Spectrum Technologies 6453BT, 6453BTA, 6491S, 6490S Product Manual

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FieldScout Bluetooth

Device & Mobile App

PRODUCT MANUAL

Items 6453BTA, 6453BT, 6491S, 6490S

®

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CONTENTS

Overview 3

Home Screen 3

TDR Bluetooth Device 5

Pairing FieldScout Device with FieldScout Mobile 6

Managing Courses/Farms and Sessions 7

Main Screen 8

Take Reading Screen 9

Customizing the Shape of the Sampling Site 10

Settings Screen 11

Specifications 15

Guided & Freeform Mode 12

Satellite Images 13

Sending Data to SpecConnect 14

Getting Started 4

This manual will familiarize you with the features and operation of

your new Bluetooth-enabled Field Scout device and FieldScout Mo-

bile. Please read this manual thoroughly before launching the units.

For customer support, or to place an order, call

Spectrum Technologies, Inc. at

[phone] or [phone]

between 7:30 am and 5:30 p.m. CST

FAX [phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]

www.specmeters.com

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OVERVIEW

Thank you for purchasing the FieldScout Bluetooth Device for TDR
300, or the Bluetooth-enabled TruFirm.

Bluetooth Smart technology allows FieldScout data to stream to a
smartphone when paired with the free iPhone or Android FieldScout
Mobile app (item 6453BTA). FieldScout Mobile is designed to collect,
store, and analyze measurement data from FieldScout meters
equipped with a Bluetooth Smart radio.

To log in as a FieldScout Mobile—Pro user requires a SpecConnect
FieldScout Pro subscription (item 3035) and uses the same login cre­dentials as the SpecConnect web portal & app (purchased separately,
contact Spectrum to place an order). The FieldScout Mobile—Pro app
automatically uploads measurement data to the SpecConnect web por­tal and launches enhanced features in the app not available in Field­Scout Mobile—Basic. Enhanced features include Guided mode &
Freeform mode, overlaying measurements on satellite imagery, writing
notes/ comments associated with zones or sessions, and sharing infor­mation with other FieldScout Mobile—Pro users.

The FieldScout Bluetooth Device (item 6453BT) mounts to the frame of
the TDR 300 and a cable plugs into the TDR’s computer port. TruFirm
meters (item 6490S) are available with a Bluetooth Smart radio in­stalled internally. Bluetooth capability can be added to a TruFirm meter
with the TruFirm Bluetooth radio board (item 6491S).

Fig. 1: Home screen

Home Screen

The Home screen (fig. 1) is displayed
when the app is opened. From the
Home screen, you can navigate imme­diately to a Course/Farm, an existing
Session, the Settings screen, Reports,
and the About Spectrum page. The
Home screen is also where you download data as
well. From any other screen, the Home screen can
be accessed by tapping the icon with 3 parallel,
green lines (fig. 2) and selecting “Home” from the
menu.

Fig 2. App
menu button

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Get your Bluetooth-enabled FieldScout TDR 300 or TruFirm working
with FieldScout Mobile in the following eight steps.

GETTING STARTED

Get the app:
FieldScout Mo­bile

Search ‘FieldScout’
in the Apple App
Store or Android
Google Play Store
and download it.

Attach Bluetooth Device (TDR 300
only). Turn on FieldScout Meter

and Bluetooth

TruFirm: Press the ON button to power-up
both the meter & the Bluetooth.

TDR 300: Press the ON button on
both the meter & the Bluetooth
Device to power-up.
(LED will indicate the
Bluetooth status, flashes
red when ready to pair)

Connect App to
Bluetooth

Scan for devices and
select:

TDR 300: FieldScout
Bluetooth
TruFirm: TruFirm
Bluetooth

Take
Measurements

Readings will stream
to the app, Bluetooth
LED will flash green

Use the grid icon to
return to the main
screen and
go to the
next zone.

Open Field­Scout Mobile

Select Basic login or
use SpecConnect
credentials for Field­Scout Pro login.

Add New
Course or Farm

Select
Course or
add New
Course (and
Farm)

Each course is a
location and can be
sub-divided into
holes and surfaces.

Start New
Session

A session
represents
a sampling
date/time.

Select meter type.

Reports use sessions
to organize data.

Identify Sam­pling Location

On the main screen,
select the desired
hole & surface.

Tap a zone to initiate
pairing procedure.

