Geomative Studio Operation Manual

ST Geomative Co., Ltd

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Version: 151001
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WARNING!
The GEOMATIVE GD delivers high voltages and currents.
Always consider all cables and electrodes connected directly orindirectly to the GD to
carry current.
Stay away from cables and electrodes while the system isoperating. Wear electrically
insulating boots and gloves duringfieldwork. Disconnect cables from GD mainframe
/Electrode before connecting / disconnecting electrodes to / from cables.
To avoid accident the operator must always keep all parts of theDevice including
instrument, electrodes, multi-electrode cables etc. under control for unauthorized
personsandstray animals while the system is operating!
The internal 16.8V lithium batteryof GD mainframe needs to be chargedevery three
month.
Contents
CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................. 3

01 GEOMATIVE STUDIO INSTALLATION ......................................................................................... 4

1.1 Pre-Installed Inspection ..................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Installation Steps ................................................................................................................ 4
1.3 Post-Installation Check .................................................................................................... 10
02 MAINFRAME MANGEMENT ..................................................................................................... 11
2.1 Mainframe Synchronization ............................................................................................. 11
2.2Paremeter Modification .................................................................................................... 12
2.3 IP Windows Modification ................................................................................................. 14
03 CREATE TEST PROJECT AND SCRIPT........................................................................................ 16
3.1 Create Project .................................................................................................................. 16
3.2 Download Project Documents .......................................................................................... 17
3.3 Create 1D Test Script ....................................................................................................... 18
3.4 Create 2D Test Script ....................................................................................................... 29
3.5 Create 3D Test Script ....................................................................................................... 34
3.6 Delete Script Documents ............................................................................................... 36
3.7 Download Script Documents ......................................................................................... 37
04 DATA MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 38
4.1 Upload Data ..................................................................................................................... 38
NOTE: IF THE PROJECT IN THE GD MAINFRAME IS NOT CREATED BY THE PC-SIDE GEOMATIVE
STUDIO, THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE THE CORRESPONDING PROJECT NAME UNDER
THE MAIN INTERFACE OF THE GEOMATIVE STUDIO. ............................................................................. 39
4.2 Data Browser ................................................................................................................... 40
4.3 2D ERT Data Diagram .................................................................................................... 41
4.4 Data sorting ..................................................................................................................... 42
4.5 Bad point delete................................................................................................................ 43
4.6 Export Data ...................................................................................................................... 44

05：OTHER FUCTIONS ............................................................................................................ 45

5.1 ATTENTION BEFORE TESTING ................................................................................................ 45

5.2 HOW TO IMPROVE TEST EFFICIENCY? ..................................................................................... 46
5.3 HOW TO ADD A TERRAIN FILE? ............................................................................................... 47
01 Geomative Studio Installation
Geomative Studio software was stored in CD,Copied and released software resource to
intended area(document area).the specific documents content was seen as diagram 01:

1.1 Pre-Installed Inspection

Geomative program has a limited for computer working system,Please follow thecheck steps
closedly.
1.Operating System Inspection
The operating system which supportingGeomative Studio includes:
Windows XP(SP3)version and upper
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 10
Therefore, before the installation, Check PC operating system ahead.
1）If the operating system is Windows XP, directly double-click Geomative_setup.exe to start
the installation program.
2）If the system is Win7 or Win7 upper, right-click Geomative_setup.exe for first, and
thenselect Run as administrator among the pop-up menu. See digram as below:

2.Conponents Working Environment Inspection

1）The program is required to be able to start running Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service
Pack 3 and higner.
2）As for online upgradation, please confirm that PC has installed the Internet Explorer
components of the operating system, which should support IE7 and IE7 higher version.
3）As for export data,to show as excel file format, you need to be installed on the
computerMicrosoft Excel 2007 software or equipped with Microsoft excel driver component
driver, the driver needs to support xls, xlsx and ect formats.

