View Detailed Machine Data by Cell

Use the Detailed Cell Viewer command to review machine data cell-by-cell by picking locations in a machine data overlay. The heat map in the overlay is a high-resolution image that you can zoom in to when you pick a cell. Each cell is a 0.34 m square of coverage.

Prerequisites:

To access the command:

To view compaction data per cell:

  1. From the Pick a cell location box, pick a cell in the overlay (location where there is machine data) in the Plan View.
  2. In the Lifts list, check the box next to each design surface for which you want review data in the selected cell.

    The Detailed Cell Viewer table populates with data from the selected cell.

  3. Review the values and export them to a Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet if desired.

Options:

  • Export to Excel - Click this to output the displayed cell data to Microsoft® Excel.
Reported values
Design name

Shows the name of the selected design for the row of data.

Lift ID

Shows the unique name of the lift in the material layer.

Pass number

Shows the number of the pass for the row of data.

Target pass count

Shows the ideal number of passes as specified for the selected lift.

Time

Shows the date and time the compactor passed over the cell (for this pass number).

Machine name

Shows the identified of the compactor (or other machine).

Elevation

Shows the elevation of the top of the lift after the specified pass.

Machine speed

Shows the ground velocity of the compactor (or other machine) as it passed over the cell.

Machine direction

Shows whether the compactor (or other machine) was moving forward or backward.

Material temperature

For asphalt compactors, this shows the temperature of the material as it is being laid.

CMV

Shows the relative stiffness of the compacted material.

Target CMV

Shows the ideal CMV as specified for this lift in the Material and Site Improvement Manager.

MDP

Shows the machine drive power/rolling resistance of the machine over the cell, as a measure of compaction.

Thickness

Shows the vertical //height of the lift as measured between the previous lift's elevation and the current elevation.

Target thickness

Shows the ideal thickness as specified for this lift in the site improvement's material layer.

Vibe on

Shows whether drum vibration was on or off when the compactor passed over the cell.

Amplitude

If vibe state was on, this shows the maximum extent of the drum vibration (impact force).

Frequency

Shows the reported vibratory drum frequency (impacts/minute) on a compactor in Hz.

GPS accuracy

Shows one of these levels:

  • GPS - Provides quick medium/submeter horizontal accuracy deployment, which can be used with satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) such as WAAS.
  • GPS Real-time Kinematic (RTK) - Provides higher accuracy, centimeter-level horizontal positioning and vertical guidance, which are critical levels of accuracy for compaction to a 3D design model and monitoring on-grade accuracy post compaction.
  • Universal Total Station (UTS) - Can provide millimeter-level horizontal and vertical accuracies. Use of this system is required when compacting expensive imported material layers and lifts to very tight tolerances. This technology can be used where GNSS satellites are obstructed or not available (e.g., areas of heavy foliage, inside buildings and tunnels, and urban cityscapes).
GPS mode

The reported GPSMode values from a machine.

GPS tolerance

The GPS tolerance, or error limit, of GPS positions being used. This is a value in the range of 0 to 4095 millimeters.

Guidance mode

Guidance Mode relates to the GPS guidance mode in use on the machine control system at the time the cell pass was measured. These are values such as RTK, Autonomous, SBAS, Differential etc.

RMV

Shows the resonance meter (drum bounce) value indicating how close the reactive force of the ground against the compactive energy being directed into it by the offset-mass vibrating drum is to causing the drum to bounce.

Decoupled RMV

Decoupled RMV is the Resonance Meter Value at which the drum of a vibratory compactor is ‘decoupled’ with the ground. In other words, it’s bouncing when RMV values are above this threshold value.

Radio Latency

Radio latency reported by the machine systems, where the latency refers to the age of the RTK corrections induced by the radio network transmission latency between the RTK base station and the machine.

Related topics

Create and Edit a Machine Data Overlay

View Machine Data