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TDR Bluetooth Device

The FieldScout Bluetooth Device (item 6453BT) con­nects to the data port of the TDR 300 meter. The
TDR 300 meter must be running firmware version 6.5
or higher to be compatible with the Bluetooth Device.
The FieldScout Bluetooth Device is powered by a
CR2032 battery (included) and attached to the meter
with Velcro.

Installing and Activating the FieldScout Bluetooth Device

1. Remove the screw from the back of the device and insert the battery
(+ side up). The LED will briefly glow red after the battery is inserted. Re­place the back and tighten the screw.

2. Place one piece of Velcro on the flat plate at the front of the meter and
the second piece on the back of the FieldScout Bluetooth Device. Attach
the device to the meter (figure 1).

3. Plug the cable into the data port on the bottom of the TDR's console
(figure 2).

4. Power on the FieldScout Bluetooth Device by pressing the green On/
Reset button. The LED will glow red for 2 seconds and then will start to
blink red. The red blinking indicates it is ready to pair with a smart phone
or tablet running FieldScout Mobile (see p. 6). If the device is not paired
within 2 minutes, the LED will cease blinking and the On/Reset button
must be pressed again to restart the process. After the device success­fully pairs with the app, the LED will glow green for a couple seconds. A
single green flash will then occur each time data is transmitted from the
TDR 300 to the smart phone or tablet.

Note: When the TDR’s internal data logger is full, the meter’s display will
not function properly. Unless you are using the internal logger as a back-

up, the TDR logging function should be
disabled in FieldScout software.

Fig. 2: Cable plugged into data port

Fig. 1: Device attached to flat plate

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Pair in g F i e l d S c o u t D e v ic e

with FieldScout Mobile

The Bluetooth radio must be paired with the smartphone running Field­Scout Mobile. For the TDR meter, activate the Bluetooth Accessory (p.

5). For the TruFirm meter, the radio is activated when the meter is
powered up.

1. Activate the Bluetooth feature on the smartphone.

2. Open the app.

3. Create or select a Course/Farm (p. 7).

4. Create or select a Session (p. 7). This will bring up the Main screen

(Fig. 1). If you are using both TruFirm and TDR meters, confirm that
the meter you are using appears at the top of the screen.

5. Tap any of the zones to bring up the Take Reading screen (Fig. 2).

6. Tap the Connect FieldScout Device via Bluetooth button. If the

Bluetooth feature has not been activated, you will be prompted to
do so.

7. Tap the Start Scan button to search for a Bluetooth device (Fig. 3).

The options will be FieldScout Bluetooth for a TDR 300, or TruFirm
Bluetooth for the TruFirm.

After selecting the device, the App will be ready to take readings (p. 9).

Figure 1. Main screen Figure 2. Bluetooth

Connect button

Figure 3. Scan for
Devices button

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Managing Courses/Farms

And Sessions

Before a new data collection session can be created, the location on
which that data will be taken must be selected. For the Golf setting, this
will be a Course. For the Agriculture setting, this will be a Farm.

Selecting an Existing Course/Farm

From the Home screen, tap the Course/Farm but­ton. This will bring up the Select Course/Farm
screen (Fig 1). Select the desired Course/Farm
name from the list.

Creating a New Course/Farm
From the Select Course/Farm screen, tap the Add
New Course/Farm button. Enter the new name

and tap the Start button. This will take you back to
the Select Course/Farm screen with the new
course included in the list.

Sessions

A data session identifies the
date and time when data was
collected. After selecting the
location, the app will take you to
the Select Sessions screen
(Fig. 2). If you are beginning a
new session, tap the Start a
New Session button. This will
bring up the Name Sessions
screen in which you name the
session and identify the type of
meter you are using (Fig. 3). If
you would like to continue an
existing session, select it from
the list. After selecting a ses­sion, you will be taken to the Main screen (p. 8). Once in the Main
screen, it is also possible to navigate between sessions for the same
surface and hole by tapping the green arrows on either side of the
session identifier window.

Figure 1. Select
Course screen

Figure 2. Select
Sessions screen

Figure 3. Name
Sessions screen

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MAIN SCREEN

After selecting a session (p. 7) you will be taken to the Main screen.
Here you can review the averaged data by hole and surface or access
the measurement screen.

In Golf mode, select the hole number and surface type. Tap a zone to
access the Take Readings screen (p. 9) and begin recording data to
the app from the meter. Tap and hold on a zone to begin the process of
creating a user-definable configuration of zones (p. 10).

Agriculture/Other mode (see Settings Screen, p. 11) is similar but has
no Select Hole option and the golf-specific surface names are removed.
See pp. 12 - 13 for more detail on the Pro Only features.