1.2 Installation Steps

1）After the implementation of the installation process, the program interface as shown
below (take win7 system installation as an example):

2）After running for some time, it will pop up the installation note automatically:

When this note appears, the user needs to attend the current operating system, if the system is
Xp, directly click "Yes" to enter the next page.
If operating system is Win7 or higher, double check the run of the installation process, is not
through clicking the right mouse button and selected "run as administrator" to start the installation
process or not, if yes, then click directly "Yes" to the next page. If no, click "No" to exit the
installation. Then right click on Geomative_setup.exe, in the pop-up options, selecting "run as
administrator".See digram as below:
 3) When you select "Yes" in the pop-up Geomative installnote, the next page will pop up
and the interface will look like this:

4）Clicking the "Next" button will continue to the next page, See digram as below:

As for install path, the default path for the installer is "C: \ Program Files \ Geomative_steup
\", and the user can click "Change" to change the path.
5）After the path is setted, click the "Next" button to enter the next page. The interface is as
follows:
 If there is no doubts for whole process, click "Install". If need to modify the path, click
"Back".

6）Click "Install", the system will automatically install, this process takes a few minutes,
please be patient.

7）Run for a while, will pop up the following dialog box, then start to install the GD driver
 8）Click the OK button, the driver will start the installation.

At this point for different operating systems, the installation of the underlying driver will
have a different installation interface:
For the XP system, the interface that pops up when the installation is driven is shown below
For Win7 or higher operating system, install the driver interface as follows
1.3 Post-Installation Check
Check the driver is successfully installed or not
When Geomativecan not connect successfully, " win + R " run devmgmt.msc view Device
Manager or right click on "My Computer" Select "Manage" see "Device Manager" whether
there is a virtual serial port device or not. See as picture.

There are following three device identification that drive the installation is normal, should
plug usb or restart GD to trial whether restore the normal connection or not.
1.
 2.

3.

Note: In the installation of the bottom software driver, due to the different operating systems
and a variety of different environments may make the installation of the drive abnormally.Such as
installationfailed or GD can not be correctly identified by the computer, finding questions and
solutions as Section 8.1, "Geomative studio Installation Exception Handling".

02 Mainframe Mangement
Note: the mainframe has been configured according to user needs the corresponding
parameters, it not be modified if the user has no special requirements.
2.1 Mainframe Synchronization
The GD mainframe can be connected with computer By USB cable

Open the GD mainframe and Geomative Studio software, the following dialog box pops up,
select "OK";
 Wait seconds,after the software to read the mainframe information, the synchronization will
be successed.

2.2Paremeter Modification
After the GD synchronized, the user can set the parameters of the device, select the device,
right-click, pop-up menu, or click "Manage - Device - Operation".
 Select "modify parameters", pop-up device parametersmodified the page, according to the
user needsto select the device parameters.

Importability Parameters:
 Industrial Frequency
 Data Format
 Teamperature System
 Supply Voltage
 Metric System
 Time Zone
 Language

After entering the related device parameters, click "Save", the following pop-up window "set
parameters successful!" Promptly, then the lower machine GD mainframe parameters modified
successfully.
2.3 IP Windows Modification
Apparent polarizability M0 ~ M6: a typical measured waveform of the following parameters,
where the polarization rate M1 ~M7 sampling time and sampling width can refer to the following
table. From the chart, M1 ~ M7 sampling time and width Fixed,has no relationship with power
supply time. With the power supply time reduced, can not measure the parameters.For example,
when poweredtime is 2S, only M1 ~ M5 can be measured, and M6 and M7 are setted as zero.

The system default sampling time and width are as follows:

M0 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 … Mn
Real test time
（ms） 200 300 500 920 1920 2920 3920

Sampling
40 80 80 80 80 80 80
width (ms)
When modifying the window, open Geomative Studio, select "equipment - operation -
modify the window" into the device management main interface.
 Or select the online device serial number, right click, pop-up menu, select "modify the
window";

In the pop-up window "start" and "width" fill in the appropriate value, then click "Add" to
add, set up, click "Finish" to save. After the operation is successful, the GD window will change
and apply to all test tasks.
03 Create Test Project and Script
3.1 Create Project
After the GD mainframehas successfully connected to the Geomative connection, select
"Project - Main View" to enter the project main interface.

selecting "Project - Operation - Create Project" to enter the project main interface.

