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First open the IMS Application 'SHIL' on the desktop.(Figure X)

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IMS will open and test communication with the  instruments, reads configuration files, and homes the instrument . After successful initialization the main IMS

Two windows will appear: The 'IMS Control Panel on the left and the measurement window along the top of the screen. FIGURE (XX)

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Start A Measurement

1. Click the green 'MeasureStart' Button in the 'IMS Control' panel (FIGUREXX).
2. The 'Sample Information' Window will pop up (FIGURE XX).
   
   
   
   
3. The area on the left has four fields to define the condition of the sample measurement:
   1. Image Type: 'Section Imaging' or '360 Imaging'. For instructions on the 360 imaging refer to XXXXXX
   2. Wet/Dry: Indicates the type of the material being imaged
   3. Condition: 'Pristine' or 'Sampled/Altered'. Sampled/altered could include imaging the working half or a highly disturbed section. Most instances should be pristine.
   4. 360 Imaging: This area is grayed out unless '360 Imaging' Image Type is selected. For instructions on the 360 imaging refer to XXXXXX

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       5. Click 'Take a Picture'. The lights will turn on and start moving down the length of the core. In the IMS interface the sample information will go away revealing the measurement windows. The image and RGB data is displayed and updates as the measurement progresses. 

       6. When the measurement is complete, the camera lights will turn off and move back to the home position on the track.

       7. An 'Image Crop' window pops up. An image should be cropped to include all material and the inner edge of the end-cap. RGB data will exclude data outside of the Crop area. The green box is the IMS estimation of the crop area. Click and drag the green lines to adjust the cropped area              at the top, bottom, and sides of the image. Tools in this window include:

                   Show Bottom of Image: Takes image down to illustrate the bottom of the image and crop box.

                   Show Top of Image: Brings image up to show the top of the image and crop box.

                   Crop Image: Crops the image to show only image inside of the green box.                   

                   Uncrop Image: Will undo a crop and allow user to re-adjust the green crop box.

         The Image crop restricts users to limit adjustments to 2cm or less. If the image needs to cropped by more than 2cm check the correct section/end cap is being uses, a styrofoam spacer is not missing, and the curated length. Cores can expand so if the curated length is incorrect, talk to    the curator on shift to correct the length. Note this will also create a need for the curator to re-calcuate depth of the hole. If the error is in the curated length of the core a user can check the 'override crop restriction' button to crop the image and upload the data.

      8. Click 'Crop Image' when satisfied the green box will capture the entire image.

      9. If satisfied with the image click 'Save Image'. If the image needs to be re-imaged click 'Discard Image' and re-start the measuring process.

     10. The 'Image Crop' window will go away and the 'Sample Information' window will appear again.

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Uploading Data

Three files are uploaded to LORE via MegaUploadaTron (MUT): a cropped JPEG file, full length TIFF file, and a RGB file. Files are written to C: > DATA > IN. MUT looks in this folder, uploads the files, and moves succesfully uploaded files to C: > DATAUploading DataAfter section is imaged, select the Ends of Material Points > Save, and a virtual label with section identification will attach to the saved image while the concatenation endpoints are recorded to the LIMS.

Maintenance

Instrument Preparation

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