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SCINTREX SARIS Operation Manual

OPERATIONS MANUAL
SCINTREX
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Operations Manual
SARIS Manual - part # 735700 Revision 1.1
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Document Part No. 735-700, Revision 1.1 Printed and bound in Canada
Foreword
Congratula tions on purcha sing the SARI S resistivity sy stem from Scin trex Ltd.! You are in poss ess io n of one of the most versatile and ad vanc ed r es ist i v it y sy st ems for groundwater, geotechnical, engineering and archaeological applications available.
The SARIS can be configured t o suit your own unique requiremen ts. In addition to the standard 4-electrode mode, the SARIS can use intelligent multi-electrode cables, supporting a wide variety of arrays such as:
)RUHZRUG
•Schlumberger
•
Wenner
•
Offset Wenner
•Pole-Dipole
• Dipole-Dipole
•
In-line Pole -Pole
• Lateral Pole-Pole
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Table of Contents

Foreword Getting Started
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Page numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Type styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
2nd Draft
Chapter layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
About the instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Important Safety Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
2
Operation principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Instrument overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2nd
Console and Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Keyboard description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Function keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Function/Alphanumeric keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Direction/Sign keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Powering up the SARIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Adjusting the contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Preset contrast values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Manually set contrast values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
On-line display screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
On-line help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Keyboard operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Entering values in fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Fields with preset values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Alphanumeric entry, example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Alphanumeric entry, example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Your survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Sounding configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Profiling configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
Automated soundings and profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Dumping data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
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Dumping data in USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Mimimum system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Resetting the SARIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
Resetting the default parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30

Instrument Setup

Set-up screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Cable setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Selecting a cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Detecting a new cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Deleting a cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Copying a cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Creating a virtual cable, example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Transmitter screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Options screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Presets setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Creating a new preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Selecting a preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Copying a preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Deleting a preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Service screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Service and support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
Software upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Database errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
GPS screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
GPS setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51
Choosing your map datum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
Choosing differential mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
Clock screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
Survey screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Optional parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
Optional header parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57
Optional survey reference point parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57
Reading coordinates with the GPS module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58
Survey parameter setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59
Survey array setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
Sounding arrays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65
Profiling arrays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-66
Borehole logging arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67
Survey cable setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68

Field Operation

Field setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
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Manual survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Automated survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Resistivity surveys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Example 1: Schlumberger sounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Automated cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Preset table of positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Manual entry of electrode positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Starting a Schlumberger sounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Performing the next measurement: Schlumberger sounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Inverting your Schlumberger sounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Example 2: Wenner profiling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Automated cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Manual entry of electrode positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Beginning a Wenner profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
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Performing the next measurement: Wenner profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Viewing your Wenner profile results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Entering notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Recording notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Recording notes using the pre-defined list of notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
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Recording notes using available macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Recording manually entered notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Recalling data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
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Scrolling through your surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Scrolling through your soundings and profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Dumping data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Dumping data from your SARIS using the USB port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Dumping data using the RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Setting the communication parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Memory clear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
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Maintenance and Trouble-shooting

Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Battery charging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Charging procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Basic maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Fuse replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Console disassembly and reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Trouble shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Saris operation error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Inversion routine error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
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Reference Information

Saris technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Saris system components list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Warranty and repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Shipping instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Appendix A: Offset Wenner Sounding
Offset Wenner Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
Technical Description of the Offset Sounding & Schlumberger Cables . . . . . . . . . .A-3
SCS-64 Cable System (Part no. 735030). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
SCS-128 Cable System (Part no. 735031). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
SCS-256 Cable System (Part no. 735032). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
SCS-96 Cable System (Part no. 735033). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
SCS-192 Cable System (Part no. 735034). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
SCS-384 Cable System (Part no. 735035). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Appendix B: Imaging Techniques
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-1
Example: Wenner array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-1
Appendix C: Scintrex Utilities Program
Installing SCTUTIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-2
Reprogramming your SARIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-9
Using the RS-232 cable to upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-11
Installing your USB driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
Appendix D: The Induced Polarization Method
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-1
Historical Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Description of the I.P. phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-4
The Time Domain Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
The Frequency Domain Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Field Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9
Electrode arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-13
Data presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
Model responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
Case Histories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-18
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Limitations of I.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-24
Decay curve analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-26
Time versus frequency domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-31
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-35
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About this manual