The "Project parameters" setting window pops up and the project parameters are mannual
edited into the "Project parameters" window.
 Inportability Parameter：
ProjectID：Automatic generation
Project Name （ Necessarily ）：
Customize
Place：Customize
Date：Customize
Day for project：Customize
Project Manager: Customize
QA: Customize
Standard：Customize
Remark：Project related

After the engineering parameters are set, click "OK" to complete the new project established,
the new project will appear in the file list
Note: The project name is required, the other parameters for the optional, it will contribute to
project management once improve the engineering parameters set as far as possible.
3.2 Download Project Documents
Download the project is to create a good project in the software, import GD mainframe.
Select "function - sync", switch to the "task management" interface, select "new project",
pop-up Geomative in the list of works;

Choose the project, tick"√" in box of each project;

 Choose "release", Geomativestart to GD by one by one to download the project file. Each file
will be successfully downloaded, there are Progress indication. Successfully downloaded projects
are displayed in the "GD Mainframe Project" list.

3.3 Create 1D Test Script

Geomative studio provides the establishment of four scripts for 4PVES devices, dipole-dipole
devices, tri-pole devices, intermediate gradient devices and custom devices.
Under the one-dimensional script management page, select "script - operation - create script",
pop-up "one-dimensional script parameters" settings window.

The window input process, entering the script parameters, different devices have different
parameters.
For instance：
1）4PVES Device
When creating a 4PVES device, select "4PVES" choose from under the header file menu.
4PVES parameter setting as below chart：

4PVES parameter specification as below sheet：

Operatio
Name description Remarks
n name
Script Thename of
Enter no more than 20 characters
name thescript
Operator Name of operater Enter no more than 20 characters
New script
Remarks Enter no more than 20 characters
attention
GeomativeWill default to the system to
Time of founding
Time establish the local time of the project, while the
New script
time can be customize
Half of the distance between the transmitter
A a = 1/2*AB electrodes A (C1) and B (C2), the default value
is zero.
Half of the distance between the receiver
b b = 1/2*MN electrodes A (C1) and B (C2), the default value
is zero.
Thenumber of
Number
iterations of the 1 ~ 255 times, the default is 1.
of iterations
measure
Addition Add the Specific a>b
 points
Revised points and
Revise a>b
refresh
Delete Delete points
Save Save script
Cancel Cancelscript create
After each input of the value of a and b, click on the "add", the sounding point data will be
saved to the list of points, when all the test points a, b are edited, then click "Save" save, the script
Create complete. The new script will be displayed in the main interface of the one-dimensional
script.
At the same time, in the new script, the user can modify or delete the sounding
point,Amongthe measurement list, select modifying the measurement points, a, b input need to
modify the value, click on "modify" to finished. If the user needs to delete the sounding point,
select the point to be deleted, click "delete", pop-up delete prompt, click "OK", then the point is
deleted successfully.
In the script main interface, select the script list of the script, then the script properties bar
will display the current script related properties, in the script list, willaslo display the current script
details.

2）Dipole Device
When creating a Dipole Devicedevice, select "Dipole Device" choose from under the header
file menu.
 Dipole Device parameter specification as below sheet：
Operation
Name description Remarks
name
Script Thename of
Enter no more than 20 characters
name thescript
GeomativeWill default to the system to
Time of founding
Time establish the local time of the project, while the
New scrip
time can be customized
The distance between the transmitting
electrodes A (C1) and B (C2) or the distance
a AB or MNdistance
between the receiving electrodes M (P1) and N
(P2), the default value is zero.
The distance between the center point O 'of
the transmitting electrodes A (C1) and B (C2) and
b O'O "spacing
the center point O' of the receiving electrodes M
(P1) and N (P2); the default value is zero.
Number Thenumber of
1 ~ 255 times, the default is 1.
of iterations iterations of the measure
Add the Specific
Addition a>b
points
Revised points and
Revise a>b
refresh
Delete Delete points
Save Save script
Cancel Cancelcreating
 script

After each input of the value of a and b, click on the "add", the sounding point data will be
saved to the list of points, when all the test points a, b are edited, then click "Save" save, the script
Create complete. The new script will be displayed in the main interface of the one-dimensional
script.
At the same time, in the new script, the user can modify or delete the sounding
point,Amongthe measurement list, select modifying the measurement points, a, b input need to
modify the value, click on "modify" to finished. If the user needs to delete the sounding point,
select the point to be deleted, click "delete", pop-up delete prompt, click "OK", then the point is
deleted successfully.
In the script main interface, select the script list of the script, then the script properties bar
will display the current script related properties, in the script list, willaslo display the current script
details.
3）3PVES Device
When creating a Dipole Devicedevice, select "3PVES Device " choose from under the header
file menu.

