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GAIA-FIELD User Interface Guide

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GAIA-FIELD User interface Guide.

This document introduces users to the GAIA-FIELD Home and Measure interface pages

Document Release

Version

Date

Description

Responsible

1

Feb-2026

Initial Version

A Adelekan

1.1

Apr-2026

General Update

J Wingate

Connect to the GAIA-FLD unit

Connect to the GAIA-FLD interface using either Wi-Fi(http://192.168.9.1) or USB (http://192.168.8.1).

Main Menu

The main menu is visible on the left of the GAIA UI screen. [Bottom in mobile view]

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Home Page

The ‘Home’ page consists of the following:

·         New Project: To create new project

·         Close Project: To close the current active project on the GAIA-Field

·         Storage Status bar: State of the onboard storage

·         Existing Project List: Existing project files saved on the device

Click on an existing project file to see the following options or use the buttons when visible;

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·         Open Project: Loads the current project file

·         Download Project: Downloads the raw SDB file to your device

·         Copy Project: Copies the raw SDB file to a connected USB drive

·         Delete Project: Deletes the complete project (Cannot be undone!)

Note the raw SDB file is a proprietary format for internal SMG use only at this time.

Measure

‘Measure’ page is the main interface to taking gravity measurements and reviewing measurement data.

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The ‘Measure’ page has the following sections:

·         Station & Repeat Field Entry: Enter you station name and number of automated repeats.

·         Read / Stop Read Button: To Start and Stop measurements

·         QA Indicators: Visual Status of the Gravimeter systems (Currently only Temperature)

·         Tilt Screen: Visualises the current device and sensor tilt / level status.

·         Level Button: Triggers the levelling command outside a reading

Below this are the Station Result Screens

·        Current Stations: Graphical view on current stations. Use the dropdown menu to switch between different values  

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 ·       Raw Measurement: Graphical view on the active or selected measurement showing live acceleration data.

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·        Results Table: Summary data for reach measurement in table format

·        Export Buttons; For user processable data files in CSV format

·        Deleted Stations: To view/restore any deleted Station data

·        System Temperature: Summary table for system Temperatures 

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If you click on a measurement value in the Current Stations or Results Table a detailed summary window will appear.

The Detailed Summary window shows

-       Station data

-       Repeat data (repeats are Stations with the same name)

-       Corrections

-       Temperatures

-       Notes

-       Universally Unique ID

Click the ‘Edit’ icon to change the Station Name or Notes.

Note: Deleting a Station can be reversed via the show deleted stations toggle

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