed now. This procedure
only takes a few minutes and only runs once. Confirm the the message below with OK:
.NET Framework 2.0 will be unzipped:
Shortly afterwards the software installation wizard is popping up automatically. Just follow
the corresponding hints given by the wizard and click on the NEXT or INSTALL buttons re-
spectively to run and to terminate the installation process.
Launching WinCan VIEWER
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5 Launching WinCan VIEWER
The WinCan VIEWER can be launched in two ways:
• AUTOMATICALLY: The software WinCanViewer starts directly after sliding in a CD/DVD in
an optical drive. This so called AUTORUN function is activated per default on most of the
computers.
• MANUALLY: If the AUTORUN function is deactivated you will have to double click on the
file WinCanViewer.exe on the CD/DVD to launch the software. To do so double click on
the icon My Computer on your desktop and then select the DVD icon:
Double click on the file WinCanViewer.exe to run the software
IMPORTANT:
WinCan VIEWER cannot run more than once at the same time on the same computer.
6 WinCan VIEWER projects
The project data distributed before by the MediaDistribution are automatically available in a
virtual WinCan8 interface after sliding the Viewer DVD into the drive. The access to the pro-
ject data as well as navigating in such a Viewer project is done in the same way as in Win-
Can8:
Language Settings
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7 Language Settings
WinCanViewer automatically works with the language settings of your PC. The language
used in the menus and the dialogue boxes is taken from the Regional and Language Options
of the operating system. English is used per default only if a language is not available in
WinCan8-Viewer.
Select the prefered language in the main menu. Click on Settings, Language an make use of
the panel shown below:
8 Icons used in the grids/tables
Flow direction left – right ("Upstream MH = left; Downstream MH = right")
Flow direction right – left ("Upstream MH = right; Downstream MH = left")
Deformation report available
Satellite report / Lateral section report available
Satellite report / Lateral section report not available
Photo available
Photo not available
Videoclip available
Videoclip not available
Scan Explorer View available (Panoramo-, DigiSewer- or RPP-Scan)
Rehabilitation report available
Joint Explorer View available
Function overview
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9 Function overview
10 Videoclips and photos
10.1 Displaying photos
Double click on the symbol , to show the corresponding photo:
O
bservations
of
the currently selected sect
i
on
(3)
L
ist of all sections exported from WinCan8
Select ALL sections
VIEWER proje
c
t
read from hard disk
Area for displaying of
videoclips and photos
Double click on the photo in the
displaying area to enlarge it.
Click once on the enlarged photo to
fix it again with the displaying area.
S
ymbol bar (page 14 )
Videoclips and photos
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10.2 Displaying videos
Double click on the symbol to display the videoclip. Click on the button in the video-
clip bar afterwards to enlarge AND to restore the size of the displayed video. The button
allows you to take photos directly from the videoclip and to save them in a folder you will
have to define yourself.
Once the videoclip is beeing displayed or PAUSED (1) you will be able to jump directly to the
position of the observation in the clip (2) given by the corresponding MPEG-Timecode (3).
This feature simplifies the check of every observation recorded in WinCan8 before by the
operator.
The other function buttons being a part of the videoclip bar are explained below:
1
2
3
Display/pause
videoclip
Stop vide
o
clip
Change videoclip display-
ing settings
Change displaying speed
(forward/backward)
Current runtime
Total runtime
Icons of the symbol bar
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11 Icons of the symbol bar
A report for a particular section only is available, if the corresponding symbol is appearing in
colour.
Upstream manhole report available
Downstream manhole report available
Annotation report available
Section/Manhole sketch available
Inclination report available
Diameter report available
Temperature report available
Pressure test available
Scan Explorer options
Flushing report available
Navigation buttons for main section as well as for sat-
ellite/lateral sections ( )
12 Project on several CDs or DVDs
Large projects may be spread over several CDs or DVDs and therefore the data stuff must
have been split too. In the column Media you will be shown which disk the data are stored
on. If you try to display a picture or a videoclip of a section that cannot be found on the cur-
rent CD/DVD you will be asked to slide in the corresponding disk (1).
13 Printing projects
Projects can be printed in 2 ways from the WinCan8-VIEWER interface:
• Printing of inspection reports saved as PDF files in WinCan8 before: these PDF files must
be put in a subfolder PDF of the current WinCan8 project. After the media distributing
process you will be able to open directly these PDF files via the button PDF (2) on the
VIEWER interface. An integrated PDF reading software makes reading and printing the
reports even more easy.
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1
Printing projects
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• Printing of inspection reports directly from the WinCan8-VIEWER. In case of large pro-
jects the database AND the photos are – if possible - automatically put on the same me-
dium whereas the videoclips are always spread over the whole CD/DVD package. The co-
lumn Media will show you which medium these multimedia files are stored on respec-
tively. Look at the possibilities explained below for printing a selected section range:
13.1 Printing a selection of sections
…then click on the printer symbol (1) in the symbol bar:
Select the sections and the different types of reports to be printed in the VIEWER-
DocuCenter as shown below:
Click on the printer symbol in the Document Printing dialogue (2) and have a look at the re-
port in the print preview (3). Click on the printer symbol again (4) and select the printing
options in the corresponding dialogue box (5). Print the report with one click on the button
Print.
Alle the sections pre-
sent on the current
DVD will be recog-
nised and selected
automatically
Separate sections
can be selected di-
rectly by clicking on
the check boxes for
each section
.