Dipole Device parameter specification as below sheet：

Operatio
Name description Remarks
n name
Script Thename of
Enter no more than 20 characters
name thescript
Thename of the
Operator Enter no more than 20 characters
operator
ScriptsrelatedRem
Remark Enter no more than 20 characters
ark
 GeomativeWill default to the system to
Time of founding
Time establish the local time of the project, while the
New scrip
time can be customized
The distance between the receiver
a a = OA = OB electrodes M (P1) and N (P2) and the transmitter
electrode A (C1) or B (C2) is set to 0 by default.
1/2*MN = OM = Half the distance of the receiver electrodes
b
ON M (P1) and N (P2)
Thenumber of
Number
iterations of the 1 ~ 255 times, the default is 1.
of iterati
measure
Add the Specific
Addition a>b
points
Revised points and
Revise a>b
refresh
Delete Delete points
Save Save script
Cancel creating
Cancel
script
After each input of the value of a and b, click "add", the sounding point data will be saved to
the list of points, when all the test points a, b are inputed, click"save", the script Created
completely. The new script will be displayed in the main interface of the 1D script.
At the same time,whencreatenew script, the user can modify or deletethe measuring
testpoint.Among the measurement list, select needs to modifypoints, a, b input need to modify the
value, click "modify" to finish. If the user needs to delete the measuring test point, select the point
to be deleted, click "delete", click OK when pop-up delete prompt, check the point to delete
successfully.
4）Mid-gradient Device
When creating a Dipole Devicedevice, select "Mid-gradient " choose from under the header
file menu.
 Mid-gradient parameter specification as below sheet：
Operatio
Name description Remarks
n name
Script Thename of
Enter no more than 20 characters
name thescript
Thename of the
Operator Enter no more than 20 characters
operator
Scripts related
Remark Enter no more than 20 characters
Remark
Geomative will default to the system to
Time of founding
Time establish the local time of the project, while
New scrip
the time can be customized
Half of the distance between the
a a = 1/2 * AB transmitter electrodes A (C1) and B (C2), the
default value is zero.
Half of the distance between the receiver
b b = 1/2 * MN electrodes A (C1) and B (C2), the default value
is zero.
The distribution
Grid
of grid points
ABdirection
Linespac
measuring point
ing
spacing
Column AB vertical
distance direction measuring
 point spacing
The number of
Number
iterations of the 1 ~ 255 times, the default time as1.
of iterations
measure
Add the Specific
Addition a>b
points
Revised points
Revise a>b
and refresh
Delete Delete points
Save Save script
Cancel creating
Cancel
script
After each input of the value of a and b, click "add", the sounding point data will be saved to
the list of points, when all the test points a, b are inputed, click"save", the script Created
completely. The new script will be displayed in the main interface of the 1D script.
At the same time,when create new script, the user can modify or deletethe measuring
testpoint.Among the measurement list, select needs to modifypoints, a, b input need to modify the
value, click "modify" to finish. If the user needs to delete the measuring test point, select the point
to be deleted, click "delete", click OK when pop-up delete prompt, check the point to delete
successfully.
5）Composite Profiling Device
When creating a Dipole Devicedevice, select "Composite Profiling Device " choose from
under the header file menu.

