RHOPOINT INSTRUMENTS Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge User Guide

RHOPOINT INSTRUMENTS Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge

Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge

The Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge Software is designed to connect to the gloss measurement devices of Rhopoint Instruments, UK. This software has three versions: Lite, Advanced, and Pro. The manual covers all available functions for the Pro version, but not all options described herein are available in the Lite or Advanced versions. If you have any questions or comments, you can use the support section of the software or directly contact Rhopoint Instruments.

Formal Designations of Application Software Used in This Manual

Microsoft, Excel, Excel 2003, Excel 2007,Excel 2010, Windows,Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other company names and product names mentioned in this manual are the registered trademarks or  trademarks of their respective companies.

Notes on this Manual

• No part of this manual may be reprinted or reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of Rhopoint Instruments or CyanCor GmbH.
• The contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice.
• Rhopoint Instruments and CyanCor GmbH accept no responsibility for consequences resulting from failure to follow the instructions outlined in this manual.
• The file types offered are industry standard and the user needsto be experienced in dealing with Excel or other 3rd party programs in order to make further use of these.

Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge User-Guide Content

• Start page
• Exit Application dialogue
• Manage licence page
• Manage licence online page

Start Page
Upon starting the NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE software for the first time, you will be prompted for license activation. The software needs to be activated in order to be used. To receive a valid license file, enter the Licence Management dialogue. Two choices apply:

• Activate Licence (opens the manage licence page)
• Exit Application (terminate NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE)

Exit Application Dialogue
When you press Exit Application in the first start screen, the software will terminate and a verification dialogue appears.

Introduction

Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge Software is designed to connect to the gloss measurement devices of Rhopoint Instruments, UK.
It offers an easy means to measure, import and compare data and export the measurements into several other file formats, e.g. HTML5, Excel® or CSV file format.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accurate operation of this software. Please note that this manual covers all available functions for “Pro” version of the software, so not all options described herein are available in Lite or Advanced versions.
However, should you have any questions or comments, you can use the support section of the software or directly contact Rhopoint Instruments.
Formal designations of application software used in this manual

• (Designation used in this manual) (Formal designation)
• Windows, Windows XP, Vista, 7 Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7/8 Professional Operating System
• Office, Office 2003/2007/2010 Microsoft® Office® 2003/2007/2010
• Excel, Excel 2003/2007/2010 Microsoft® Excel® 2003/2007/2010

“Microsoft”, “Excel”, “Excel 2003”, “Excel 2007”,“Excel 2010”, “Windows”, “Windows XP”, “Windows 7” and “Windows 8” are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Other company names and product names mentioned in this manual are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

Notes on this manual
No part of this manual may be reprinted or reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of Rhopoint Instruments or CyanCor GmbH.
The contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual. However, should you have any questions or comments, or find an error or missing section, please contact [email protected].
Rhopoint Instruments and CyanCor GmbH accept no responsibility for consequences resulting from failure to follow the instructions outlined in this manual, the condition above notwithstanding.
Rhopoint Instruments and CyanCor GmbH point out that the file types offered are to be seen as industry standard and that the user needs to be experienced in dealing with Excel or other 3rd party programs in order to make further use of these.

Chapter I – licensing your Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge software

Start page
Upon starting the NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE software for the first time you are shown the first-start screen prompting you for license activation.
The software needs to be activated in order to be worked with; to receive a valid licence file please enter the Licence Management dialogue.
Two choices apply:

• Activate Licence (opens the manage licence page)
• Exit Application (terminate NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE)

Exit Application dialogue
When you press “Exit Application” in the first start screen, the software will terminate and a verification dialogue appears.

Manage licence page

Two choices apply:

• Manage licence online (online activation via internet connection)
• Manage licence offline (offline activation via licence file or Email)

Manage licence online page

• Two choices apply:
• New customer (register a new software account)
• Existing customer (use an existing software account to activate your licence)

New customer
In order to use the software, you need to register your account.
Enter your Company and user details in the appropriate fields of the dialogue.
Be sure you use a valid email as well as a decent password (advice: you should follow the latest guidelines for creating secure passwords).

After your user information is entered, please read the data protection consent and related info, check the checkboxes if you agree and then please click on “Register”.

Existing customer
If you already have an account, log in for updating or registering your license.

Manage licence offline page

This button enables the offline activation of NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE; use this option if you have no access to the internet and want to activate your software via Email or a 2nd PC.
Three choices apply:

• Activate License
• Import Licence
• Remove Licence

Activate Licence
Brings you back to the previous screnn.

Import Licence
This button opens the Windows explorer.
Choose the path and file where your license file is stored.

Remove Licence
Press this button in case you want to remove your licence and activate it on another PC.
Select “Yes” in upcoming dialogue to remove your licence and make it available for activation once again, otherwise select “No”.

License Activation dialogue
After you registered or entered your login credentials, you will be in the license activation dialogue.

Two choices apply:

• either activate a 30-days trial license
• or enter an activation code

Once you made your choice, please click on “Request License” The software will now connect to the server and issue a license file.

After a license file has been issued successfully, you will receive a confirmation and you need to restart the software.