Satellite image

switch (pro only)

Guided mode

(pro only)

Email

Select
Hole
number
(golf only)

Zone selec­tion and
data display

Mute

App
menu

Current
session

Session

selection

buttons

Select

Surface

Freeform

mode

(pro only)

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The Take Reading screen is displayed while making measurements.

The value measured by the FieldScout meter will be instantly transmit­ted to the app and displayed in the center of the screen. Readings are
automatically accepted and the zone’s reading counter and average
value are modified. Tap the Delete button to delete the most recent
reading or all readings for this zone. When a reading is deleted, you are
taken back to the Main screen (p. 8). Tapping the grid icon will also
return you to the Main screen. Continue taking measurements by se­lecting another zone or moving to a different surface.

Note: The hole number, meter type, and surface cannot be modified
from this screen.

Take R eading S c r e en

Hole
number
(Golf only)

App menu

Surface

Delete

reading

Current
reading

Take notes
(Pro only)

Overall
Average

Readings

count

Bluetooth
status

Return to main

screen

Bluetooth connection

status

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Customizing the Shape of

the Sampling Site

The Zone Editing menu (Fig. 1) is accessed by
pressing an holding on any zone in the Main screen
(p. 8). From here you can customize the configura­tion of zones at a given sampling location. This is
useful for non-rectangular shaped sites such as a
golf course green.

When a column is added, it is added on the far right
side. When a row is added, it is added at the bot­tom. When a row or column is deleted, the row or
column removed is the one in which that cell is lo­cated. The grid has a maximum of 5 rows and 5
columns. If the Delete this Cell option is selected,
that individual cell will be de-activated and grayed
out. The Add Cell option can only be used to re­activate cells that have already been removed.
When a cell is added, the reading from that cell will re-appear. Figure
2 shows some examples of manipulating the default 3 x 3 grid to create
a customized shape.

The Add Notes and Edit Satellite Image options are only available for
the Pro version.

Figure 1. Zone
Editing Menu

Figure 2. Modifying the zone configuration to better approximate the shape of
the area being sampled.

Add 2
rows

Delete
a cell

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The Settings screen (Fig. 1) can be accessed from
the Settings button on the Home screen. This
screen is used to select the Golf or Agriculture/
Other mode. Within either mode, it is possible to
choose which color scheme is used in the Main
screen (p. 8) and how that color scheme is sub­divided. After selecting the mode, the app will give
you the choice of 3 color schemes (Fig. 2). Select the
desired scheme and tap the OK button to proceed to
the legend scale screen (Fig. 3). The top toggle but­ton allows you to indicate whether the data is from a
TDR or TruFirm meter. The default scale is from 0 to
1 for the TruFirm and from 0 to 25 for the TDR. To
adjust these default values, enter values in the top
(minimum value) field and bottom (maximum value) field. Only the high
value for the lowest range and the low value for the highest range are
entered in with the keypad. The rest of the legend is auto-filled. Tap the
OK button or App Menu button in the upper left corner to save the
changes and return to the Home screen. Tap the Cancel button to ig­nore the changes and return to Color Scheme screen.

Settings Screen

Figure 1.
Settings Screen

Figure 2. Color scheme screen

Figure 3. Legend scale screen

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GUIDED & FREEFORM MODE

Guided mode

allows taking a

complete set of
readings at a surface (or
field) uninterrupted. First,
choose how many read­ings per zone to take (Fig.

1). This number can be
modified by tapping the
small pencil icon at the
bottom of the zone sam­pling pattern screen (Fig.

2). Second, choose a hor­izontal or vertical path by
tapping the appropriate
button at the bottom of the
zone sampling pattern
screen. Click the first
zone to start and begin taking measurements with the FieldScout me­ter. The app automatically progresses to the next zone after the re­quired number of readings has been taken.

The app will track progress by highlighting the current zone and show­ing a readings counter in the bottom right corner of the zone.

Freeform mode allows taking measure­ments without the constraint of zones.
Instead of averaging all measurements

taken in a zone, each measurement taken
in freeform mode will be shown independently as a
color-coded point (Fig. 3).

Freeform mode

Fig. 3. Freeform
sampling

The Pro version of the app (available for users with a SpecConnect
account) offers two alternatives to how the site is sampled. These are
the Guided and Freeform modes. These modes are selected from the
bottom of the Main screen (p. 8).

Fig. 1. Selecting
number of readings

Fig. 2. Guided zone
sampling pattern.