Composite Profiling Device parameter specification as below sheet：

 Operatio
Name description Remarks
n name
Script Thename of
Enter no more than 20 characters
name thescript
Thename of the
Operator Enter no more than 20 characters
operator
Scripts related
Remark Enter no more than 20 characters
Remark
Geomative will default to the system to
Time of founding
Time establish the local time of the project, while the
New script
time can be customized
The distance between the receiver
a a = OA = OB electrodes M (P1) and N (P2) and thetransmitter
electrode A (C1) or B (C2). default as 0.
The distance between the receiver
1/2*MN = OM =
b electrodes M (P1) and N (P2) and the receiver
ON
electrode A (C1) or B (C2). default as 0.
The number of
Number
iterations of the 1 ~ 255 times, the default time as 1.
of iterations
measure
Add the Specific
Addition a>b
points
Revised points and
Revise a>b
refresh
Delete Delete points
Save Save script
Cancel creating
Cancel
script
After each input of the value of a and b, click "add", the sounding point data will be saved to
the list of points, when all the test points a, b are inputed, click"save", the script Created
completely. The new script will be displayed in the main interface of the 1D script.
At the same time,when create new script, the user can modify or deletethe measuring
testpoint.Among the measurement list, select needs to modifypoints, a, b input need to modify the
value, click "modify" to finish. If the user needs to delete the measuring test point, select the point
to be deleted, click "delete", click OK when pop-up delete prompt, check the point to delete
successfully.
6)CUSTOM device
When creating a Dipole Devicedevice, select "CUSTOM device " choose from under the
header file menu.
 Custom Device parameter specification as below sheet：
Operation
Name description Remarks
name
Script Thename of
Enter no more than 20 characters
name thescript
Thename of the
Operator Enter no more than 20 characters
operator
Scripts related
Remark Enter no more than50 characters
Remark
Geomative will default to the system to
Time of founding
Time establish the local time of the project, while the
New script
time can be customized
Half of the distance between the transmitter
a a = 1/2 * AB electrodes A (C1) and B (C2), the default value is
zero.
Half of the distance between the receiver
b b = 1/2 * MN electrodes A (C1) and B (C2), the default value is
zero.
AB direction
x Mid-gradient device, the default value is 0.
measuring point spacing
AB vertical
y direction measuring Mid-gradient device, the default value is 0.
point spacing
Pole distance Manually calculate and edit, the default
K
constant value is 1.
 The number of
Number
iterations of the 1 ~ 100 times, the default time as 1.
of iterations
measure
Add the Specific
Addition a>b
points
Revised points and
Revise a>b
refresh
Delete Delete points
Save Save scri
Cancel creating
Cancel
script
3.4 Create 2D Test Script
Geomative studio for users to create a variety of 2D ERT device, and when create the script,
not only can select the number of measurement layers, but also hierarchical settings script the
number of iterations. The steps are showed as follows:
Click on the "2D ERT" button in the lower left corner of the script interface to switch to the
"2D script" management page, select "script - operation - new script", or right click on the list of
scripts, select the new script, pop-up "2D script parameters" to set the window.

In the 2D script parameters interface, including the basic parameterscolumn, channel

parameter bar, measuring point filter, layer selection and script preview area.
 Specific parameter as below:
Option name Content description Remarks
Script Name Name of Script No more than 20 characters

Operator Name of Operator No more than 20 characters

Remarks Create remarks No more than 50 characters

Geomative will default to the system time,
Time of create
Time if user want to customize the time, options as in
script
the drop-down calendar.
Number of Total used theERT cable is 12 or 24 each, the number
electrodes electrodes is a multiple of 12.
Channel single Not available
Supports Winner, Schlumberger, Dipole -
Electrode Optional electrode
Dipole,Dipole,3PVES,Winner-Schlumberger,
Array array
Cross-borehole ect.
Channel
single Not available
number
Measuring Sorts of measure Random,layer,rolling as optional, the
Ways point default is random
Choose needed
layer According to script and needs
layer
Create Confirm create
Save Save script
Cancel Cancel script
click "Create" to create the script after all the relevant parameters are entered,, the script
information, respectively, to the list of details and scatter charts shown in the lower left and right
areas.
So Far, the user can set the script, measure the number of points or select the number of
layers and other settings, set up, click "Save" , the 2D script is created.
 The new script will be displayed in the main interface of the 2D script. In the script main
interface, select the needed script, then the script properties bar will display the current script
related properties,which will display the current script detailsin the script list.

As forwenner (α) device, Take 30 take-outs as an example:

After entering the related parameters, click "Create" to create the script, the script preview
file is displayed with two formats, the left area is displayed in the form of a data list, and the right
area is displayed as a scatter plot.
(1）Parameter Introduction：
 ①The left area is displayed as a list of data, and each column with the following means
Point number：As for the current test points in the script file serial number, when collecting
in the field, the script file will run in accordance with the order of the order;
A：transmitter A (C1) electrode position
B：transmitterB (C2) electrode position
M：ReceiverM (P1) electrode position
N：ReceiverN (P2) electrode position
K：Pole constant
Number of iterations: the number of iterations of the current measure (the number of
iterations, please refer to the "Number of iterations" in this section)
Number of layers: the horizon of the current survey
Each measurement point in front of a selection box, ticks "√" in the selection box, which
means the measurement point is selected, selecte measurement point with the right click, pop-up
menu;
② The right side of the area to show the script as a scatter plot:
The abscissa indicates the electrode number
The ordinate indicates the layer number
Dot： Each dot represents a measurement point, and the number on the dot indicates the
measurement order of the section. User can scroll the mouse to change the size of the icon to find
aappropraited size for browse.
In the illustration,User can use the mouse to select a measurement point, you can also drag
the selection box to select a region of the measurement points. If the measuring point is selected, it
becomes green, and the corresponding "√" Corresponded to therelated electrode parameter. The
unselected measuring points remain blue-green.Meanwhile,the left side of the corresponding
electrode parameters before the "√" will not be checked.
（2）Measuring points or layers
In the "select the number of layers" option bar to fill in the desired number of layers, click
"OK", the default is all selected.
If the user needs to select some points or individual test, User can select some points in the
scatter pattern area, or choose one by one; you can also play "√" in the selection box before the
left data list.
The selected measuring point, the right side of the dot turned into green, and in the left side
of the display area of the selection box will be "√", while the unselected point is blue, in the left
side of the display area selection box "√" will be canceled.
 （3）Set the number of iterations for data collection
In the right side of the scatter plot area, select a measurement point (green), right click with a
pop-up "modify the number of iterations menu" menu; or in the left display area, right click with
the selected point, the same pop-up menu appeared ;

select "modify the number of iterations" in the pop-up window menu;

User can select the number of iterations for this number of iterations in this window:
Current point: Indicates the current point, the number of iterations edited only applies to the
current point;
The current layer: the current level, the number of iterations edited for the point where the
layer stay;
The current layer and the following layers: the current layer and all the following layers, the
number of iterations edited for the current layer and below all the layers;
The current layer of layer _: the current layer to a(other) layer, edit the number of iterations
applied to the current layer to a specific layer.
Number of iterations: number of iterations, selectable in the drop-down list, select with a
range of 1 to 255 times.
After setting the number of iterations to set the points or layers, click OK to complete the
iteration setted.
After completed the edit of the script, select "Save" to complete the 2D script; if user do not
want to save the script file, select "Cancel".
The script file will be saved in the 2D script list, which will be used to view the script file
information created in the 2D scripting interface.
The saved script file contains only the points that were previously selected in the script
preview file. Where the order of the points in the script is arranged in the order of the
corresponding points in the script preview file with the ascendingorder.the measurements are
made like this order in real test.
3.5 Create 3D Test Script
Click the "3D ERT" button in the lower left corner of the script interface to switch to the 3D
script management page, select "Manage - Script - Operation - New Script"

The "3D Script Parameters" setting window pops up.

 After editing, select "Save" to form the script file.
Operation Description Remarks
Script name Name of script No more than 20 characters
Geomative defaults to the local time of the
system where the project was created. If you want
Time Created Time
to customize the time, user can choose from the
drop-down calendar.
Remarks Note for new scripts No more than 50 characters
Operator Operator Name No more than 20 characters

Electrode Pole- Pole, Pole - dipole, dipole - pole, dipole

Optional electrode types
Name - dipole,Winner, Schlumberger

Pole- Pole devices include full measurement,

cross - diagonal measurement, and Γ measurement.
Pole - dipole, dipole - pole, dipole - dipole,
Measure ways Script for switch the way
Winner, Schlumberger, etc. Devices include over -
diagonal sweep measurement and cross
-measurment
x-axisthe unit of x-axisthe unit of electrode distance, defaults as
X pole
electrode distance 0.
Y-axisthe unit of Y-axisthe unit of electrode distance, defaults
Y pole
electrode distance as 0.
X Grid
x-axis grid value x-axis grid value, defaults as 0.
Size
Y Grid
Y-axis grid value y-axis grid value, defaults as 0.
Size
X Grid x-axisshifted to the
offset grid
Y Grid Y-axisshifted to the
offset grid
Stacking Number for The number of iterations ranges from 1 to 255,
 iterations with a default of 1.
OK Save Save Script

Cancel Cancel Cancel the create Script

3.6 Delete Script Documents

Geomative Studio all the script files are classified in the script management
interface.Whilethe user can delete the script management in the script management interface.
Select the script file want to delete, select as "Manage - Script - Action - Delete Script" in the
Geomative toolbar, or select the script want to delete in the list of scripts, right click, select
"Delete Script" in thepop up the menu.

