The manhole input mask enables you to enter all the manhole related properties like basical manhole data, survey data and cover properties. The observations are entered with a country specific catalogue. Every manhole survey is finally terminated by the indication of the number and position of all the in- and outlet pipes the manhole is linked to.

How it works:
Launch the manhole mask directly from the WinCan mainscreen. There is basically no difference between data entry for sections and data entry for manholes. The manhole mask furthermore provides all the fields needed to automatically create a sketch of the current manhole containing all the measuring values. All the manhole properties entered in the input mask can be printed in a special report available in two different formats. When selecting the landscape format you may even control which database field finally ought to appear on the report by customizing its template.

This software module allows you to access a server based SQL or Oracle database from a WinCan workstation. The pipe inspection data finally will be stored in a central server database whereas the corresponding media files (photos, videos etc. ) are put into a separate folder on the file server.

Product overview:
Compared to a single workstation license the access to a big amount of data records consisting on several thousands of sections is done much quicker. So engineers dealing with operation and maitenance of pipe networks will be able to look for, to filter and to modify their prefered data comfortably just from ONE single database: sections to be (re)inspected can be transfered to the operators that will be using these reprocessed data in WinCan for further surveys.
This data again can be reintroduced into the central database. Thus pipe inspection data are updated step by step over a large period of time.

When using different camera heads for the simultaneous survey of a main pipe and the lateral pipes linked to it you may directly switch within WinCan to the corresponding meter counter and the video input channel.

Product overview:
The data entry for satellite cameras allows the operator to inspect main and lateral sections within the same working process. The corresponding videos are paused automatically until the operator has really finished the survey of all the sections and stopped the video recording manually. The reports are especially designed for the demands in private property drainage and can be customized individually.

This software module enables to display the result of a borehole survey showing a modified graphic that is built up by the program itself.

Product overview / advantage for the customer:
Observation entered during a survey of a borehole can be displayed in WinCan on a protocol specifically developed for that purpose. The software is providing a particular catalogue to guarantee the correct entry of the different borehole observations.

Product overview:
The MPEG-encoding standard guarantees the best trade-off between quality and size of a video clip. This software module allows you to record video clips that follow the official standards of MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4.

Video recording automatically pauses when opening the catalogue to describe an observation. So the video won't contain any still sequences. Recording continues as soon as the observation has been entered. Depending upon the quality demands you may choose three video quality levels:

This module is providing the possibilities to communicate between WinCan and various types of text generators that are taking control over the text being displayed on the video screen. This text becomes a part of the videoclip and acts as a unique identifyer for the recorded pipe video.

The module OSD hardware allows WinCan to directly communicate with 35 types of text generators. You therefore become more independent from the hardware of a wide range of manufacturerers. Select the current text generator in WinCan and define the text to be displayed at the beginning (section data) and during recording of the videoclip (project bar). All the functionalities of the different text generators are supported by WinCan. The OSD bar located at the lowermost part of the WinCan main screen contains a set of buttons allowing you to control the text to be displayed at any time (e.g. distance counter, date, time, inclination etc.). The position of the different text elements on the videoscreen can be modified as well.

These devices are currently supported by WinCan Verison 8:

Temperature measurement is done with a special built-in sensor of the camera or crawler. The temperature values gathered by the crawler and transmitted to the PC are finally saved in a textfile within the WinCan project. The displaying of the temperature curve related to the inspected pipe section is based on that textfile.Temperature measurement is especially important to prove the hardening of a liner after pipe rehabilitation.The result of the measurement may be printed out in WinCan as a diagram and sent to the client as a part of a pipe inspection report.

These two modules allow the measurement of crack sizes on the pipe wall as well as local pipe deformations. The measuring methods are based on photos. If the observation catalogue requires values for the width of cracks and for local deformations you may directly calculate them from photos taken from the video signal. Use the reference lines displayed for that purpose and get the value calculated with a few mouse clicks. Finally this value can be saved on the photo and be printed out with the inspection report.

Inclination values gathered by the built-in sensor of the camera crawler are captured by WinCan and written into a file. Displaying the inclination curve is based on this text file and is strictly linked to the currently inspected pipe length. Inclination measurement provides a diagram that is able to visualize the inclination course within a pipe section. The inclination diagram is calculated exclusively on the basis of the raw data gathered by the camera. Its purpose is to clearly show any relevant difference to the ideal inclination course of the pipe. The client finally gets a useful instrument to assess the inclination course of a pipe section.

WinCan DigiSewer is a stand-alone application that exclusively supports the DigiSewer fisheye camera module of the manufacturer iPEK. During an inspection the DigiSewer application is continuously scanning the pipewall and creating series of pictures that finally present the pipewall unfolded to a flat layer. Scanning of pipelines enables the operator to inspect large distances in a short time without quality loss. The DigiSewer system provides a scanner with a very good prize-performance ratio. You just need to remove the DigiSewer camera head and to screw a conventional camera head to the same crawler to do surveys with default videoclips recorded in MPEG format.

