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Trimble FastTest iPad v1.2

FastTest iPad

Amtech is an Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Endorsed Provider and is registered with the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) as a CPD course provider.


FastTest for iPad ....................................................................................................... 3

First Installation ...................................................................................................................... 3

Login ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Registering your FastTest iPad account ............................................................................................. 4

Toolbar Overview ...................................................................................................... 5

Bottom toolbar ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Top toolbar .......................................................................................................................................... 5

Filter Certificate ................................................................................................................................... 5

Delete certificates ................................................................................................................................ 6

Downloading admin details ................................................................................................................. 6

Download Certificates ......................................................................................................................... 6

Forgotten Password ............................................................................................................................ 6

Training Exercise 1 – Creating a certificate ......................................................................... 6

Add Certificate..................................................................................................................................... 6

Client and certificate type .................................................................................................................... 7

Lock button ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 8

Navigation through a certificate ........................................................................................................... 9

Entering certificate data. .....................................................................................................11

Text Boxes ........................................................................................................................................ 11

List Boxes ......................................................................................................................................... 12

Check Boxes ..................................................................................................................................... 12

Details of the Minor Works ................................................................................................................ 12

Details of the Modified Circuit............................................................................................................ 13

Inspection and Testing of the Modified Circuit and Related Parts ..................................................... 13

Details of approved Contractor.......................................................................................................... 14

Declaration ........................................................................................................................................ 14

Managing Completed Certificates.......................................................................... 16

Uploading finished certificates........................................................................................................... 16

Training Exercise 2 – working with downloaded data and boards ...................... 17

Downloaded certificates .................................................................................................................... 17

Observations ..................................................................................................................................... 18

Editing, Creating and Copying Boards .............................................................................................. 18

Re-Naming Boards ............................................................................................................................ 20

Interconnecting Boards ..................................................................................................................... 20

Boards and Circuits .............................................................................................................21

General ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Board Data Input ............................................................................................................................... 21

Creating and Defining Circuits........................................................................................................... 22

Sub Mains ......................................................................................................................................... 25

Flood fill ............................................................................................................................................. 25

Circuit Test Data Input ...................................................................................................................... 26


FastTest for iPad

FastTest for iPad is used to enter Electrical certificate data on site for the production of the actual

certificate in FastTest

There are two types of setup for FastTest for iPad

Single User (single FastTest license)

• 1 User Limit.

• Can transfer existing data in FastTest (certificates or Admin details) to and from a

single FastTest iPad app.

• Can generate certificates on FastTest iPad app for sending to stand alone FastTest

Multi User (single or multiple FastTest Plus/Pro licenses)

• User limit linked to version. (FastTest Plus and Pro 2 user licenses).

• Can transfer existing data in FastTest (certificates or Admin details) to and from

multiple FastTest iPad apps.

• Can transfer data between FastTest iPad app users

• Can generate certificates on FastTest iPad app for sending to networked and

standalone installations of FastTest

First Installation

Once installed on your iPad you can use FastTest for iPad straight away to generate certificates.

To allow you to print or email them you will, however, require a licensed copy of FastTest.


Login

Users will need to log-in to allow the transfer of data from the FastTest iPad to FastTest

All users’ login names and passwords will have been generated via the Amtech cloud website

(cloud.amtech.co.uk) first. (1)

Once entered you can select to remember your login and password (2)

Selecting Login (3) will take you to the FastTest iPad interface.

Registering your FastTest iPad account

The first time you successfully login your device will be automatically be registered to your cloud account.


Toolbar Overview

Bottom toolbar

The bottom toolbar contains the tools to login and out of FastTest iPad app and

open and edit Existing Certificates and to create New Certificates.

Bottom Toolbar Buttons

Log in and out of FastTest iPad

View Existing Certificate list.

Edit existing Certificates

Create New Certificates.

View Help dialog

Top toolbar

The Top toolbar allows you to administer and view existing certificates and to

download data from the Amtech Cloud

Top Toolbar

Filter Certificate

Once multiple certificates have been entered you can use this to filter by Date, Client, Installation or Status


Delete certificates

By selecting this option any certificate in your list can be selected and then deleted

Downloading admin details

If you wish to start a certificate from scratch on site but do not wish to duplicate existing data on the master

database admin details such as Client name, Installation name and Company name and Engineer details can be

sent to the FastTest iPad app so that when generating a certificate the data is already present.

Download Certificates

See section Downloaded certificates below

Forgotten Password

On the login page you can request a forgotten password which will be emailed to you.

Training Exercise 1 – Creating a certificate

Add Certificate

Select the Add Certificate button from Display.


Client and certificate type

As we do not have an imported client we need to make one.

Select the Plus (+) symbol for Client and enter the detail

Select the Plus (+) symbol for Client and enter the details. Anything marked with an asterisk is a

required field

Once entered hit save

Use the certificate selector arrow (1) and select a Minor Works (2) then hit Select (3)

Use the same principle to select the format AMTECH.


Now enter a Job Number (whatever you like) and select the 100% Zs value and tap “Create”

Lock button

If you wish to lock the section to prevent accidental data deletion or entry you can tap the Lock button.

Once selected the section will be locked and un-editable until the lock is removed with a tap.

If you need to alter the Client address details select the “Edit” Icon

Installation

As we do not have an installation we need to make one.