The pop-up dialog box will appeared afterSelect "delete script";

If the confirmation is deleted, select "Yes". And a successful operation will pop up when the
deletion succeeds,. If not, select "No".
3.7 Download Script Documents
The script is passed into the GD fromGeomative studio for testing.
In the synchronization window, click the "script" button to switch to the "script management"
page;

In the "Geomative script" list, select the script want to upload, which also support the batch
select the need to upload the script;

Click "Send" and Geomative will start uploading the script one by one to the GD. Each script
file upload success with progress indicates for chek;
 If the user needs to delete the script in the device, select the script in the interface, then click
"delete script" to delete the script.

04 Data Management
4.1 Upload Data
Connect the GD to the computer, enterinto the "Sync" page, click "OK", GD and Geomative
studio synchronization successfully, when in the "mainframe equipment in the project" will
display all the projects in the mainframe, click to select the required project, all the tasks in the
project will be displayed in the right box of the "mainframe device in the task" list, select the need
to download the data file (batch selection is available), click "Add", select the data added to the
bottom of the " Need to be uploaded to the Geomative Studio task column "list. If the user needs
to delete the data in the GD, select the data to be deleted in the "Task in the host device" list and
click "Delete". The data in the GD will be deleted.
Note: Users here can change to other projects, and the corresponding "data" in the project is
added to the "need to upload to Geomative Studio task column".

If all of the data is downloaded to the "need to upload to Geomative Studio task list" list,
click "upload", the data files will be uploaded to Geomative Studio in the corresponding project
directory. And the success of the "need to upload to Geomative Studio task column" column of the
task will automatically disappear. If user add the "need to upload to Geomative Studio task
column" list of data, do not need to upload, select the corresponding data, click "delete", the data
will be removed from the list.

Note: If the project in the GD mainframe is not created by the

pc-side Geomative studio, the system will automatically generate the

corresponding project name under the main interface of the Geomative

studio.
 Successfully uploaded data will be saved to the Geomative database and presented in the
project management interface, users can browse and edit in this interface, and will automatically
divided into two tasksafter the task which isthe use of auxiliary device upload

4.2 Data Browser

The downloaded data files are stored in the Geomative database and presented in the project
management interface, where users can browse and edit them.
Select "Management - Project" in the toolbar, and enter the "Project Management" main
interface.
 On the left side "Data List", select "Project - Location - Data File".where showthe details of
the data file on the right list. The grounding resistance will appear on the right side"list. At the
same time, the data-related properties are displayed in the "task attribute area" of the middle box.
In the "data file detail" list will show the data, A, B, M, N, the number of iterations, the
device coefficient K, current value, voltage, apparent resistivity R0, R value, spontaneous
potential SP, , The polarizability or charge rate is also displayed.
In the "Ground Resistance Detail" list, the ground resistance values of the electrodes
currently tested are presented. If there is the resistivity data, the grounding resistance will be
displayed in P1, the P2 and P2 status is displayed as blank. If there is the excitation data, the
grounding resistance will be displayed in P1, P2, P1 is mean to the ground electrode between the
grounding resistance, P2 is mean to the receiving electrode between the grounding resistance.

4.3 2D ERT Data Diagram

The user can display 2D resistivity data in the form of a quasi-cross-section
throughGeomative studio.
Firstly, select the 2D data file in the data list; select "Project - Operation - Profile" in the
toolbar or select the test task and right click;
 Select "profile", , the data will be displayed in graphical form in pop-up quasi-section
window.

4.4 Data sorting

Select the test task list, select the menu above the data, and sort the data from large to small
or from small to large.As shown in the figure below, they are sorted by current and voltage.Sort to
find outliers in the data quickly.
4.5 Bad point delete
There are two ways to remove bad points:
1) Press the shift key to select the bad point to be removed, and right click "Remove".

2) Select the data list, choose to delete the bad points according to the electrode, enter
the electrode number you want to delete, then the points defining the electrode
number will be deleted.
4.6 Export Data
Users can export the measured data with three forms,such as DAT, Excel and TXT. In 2D and
3D ERT or IP sounding, the exported DAT format file can be used directly for RES2DINV
software processing,and Excel and TXT Format file can view data related parameters.
Select the data file;select "Project - Operation - Export Data" in the toolbar.

Or click "right" , select "export data" in the pop-up menu.

 check the need to output the data format, including DAT, Excel or TXT format, and select the
file output path in the pop-up box;
Note: The exported data file is saved in C: \ Geomative \ Data \ test project \ by default.