Page numbering

The numbering scheme used consists of two parts: the chapter number and page number. For example,
For your convenience, each chapter has a thumb-tab on the right-hand side allowing you to quickly locate a chapter of interest. The thumb-tabs are arranged in descending order, with Chapter 1 always starting at the top.
604#
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Type styles

The following typeface conventions will be used throughout the manual.
Convention Use
Bold Italic
Indicates an action to be taken
Italic
ALL CAPS

Chapter layout

This manual i s divid ed into five chapt ers with the info rmation flow deta iled in the following table.
Chapter Description
1. Getting Started
2. Setup
3. Operations
4.Maintenance
5.Reference
A.Offset Wenner
Technique
B.
Denotes a new term being introduced
Denotes the name of a method or mode
Gives an overview of the manual and the SARIS.
Describes how to setup your SARIS for a resistivity survey.
Describes each step in a resistivity survey. Thorough examples of a Schlumberger sounding and Wenner profile are given
Describes basic maintenance, trouble-shooting and basic repairs
Contains the technical specifications, instrument parts list and warr anty information.
C.
D.
E.
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Symbols

The following symbols will be used to highlight specific sections of text throughout the manual.
Symbol Meaning
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Warning:
Denotes an important point concerning safety
Important:
Indicates a important topic, particular attention should be paid to this section
Note:
Denotes a point of interes t, or info rmatio n you s hould read
Tip:
Denotes an interesting hint for smoother operation
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Indicates a relevant question concerning an important topic
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About the instrument

Important Safety Notice

Warning:
TX.
STOP
The SARIS can produce
touch current terminal A(C1) and B(C2) or any
NOT
bare wires or current electrodes while transmitting current.
INJURIES.
Whereas Scintrex has taken reasonable precautions in its design to minimize the possibility of personal injury in its normal and proper use, Scintrex can bear no responsibility in this regard.
All users are cautioned to establish and adhere scrupulously to safe operating procedures in the field, as well as safe practices in the maintenance and repair of this unit.
It is recommended that all field operators be fully advised of the potential hazard from these currents and of the operating procedures necessary to avoid accidents.
Positive communication between the operator and all field personnel will help ensure that accidents do not occur.
In case of an emergency, you can interrupt the injection of current by pressing and holding the Tx Stop key until an acknowledgement message appears
THIS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS
LETHAL
currents.
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This will shut down the transmitter and avoid any further injuries.
Do not touch the electrodes or any section of bare wire when the SARIS is injecting current.

Operation principles

The SARIS has a structured database allowing you to enter as many surveys as you want. You are only limited by the physical size of the memory, which at 1008 Kilobytes will al low yo u to store more than a week’s worth of data in your SARIS. Each survey is comprised of several soundings and/or profiles that contain individual readings. The following flowchart illustrates how the surveys ar e structure d in the memory.
Survey 1
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Profile 1
readings readings
readings
Profile 2
readings readings
and so on.
readings
Sounding 1
readings readings
readings
Profile 3
readings readings
readings
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Instrument overview

The SARIS resistivity system consists of an electronics console, optional multi-electrode or borehole interfaces which allow you to connect to intelligent multi-electrode or borehole cables and a power supply module. The following picture illustrates a SARIS system with a multi-electrode interface.
Electronics
Console
Multi-Electrode Cable Module
Power Supply
Module

Console and Keypad

The following picture shows the front panel of the console.
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Keyboard description

About the instrument
Function keys
On
Off
Enter
CXL
BKSP
TX.
STOP
↵↵↵↵
The On key turns the instrument on.
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The Off key turns the instrumen t off.
The Enter key is used to acknowledge a particular keystroke sequence. This is commonly used when entering numeric parameters such as the value of the AB spacing in a Schlumberger sounding.
The CANCEL key is used to either clear the data field or to move the cursor back one space.
The arrow keys move the cursor either, right, left up or down.
Emergency Stop:
Will immediately stop the injection of current.
F1
TO
SOUNDING
PROFILE
F5
The F1 to F5 function keys access the sub-menu options. These options will vary according to the current menu. For instance in the surveys screen the F1 key allow you to access the parameters sub-menu.
Press the Sounding/Profile key to begin a sounding or a profile.
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READING
Starting a resistivity reading once a sounding or profile has been properly set up.
Function/Alphanumeric keys
SETUP
1
ABC
SURVEY
2
DEF
MEMORY
3
GHI
CONTRAST
4
JKL
HELP
5
MNO
DUMP
6
PQR
INFO
7
STU
Keying in the number 1, letters a, b and c as well as accessing the Setup screen.
Keying in the number 2, letters d, e and f as well as accessing the Survey screen.
Keying in the number 3, letters g, h and i as well as accessing the Memory screen.
Keying in the number 4, letters j, k and l as well as accessing the Contrast Setting screen.
Keying in the number 5, letters m, n and o as well as accessing the On-line help screen.
Keying in the number 6, letters p, q and r as well as accessing the Dump screen.
Keying in the number 7, letters s, t and u as well as accessing the Information screen.
NOTE
8
VWX
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Keying in the number 8, letters v, w and x as well as accessing the Notes screen.
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RECALL
9
YZ
N
.
S
0
E
.
W
0
Keying in the number 9, letters y and z as well as accessing the Data Recall screen.
Direction/Sign keys
Keying in the nort h d ir ect io n, i n cr ea si ng t he contrast and entering a + sign.
Keying in the south direction, decreasing the contrast and entering a - sign.
Keying in the east direction, increasing the contrast and entering a + sign.
Keying in the west direction, decreasing the contrast and entering a - sign.
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Powering up the SARIS