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Satellite Images

FieldScout Pro users can overlay measurement data on
top of a satellite image of their site. The far-right image be­low illustrates how the combined data screen will look.
Click the satellite button at the bottom of the Main screen
to add the map. Initially, the map will be centered at the phone location.
But, the image can be re-sized, moved, and rotated by pinching and
swiping with your fingers. The GPS coordinates associated with the
data laid over the image are for the center of the zone location. This
enhanced image can be replicated in SpecConnect if it is assigned a
GPS location in the app (see p. 14).

Emailing Images

Both FieldScout Basic and Pro users can email images of
their measurement grids. Click the email button at the bot­tom of the Main screen. Tap “Select Session” and select
the session of interest from the list. Only sessions for the
current Course/Farm will be listed. Tap the “Send Email” button to open
the email app on your phone. Type in the destination of the email. The
default email Subject is the date and time of the sampling session. This
can be modified to something more descriptive. Text can also be en­tered into the body of the email. Images of all active grids for that ses­sion will be sent as attached files.

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Sending Data to

SpecConnect

FieldScout Pro users will automatically transmit their
measurement data from the app to their SpecConnect web
portal account when their phone is connected to a WiFi
network or allows the use of cellular data. The Spec­Connect icon in the top right indicates if the data is synced
(red) or not (gray). In SpecConnect, select the device from the Equip­ment page. View grid and freeform mode data for a selected meter type
(TDR or TruFirm). All sessions for a selected date range will appear in
the drop down menu on the right. For data taken in Golf mode, use the
surface dropdown list to scan to the selected hole and surface. Use the
Settings menu to select a color scheme and adjust the range scale in
the same way as it is done in the app (p. 11). Use the Export button to
download a comma delimited (.csv format) file of the selected session
to your computer. Only the average data for a grid zone will be trans­ferred to the exported data file.

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Compatibility

• Apple Bluetooth Smart devices

⇒ iPhone (6 Plus, 6, 5S, 5C, 5, 4S)
⇒ iPad (Air, Mini, 3rd & 4th gen)
⇒ iPod Touch (5th and 6th gen)

• Android Bluetooth Smart devices (v4.3 or later)

⇒ Samsung Galaxy series
⇒ HTC One, One Max
⇒ Motorola Droid RAZR, Maxx, Mini, Moto G, X
⇒ Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10

• TDR 300 (firmware version 6.5 or later)

• TruFirm with Bluetooth Smart radio

Physical Properties

• Cable: 9” length with 3.5mm stereo plug and sealing grommet for
FieldScout communications port

• Dimensions: 2.25 x 1.5 x 0.75 in (5.7 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm)

• Weight: < 2.5 oz (70 g)

• Operating Temperature: -40 °F to 185 °F (-40 °C to 85 °C)

• Battery: 2032 Lithium coin cell

⇒ 6 months expected life

• IP40 enclosure

• Materials: enclosure—ABS plastic; cable—PVC45P

Radio Specifications

• Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth Smart): QDID—B021015

• Frequency: 2.402 GHz to 2.480 GHz

• Modulations: GFSK

• Range: 50 ft (15 m)

Regulatory Information

• USA: FCC ID – QOQBLE113

• Canada: IC – 5123A-BGTBLE113

• CE approval: EN300328, EN301489

SPECIFICATIONS

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WARR ANT Y

This product is warranted to be free from defects in material or work­manship for one year from the date of purchase. During the warranty
period Spectrum will, at its option, either repair or replace products that
prove to be defective. This warranty does not cover damage due to im­proper installation or use, lightning, negligence, accident, or unauthor­ized modifications, or to incidental or consequential damages beyond
the Spectrum product. Before returning a failed unit, you must obtain a
Returned Materials Authorization (RMA) from Spectrum. Spectrum is
not responsible for any package that is returned without a valid RMA
number or for the loss of the package by any shipping company.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Spectrum Technologies, Inc.

3600 Thayer Court

Aurora, IL 60504 USA

Model Numbers: 6453BT, 6491S, 6490S
Description: Field Scout Bluetooth Device
Type: Electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use
Directive: 2014/30/EU
Standards: EN 61000-6-1:2007
EN 61000-6-3: 2007
IEC 61000-4-2:2008

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I C E S - 0 0 3 : 2 0 1 2 D i g i t a l A p p a r a t u s ( I n d u s t r y C a n a d a )

David Anderson—VP Product Development August 21, 2015

Spectrum Technologies, Inc

3600 Thayer Court

Aurora, IL 60504

[phone] or [phone]

Fax [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]

www.specmeters.com

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