Check the data format, click "OK" button, the data export successfully.

05：Other fuctions

5.1 Attention Before Testing

GD supports multi-channel measurement.The 2D ERThas 3-channel, 5-channel, 10-channel
three options.ERT cable configured 10 take-out and 20 take-out two models. For 10-channel
mainframeconfiguration, the same transmitter A, B, can be collected up to 10 sets of data at a time.
When start tomulti-channel test, L-type extension cable is necessary parts for test.while GD also
supports the single-channel test functions. When comes to single channel,user can choose a single
channel when creating a task, the task defaults to multi-channel.
When GD is for multi-channel collection, the use of the maximum channels to
support the measurementfor any script, but the need for multi-channel collection
requires certain conditions:
1) When collecting multiple sets of data, transmitter is necessary to correspond
as the same, thatmeans AB value be the same.
2）In the same value A and B case ,M, N can be arranged for achieve more
channel collection, the former group of N and the next group of M should be same
asbelow:A B M N
3 1 10 11
3 1 11 12
 3 1 12 13
3 1 13 15
3 1 16 17
Therefore, some devices such as wennerα, wennerβ, wennerγ, Schlumberger,
Wenner-schlumberger, because each group of data A, B are different, it can not support
multi-channel.
However, in order to improve efficiency, these configuration support the auxiliary script
function.whilethe auxiliary script is limited to the script type under the device type, and need to
remove the device other than the main device type, which can not select two kinds of the same
device types, and both of the two script electrode numbersare exactly the same. When using the
auxiliaryscript, the point in the task is equal to the sum of the two scripts, and the total number of
points is not reduced, but for the multi-channel part, you can use 2 channels for testing.
For pole-dipole dipole-polepole-poledipole-dipoleedge-gradient DoubleSide-3P Cross-hole
dipole bipole up-hole devices, since multi-channel conditions are met to the script, multi-channel
tests can be performed directly and auxiliary scripts can not be setted.
The GD mainframe also needs to be used with Geomative software, where GD collects data
and Geomative software manages engineering, scripts and data. Therefore, before install
Geomative software when using GD (see Section 2.1 for details) .
Before testing,the user need to ensure that the mainframe works and the needed script has
edited, each project can include up to 50 test tasks, engineering and non-standard script needs to
be created on the Geomative, and then input into the mainframe.GD prepared a defaultedproject
"test project", it can be used directly.
The GD script is divided into standard scripts, non-standard scripts.
Standard script: mainframe comes with the script, do not need to import through the software,
can not be deleted. As the 3D test script changable, 3D test have no standard script anymore, only
use non-standard script.
Non-standard script: user through Geomativeto define the script, according to their needs to
create a script, and import to the mainframe for use.

5.2 How to improve test efficiency?

When doing certain testing,if the test purpose is already clearly,the depth is known,you can
filtrate some not need testing points,thus will improve efficiency.Some pending testing points in
green areas in as below picture.
5.3 How to add a terrain file?
Apparent resistivity curve by ERT measured is easy be impacted to distortion occurs.It will
bring about the inversion result occur false or false construct,thereby bring about wrong
interpretionresult.Therefore,when in practicalwork,the data shall be topographical correction.
Geomative studio software also provide the function to add terrain files to the DAT data
format.
First of all,select“terrain”shortcut menu.

In popup add terrain file menu,select the leading-in data as shown below.
 Select the file output path in the popup option box,select the dat file to add terrain file(Only
one choose file at a time),open and join the file.

Select and open the datfile,settingthe terrain file parameters.

 Terrain file parameters:
Horizontal distance :By virtue of GPS locate,coastal plane direction as the X axis, you will
get the exact position.
Vertical dimension: Using test ropes,cables wiring direction as X axis,due to surface
fluctuate,there is certain angles between the direction and actual level.
X-axis: The coordinates can be the actual elevation, but also can be a point as a reference
point (such as the starting point) to get the coordinates.
Y-axis: The coordinates can be the actual elevation, but also can be a point as a reference
point (such as the starting point) to get the coordinates.
The first electrode corresponds to the terrain data point number: Due to it’s not each
electrodes need to be recorded,so we ned to input the start position of the recording.
When you finish the setting,select”savedata”,there will new cerate a dat file, The dat file is
modified on the original file for terrain files.