Chapter II – Pairing your instrument

There are two possible ways for NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE to receive data from Rhopoint devices:

• Active transfer of data via Bluetooth®
• Transfer of stored measurements via USB

Step 1: establish Bluetooth® connection between PC and device

1. Activate Bluetooth® pairing on the Rhopoint instrument device
2. Turn on the instrument
3. Enter the “Control” menu
4. Go to “Menu” (Button “Down”)
5. Go to “Setup” (Button “Right”)
6. Go to “Control Menu”
7. Set DATA ID to ON
8. Set SOF/EOF to ON
9. Set Bluetooth to ON
10. Set Bluetooth Mode either to

DATA (values only) or DATA+ (values plus photometric curve (IQ)

2. Activate the Bluetooth® link on the PC (Please refer to the used adapter’s installation/activation instructions)

3. Establish pairing following the Bluetooth® adapter’s instructions
   Example: The following link shows describes connections using Microsoft™ resources:
   http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/connect-to-bluetooth-and-other- wireless-or-network-devices

4.  If your device has been paired once, you can directly connect via Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge (refer to step 2) in the future

Note for Rhopoint Data Widget users:
For working with NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE, the Rhopoint Data Widget MUST

BE TURNED OFF!
This is important as NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE will only connect a device if the
Rhopoint Data Widget is deactivated (and vice versa).

Step 2: pairing your device with Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge
Once connection has been established between PC and device, the software will take over and manage device connections for you.
If step 1 activated devices are available, the software will show you all of them – you can use them all in parallel for measurements.
If you instrument has not been paired yet, it appears as “Disconnected”

In order to activate an instrument for measurement, click on the instruments name.
It will now connect and is now “ready to measure” (compare note in lower right page)

Chapter III – Working with Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge

Home screen
After your NOVO-GLOSS MULTI GAUGE license has been activated, the software will start in the home screen.
General Hot Key: ESC/Backspace – return to previous screen

From the home screen there are three options you can choose from:

•  Measurement (measure and analyse data with your device)
• Configuration (configure parameters for devices and software)
• Help (opens the support section)

Information in the lower right page of the home screen:

• License information: e.g.  for trial versions
• Device status: e.g. if no instrument is paired yet

Information in the upper right page of the home screen:

•  Opens the support section to raise questions or give feedback
• Opens the additional information about Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge
• Purchase an upgrade to an existing License (e.g. Lite to Advanced)

Measurement pages
Simple View
If you do not want to make extensive measurements but want to work as easy as possible with your device, the simple view will show you all necessary information without too much confusing information. Simple view is the default start setting.

Once a measurement has been made, the data will appear one by one.

From here, you can easily copy the measurement to clipboard by using the “To clipboard” icon on the right, e.g. for export to 3rd party software (e.g. Excel®).

Extended View
The measurement page “Extended view” is the more complete section to visualize your measurement data.

It is divided into data view section (upper part) and graph view section (lower part). Right side menu buttons Extended View

• Simple View/Extended View – switch between a brief analysis (simple) or full scale (extended) view to visualize your measurement data
• Import – connect to your device or storage to upload data into the measurement page

Note for Data Import:
To import data from your device, the instrument must be connected via USB! Drag & Drop technique to copy data from the device to this screen is possible!

• Export – export your data to CSV, Excel®, HTML or other file formats
• Print –prints your extended view data content and graph
• Select devices – if you face a timeout or want to connect other devices, press “Select Devices” in order to enter pairing section again

Data view section
Your measurement data is displayed here

 Default name is “M” for measurement and a continuing number, e.g. “1”, renaming measurements is possible by clicking on the name field.

Menu buttons in the data view section
Select/unselect measurements by either clicking on the checkboxes
Or selecting them all at once by using the check or cross sign
And after selecting them, delete measurements by clicking on the bin symbol Activate/deactivate indices – turn on/off indices in the lower graph section that
are of no interest by clicking on the symbol in front of the index

Choosing a standard for comparison
In order to set a standard for comparing your measurements against, select the circle next to the name of a measurement – the circle will then change into a blue marked star (default standard is the average of your measurements (“Avg”))

Example:

Comparison indices

• “Index is lower than standard” – a red downwards arrow
• “Index is higher than standard” – a green upwards arrow

Graph view section

Graph view menu buttons

• Zoom in – increase resolution of your curve display
• Zoom out – decrease resolution of your curve display
• Reset zoom – reset zoom factor back to standard
• Lines view – change curve display to lines style
• Heatmap view – change curve display to heatmap style

Graph view controls

• Click on a point in the curves to receive info about it, or
• Right click to reach the right-click menu

Apart from the right-click-menu, the following control features are available:

Import data page
Note: to import data, the device must connected via USB; if the device is connected via USB AFTER you entered this page, please select “Refresh Devices” from the right button section.
Apart from this dialogue, simply drag&drop your files to the extended view!

• Devices/Folders – these are the batch folders stored on your instrument – click on a batch folder to see its contents
• Measurements – this is the content of the selected batch folder from “Devices/Folders” – select the measurements you want to import by checking the checkboxes, or select/unselect all items by clicking on the plus or minus icons
• Selected items – these are all items selected from the sections before, in selected order; if you want to sort your selection before you import, either press the “sort by name” or “sort by date” icons
• If you want to reset your selection, either uncheck the selected items or press “Unselect all” from the right button list

Alternatively, you can also browse and import files stored on your PC or Network; to do so, simply click on the “Browse manually” icon on the right.
After you made your choice, select “Import” from the right

Export data page
After your measurements are evaluated, you might want to export them to other file types to process them further (e.g. Excel®).

All measurements from the extended view are automatically selected for export.
Not select are the statistics, including average. If you need any of these information’s, please check them before export.
After you made your selection, choose any of the available filetypes.
With Version 1.0, registered file types are

• Rhopoint CSV-File – native CSV file for Hotpoint devices, also to store your measurements in safe location for future import
• Customizable CSV-File – a summary of your measurements in one file, with customizable CSV parameters
• Plain Text – a simple txt file for 3rd party applications using txt import rather than CSV
• HTML5 – latest HTML file version to support latest multimedia and WWW applications

After the export has been performed, a confirmation message appears.

Rhopoint Novo-Gloss Multi Gauge Software Ver.1.0

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