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ScanExplorer functionalities
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14 ScanExplorer functionalities
14.1 What is ScanExplorer?
Mind the graphic shown below for a better understanding of the basic functionalities of this
technology. Scanner applications, like DigiSewer, RPP oder Panoramo are performing so cal-
led side scans of the inner surface of an inspected pipe. The original 3D-aspect of this sur-
face is then folded down to a 2D layer appearing in a way as if the pipe had been cut before
at its top (12 o'clock) or its bottom (6 o'clock):
Graphic: Unfolding process of the inner pipe surface and creation of a 2D image.
This technology enables you to display the whole inner pipe surface as one big picture layed
in several stripes (1). A further advantage compared with a default video inspection consists
in measuring real distances and surfaces directly on the pipe surface. The aspect of the un-
folded inner pipe surface is a bit unusual at the first glimpse but the software module on the
other hand is a very efficient tool to quickly and precisely judge the general state of pipe.
Double click on
this icon to get
the overview of
the scanned pipe
of section 6.
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WinCan Video Player
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15 WinCan Video Player
In the new versions of WinCan8 (version 8.18.0.XXXX or higher) and WinCan VIEWER a new
customizable video player component is built in. The advantages of this new WinCan Video
Player are listed below:
• High quality displaying of all the videoclips recorded in WinCan8
• Integrated decoder component especially licensed for MPEG video displaying
• Support of the whole range of MPEG formats: from MPEG-1 up to MPEG-4 AVC applied in
HD-TV environments.
• No installation or administrator rights needed.
• No influence on other video player functionalities installed before.
• Included and ready for use on every WinCan Viewer CD/DVD.
15.1 Licensing the WinCan Video Player
A license fee for the use of the formats MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-AVC must be payed to
the corresponding patents owner (www.mpegla.com) by CDLab as a software manufacturer.
Every WinCan VIEWER project contains a copy of the WinCan Video Player whose license is
limited to 30 days.
If the final customer doesn't indicate a valid license key after this period, the WinCan Video
Player will display the video clips with a white pixel pattern in the center of the image.
15.1.1 Reading the license file
• Open WinCan VIEWER project
• Select the menu Settings, Video Player Settings
• The following dialogue will appear:
The button Add License allows you to enter the license key either manually (1) or to indicate
the path of a valid license file (txt-format) (2) previously copied to the hard disk. The licens-
ing is terminated when clicking on the green button (3). A small message finally confirms
that the whole process has been done successfully.
Valid license files can be ordered by e-mail (sales@wincan.com) oder by phone call (CD Lab
AG, 0041-026 672 37 37).
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2
1
WinCan Video Player
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15.2 Activating the Basic Video Player
The basic video player (Microsoft Windows Media Player 11) doesn't require any license and
can be activated at any time. To do this click on the green button at the right side of the
section Basic Video Player in the Video player settings dialogue (1).
IMPORTANT: If you do NOT want to buy a license for the WinCan Video Player and prefer to
use explicitely the Basic Video Player to display the video clips in WinCan Viewer you will
NEVER have a warrantee, that videos recorded in MPEG2- or MPEG4-format can be dis-
played without any problems on the target PC.
In such a case you will have to install the required CODECS yourself.
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WinCan Video Player
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16 Appendix
16.1 Launching WinCan Viewer with START parameters
To specifiy start parameters you will have to launch WinCan Viewer via the function RUN in
the Windows START menu. Always mind the correct syntax when typing the different START
parameters:
START parameter /P:[path]:
Example:
"C:\Program Files\WinCan v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer\WincanViewer.exe"
/P:G:\WinCan_Projects\V8\Projects_Standard
START parameter /N:[media]
Example:
"C:\Program Files\WinCan v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer\WincanViewer.exe"
/N:010208_1
… launches WinCanVIEWER and tells you to slide the DVD named 010208_1 in the drive E.
The 1
st
line of the file Drive.INI in the folder C:\Program Files\WinCan
v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer must contain the same drive letter (page 20):
START parameter /S:[search criterion]
Example:
"C:\Program Files\WinCan v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer\WincanViewer.exe"
/S:10
… launches WinCanVIEWER and lists
all the projects in the folder
G:\...\Projects_Standard
WinCan Video Player
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… launches WinCanVIEWER and shows the first section of the project in the drive E with the
value 10 in the target field S_StartNode (written in the 3
rd
line of the file Drive.INI):
START parameter /mdb/sectionname=[name]; (WITH a semicolon!)
Example:
"C:\Program Files\WinCan v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer\WincanViewer.exe"
/mdb/sectionname=NY_PA5;
… launches WinCanVIEWER and looks for a section named NY_PA5 in different databases.
16.2 Using combinations of START parameters
START parameter /P:[path] /mdb/sectionname=[name]; (with a semicolon!)
Example:
"C:\Program Files\WinCan v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer\WincanViewer.exe"
/P:G:\WinCan_Projects\V8\Projects_Standard /mdb/sectionname=NY_PA5;
… launches WinCanVIEWER, jumps to the main folder G:\...\Projects_Standard and
opens the first project containing the section named NY_PA5:
START parameter /N:[media] /mdb/projectname=[name]; (WITH a semicolon!)
Example:
"C:\Program Files\WinCan v8\WinCan\WinCanViewer\Viewer\WincanViewer.exe"
/N:010208_1 /mdb/projectname=DEMO_US_PACP;
… launches WinCanVIEWER and tells you to slide in the DVD named 010208_1 storing the
project DEMO_US_PACP.
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