Sample Files

Each analysis must be linked with a sample file before the analysis can proceed.

Specify or change the default display option by selecting Options > Option Presentation or select Basic / Advanced from the drop-down list at the bottom of the window.

The values for individual parameters in a file must be initially entered in Advanced mode and the file saved. Sample files can then be created in Advanced, Basic, or Restricted mode by selecting predefined Methods or Analysis Conditions and Report Options.

The values specified in the parameter portions of the default sample file are saved as the defaults for new sample files. To navigate from one set of parameters to another, select the parameter tab across the top of the window.

Sample File Fields and Buttons Table
Field or Button Description
Assembly mass [text box] This field is entered after the low pressure analysis is completed. Sample + penetrometer + mercury mass after the low pressure analysis.
Bar Code

Enter bar code reader information if a bar code reader is connected to the computer’s USB port. If a bar code reader is not used, this alphanumeric field can be used to enter additional information about the sample, such as a sample lot number, sample ID, etc. To rename the field label, go to Options > Default Method and deselect the Omit option.

Comments [text box] Enter comments about the sample or analysis. Comments display in the report header.
Material [drop‑down box] Select the material to be analyzed from the drop-down list. See Material Properties.
Method [drop‑down box] Select a method from the drop-down list. See Methods.
Operator [text box] Enter operator identification information. This field label may have been renamed or may not display if modified in Options > Default Methods.
Penetrometer [drop‑down box] Select a penetrometer file from the drop-down list, or click Edit to modify or create a new Penetrometer file. See Penetrometer Properties.
Sample [text box] Enter a sample description.
Submitter [text box] Enter submitter identification information. This text box may have been renamed or may not display if modified in Options > Default Methods.
Type of Data [group box]

Automatically collected. Select if the type of data will be automatically collected by the system while an analysis is running.

Manually entered. Use to enter data manually that was collected from another source. If Manually entered is selected, the Intrusion Report becomes available in the Basic/Advanced drop-down list for pasting or importing data into the file.

See Manually Enter Data.

User Parameters [group box]

These fields are primarily used for the SPC (Statistical Process Control) reporting to specify sample characteristics or its manufacturing process but may be used for other data by entering specific analysis conditions or sample criteria.

The entered parameters display on the Summary Report. Some fields may not display (or may have a different field label) if modified in the method from which the sample file was created, either through Options > Default Method or File > Open > Method.

  For fields and buttons not listed in this table, see Common Fields and Buttons.
 
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