PRESS
PRESS
On
CONTRAST
4
JKL
To turn your SARIS on,
Note:
If your SARIS does not turn on, or the screen is either totall y blank o r dark, ple ase refer to “Trouble shooting” on page 4-7.
press
the On key.
Adjusting the contrast
If the screen is either too dark or too light, CONTRAST key.
The following screen will then appear.
press
the
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Polarizing sunglasses may prevent you from seeing the screen, it will appear as all dark.
About the instrument
Preset contrast values
The preset contrast values are 30, 50 70 and 90% contrast. The default value for the contrast is 50%.
PRESS
PRESS
PRESS
PRESS
F1 F2
F3 F4
To set the contrast to 30%,
To set the contrast to 50%,
To set the contrast to 70%,
To set the contrast to 90%,
press
press
press
press
the F1 key.
the F2 key.
the F3 key.
the F4 key.
Manually set contrast values
The user can also manually set the contrast on a scale of 1 to 16, from lighest to darkest.
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E
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S
0
W
0
To increase the contrast you can keys illustrated on the left.
To decrease the contrast you can keys illustrated on the left.
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PRESS
Press
the F5 key to exit the Contrast Adjustment
F5
screen.
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On-line display screens

In addition to the Contrast Screen previously described, there are two other on-line display screens. These screens can be accessed at any time during the operation of the SARIS.
About the instrument
PRESS
HELP
5
MNO
On-line help
The help key line allows you to access help topics about the current screen being displayed.
To access the on-line Help screen, key.
The screen that will then appear will depend on the context in which the help key is pressed.
Example 1:
For instance, if the HELP key was pressed in the Survey Screen (Survey key), the following screen would appear as an overlay.
press
the HELP
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Example 2:
If the HELP key was pressed in the SetUp Screen (SetUp key), the following screen would appear as an overlay.
HELP
PRESS
PRESS
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5
MNO
INFO
7
STU
To exit the on-line help
press
the HELP/5/MNO key
to return to the previous screen.
System information
The information on-line screen presents information about your SARIS.
To show the on-line information screen, INFO key.
press
the
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The following screen will then appear as an overlay to the screen being presently displayed.
The informat ion topics illustrat ed on the screen are in order:
•
Instrument model number,
•
Instrument version,
•
Software version,
•
Serial number,
•
Quantity of RAM available,
•
Quantity of flash memory available
•
Percentage of free memory,
•
Battery voltage
•
Inner temperature of the unit.
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INFO
7
STU
Press
the INFO key to return t o the previous screen.
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Keyboard operations

There are several basic keyboard operations that will be repeated throughout the manual. These operations are as follows:
For purposes of clarity and briefness, we shall enumerate these procedures only once. Where in the manual these procedures are called upon, we shall refer to the present sec tion.

Entering values in fields

There are two types of parameter fields:
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Fields with preset values.
•
Fields with no preset values.
As a general example, let us consider a screen that has both types of fields.
In the Transmitter SetU p scree n, you can selec t the opera ting opt ions for the transmitted current.
•
entering v alues in field,
•
editing fields,
•
entering alphanumeric values.
SETUP
PRESS
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ABC
With the SARIS turned on, access the Set-Up screen.
press
the SETUP key to
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The following screen will then appear.
Press
the arrow keys to bring your cursor to the
transmitter icon.
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Enter
↵↵↵↵
The word Transmitter will then be highlighted, as illustrated below.
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the Enter ke y.
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The following screen will then appear.
PRESS
F3
Press
the F3 key to toggle between the Function
mode and the edit mode.
When in the EDIT mode, the word EDIT will be highlighted, as illustrated below.
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