The Image Acquisition feature in Inspect allows inspectors to associate images with an inspection record. The images are then available in reports and in travel tickets as well.
To use the Image Acquisition feature, you need to use Layout Manager to add specific image selection controls to the Defect layout and to the Defect Details layout. Additionally, spreadsheet controls used in the Overview, Unit List, Repairs and Repair Details layouts contain an image-related column that you can display.
The layouts need to be added to the template that is assigned to the Data Collect station. For more information see Saving Layouts in a Template.
These steps apply to the following layouts:
o Defect
o Defect Details
o Repair
o Repair Details
The steps to include this control on any of these layouts are the same – simply select the correct layout in the first step.
1. Open or create a layout.
2. Right-click the layout and select New Control Group.
3. Use the Description field to enter a name for the new group.
4. Click OK.
5. Right-click the control group and click Manage > Controls.
6. Select the Image Auto-Control in the right pane and drag it into the left pane to assign it to the control group.
7. Click OK.
8. Right-click the control and select Properties > Control.
9. Use the various image-related caption fields to edit the text that appears on the image buttons. For example, you could change the WIA caption to "Acquire Images from Camera", if the source of the images will always be a digital camera used by the operator.
In Admin, each station can be set to open a specific folder to look for pictures when pressing the Acquire from Disk button. This is done using the Acquire from Disk Path property. For further details see here.
10. Edit any of the other fields of the Control Properties dialog as desired.
11. When finished, click OK.
12. Resize and reposition the control group on the layout as desired.
The spreadsheet controls used in the Unit List layout contain an image information column.
If you modify an existing Unit List layout, you need to reset the defaults for the spreadsheet controls to retrieve an up-to-date version of the grid. This adds the image information column to the grid.
If you create a new Unit List layout, the spreadsheet controls will automatically contain the image information column. There is no need to complete the steps below for a new layout, only existing ones that do not contain the up-to-date grid.
1. Open an existing Unit List layout.
2. Right-click a spreadsheet control and select Properties > Control.
3. Click the Click here to change column info field in the Column Info section.
4. Click the Reset to Defaults button – this adds the image information column to the grid and resets the checkboxes to their default selections.
5. Use the column checkboxes as desired to define which columns of the spreadsheet are visible or hidden.
6. Click OK.
7. Use the other fields of the Control Properties dialog to define or change any other values as desired.
8. Click OK.
9. Resize and reposition the control group on the layout as desired.