The WinCan ScanExplorer has been developed to display and to manage SideScan data. The SideScan technology is unfolding the pipewall onto a flat layer. Different scanning camera systems are creating SideScans of the inner pipe wall: the pipe is cut virtually either at its sole or at the top and unrolled afterwards as a flat layer. The ScanExplorer provides an interface giving the user a quick overview of the whole pipe section at one glance. There is no need anymore to check a videoclip for several minutes as the general assessment of the pipe condidtion can be done within seconds. Furthermore the ScanExplorer is able to display the various media data recorded from different scanning camera systems (DigiSewer, RPP, Panoramo) all in the same way. Graphically based drawing instruments (i.e. lines polygones) finally allow you to measure damage sites (cracks, holes, spallings, joint splits etc.) easily and with a high accuracy.

Create your own project report with the report generator by selecting the WinCan database fields YOU want to have printed. Define yourself the number and the order of the fields that finally ought to appear on the report. Up to 8 fields can be displayed on the table. In case of larger projects you may apply filters to print out the data in a compact form with a good overview.
Survey data processed in that way can be exported in ASCII format too and then imported into other programs for further evalutation (e.g. Microsoft EXCEL)

This software module allows you to draw the local situation of each section at the right scale: import a map as a background image (e.g. from Google Earth or other programs) and draw the situation of the current section using typical drawing instruments like lines, rectangles, ellipses etc. If needed you may also define new symbols (e.g. manhole symbols, arrows etc.) for further use in other drawings or other projects.

Product Functionality:

• Automatically create manhole drawings
• Import of picture files (WMF, EMF, BMP, JPEG, PNG)
• Drawing shapes (like circles, squares, sections, manholes,...)
• Writing Text Annotations

WinCanMap is able to read section and manhole data from ESRI Shape Files. These sections and manholes can be selected in the map area of WinCan Map 2008 and transfered into a WinCan database. The correct assignment of the GIS fields to the corresponding WinCan database fields can be configured. Thus the data exchange is possible with nearly every GIS.

How this module works:
Select an area of sections that have to be inspected and transfer the pipe data into WinCan. So time consuming typing of all the section / manhole data is no longer needed and typing errors can be avoided.
WinCan and WinCan MAP are fully interactive: After transferring all the data just highlight a section in WinCan and get it displayed in WinCan MAP. A section selected in WinCan MAP on the other hand will immediately be shown in WinCan.

The WinCan Project Manager module is providing an interface where a large number of WinCan projects can be linked. The interface also allows the definition of search queries searching in several projects at the same time. So sections can be found more quickly without opening every single project.

How it works:
Decide yourself which WinCan projects should become a part of the META Database. It doesn't matter if the project data has been saved on either a network, a local hard drive or an external USB drive. A project can also be added easily to the META Database from the WinCan software.
Set filter criteria using a predefined group of database fields and save these criteria for further use. The WinCan projects found with the META Database can be launched directly if WinCan is running in the background.
Linking the META Database to a GIS is possible without any problems. This combination is applied when working with the GIS Query module.

Product overview / advantage for the customer:
The lateral pipelines located on private properties can be shown with one click as a 3D drawing. The geometry of the pipes is calculated and displayed automatically. So time consuming manual drawing of plans belongs to the past. The 3D drawing created by WinCan 3D displays all the main pipes together with the corresponding lateral pipe they are connected to. Rearranging the pipeline network according to a map that is layed beneath allows getting a close-to-reality image of the inspected drainage system. Highlighting a section in WinCan is leaping to the corresponding pipe in the 3D view and vice versa. The 3D graph of the pipeline network can be rotated and moved to select an aspect you want to take a picture from. This one can finally be printed out as a part of the inspection report. Additionnally you may export the 3D graph as a DXF file (compatible with CAD software).

The PhotoAssistant allows to measure objects directly on the LiveVideo image (bends, connection angles, diameter of lateral pipes, waterlevel, etc.). It works with reference lines displayed and layed over the photos. The lines can be moved or squeezed by sliders in order to match perfectly the pipe structure elements lying beneath.

How it works:
With the userfriendly interface of the PhotoAssistant the calculation of values required by the catalogue can be done fast an easy: the user is getting the corresponding reference lines needed for accurate defining of branch angles, bends, or surfaces (e.g. in case of root intrusions). The value calculated in the PhotoAssistant is automatically transmitted into the corresponding field in the catalogue.
Once you have calculated all the bends in the current pipe section with the PhotoAssistant you may visualize the whole pipe network as a 3 dimensional structure within the software module WinCan 3D. The latter one has been especially developed for the demands on surveys of lateral pipeline systems inside private properties that are connected to main pipes.