Select the Plus (+) symbol for Installation and enter the details


Select the Plus (+) symbol for Installation and enter the details

Once entered hit save

If you need to alter the Installation address details select the “Edit” Icon

You now have all you need to enter the data into the certificate and transfer the data to FastTest or

another iPad user.

Navigation through a certificate

The sections drop down will also indicate the status of each section of the certificate

Green – Completed

Orange – partially completed

Blue – not started


You can navigate through the certificate by swiping the screen or tapping Back/Next or by using the

Sections dropdown


Entering certificate data.

You should now fill in the details, working methodically from the start, taking note of the points described

below.

Text Boxes

Text boxes are plain white boxes into which alphanumeric text can be typed. The amount of text a box

contains is related to the amount of text that can be fitted into the box on the finished certificate.

On selecting a Text Box the iPad keyboard should appear

Using the Back/Next Keys

The best way to navigate from one data entry box to the next is to use the Next key on your keyboard.

After entering data in a box, pressing the Next key will send the cursor to the next text entry or dropdown

box in sequence.

You can also use Back to move back to a previous data entry box.


List Boxes

List boxes are similar to text boxes with the addition of an arrow button on the right hand side. Clicking on

the arrow displays the contents of the list box.

Use the up and down swipe action to scroll through the lists. In most cases it is possible to type in your

own entry if the selection required is not present among the items listed.

By double tapping on an item from the list, or tapping select, it is then entered in that box.

Check Boxes

Generally, Check Boxes have two states, ‘Selected’ or ‘Not Selected’. Tapping in the box changes the

previous state. When the box is empty the item associated with it is not selected. When the box contains

a tick or a cross it is selected.

Details of the Minor Works

If you need to change the date you can swipe the Day/Month/Year sections respectively.


Details of the Modified Circuit

List boxes are provided for most of the data required for the circuit protective device, residual current

device and wiring system. These List Boxes contain most of the standard selections, for example, for

Method of Protection against Direct Contact all the standard methods (ADS etc.) are listed. In the

unlikely event that you require a method not listed, you can simply type it in.

Inspection and Testing of the Modified Circuit and Related Parts

The List Boxes in this section can be used to avoid having to repeatedly type ‘N/A’ for test results that are

not applicable.


Details of approved Contractor

By selecting the cross on the right you can enter the Contractor details

If you need to alter the Trading title address details select the “Edit” Icon

Declaration


You can add engineers by selecting the plus (+) to the right of the name selections

If you need to alter the engineer address details select the “Edit” Icon

The next right to left swipe will take you back to the beginning of the certificate.

You can check that all areas have been completed by checking the Sections drop down shows all green


Managing Completed Certificates

Uploading finished certificates

When certificates are completed the will be available on the Home screen in list format

From here you can reopen the certificate by tapping on its row (1)

Check the current completeness status (2)

Upload to the cloud (3)

Once you are happy for the certificate to be returned to FastTest for review/completion/printing etc. select the

Upload button.

Confirm you wish to upload

Once completed this message should appear

Back on the home page the upload section should now show a tick


Training Exercise 2 – working with downloaded data and boards

Downloaded certificates

As your FastTest iPad app is logged in via your email address when a certificate(s) has been uploaded to you should

receive an email informing you of such.

You can also click the “Download Certificate” button to see if any are available.

If there are new certificates you will receive a FastTest popup confirming it

Click ok and you will now see the new certificate in your list.

Tap the certificate Client to open it.

Once open navigation and data entry are the same as previously covered.


Observations

Most areas have been covered but, here is a brief explanation of the Observations section on the

Electrical Installation condition Report.

Select the following observations …(1) to allow data entry (2) and the addition/deletion (3/4).

The Code is selected from a dropdown (5) you can also tick further investigation (6).

The code count (7) is automatically updated.

Editing, Creating and Copying Boards

If an Electrical Installation Certificate or an Electrical Installation Condition Report is created for an

installation for which neither of these certificate types has been produced before, FastTest will create an

empty board as a starting point for the installation. The number of ways for the board can be changed

and also further boards can be added, as required.

On the certificate, a dropdown option will be shown, with the option to select an existing board (1) add a

board (2) Delete a board (3) Copy a board (4) or insert a board (5)


The first board will be labelled DB1, with sub headers Circuit Details, Test Results and Schedule. New

boards are automatically allocated the name DB (n+1) where ‘n’ is the total number of boards including

any hidden boards. The Circuit Details, Test Results can be displayed, by clicking on the appropriate tab.

When board details are displayed, the Boards panel is shown in the Certificate Viewer header. This

contains the following controls:

Main Board

Checking this item sets the currently selected board as the Main Board, i.e., a board connected directly to

the supply. Any number of boards in an installation can be nominated as the Main Board.

Looped Supply

Checking this item allows a number of boards to be connected to the same sub-main cable.

No. of Ways

Set the number of ways for the board.

Phases

For single phase boards, the appropriate phase can be selected. For a wholly single-phase installation and

where the phasing is not known, Single, S can be selected (this option MUST not be selected for a single-

phase board in three phase installation; instead the correct phase L1, L2 or L3 should be selected).

Add

Click on Add to create a new board. The new board will have the same phase and number of ways as the

currently selected board and be added to the end of the existing boards.


Copy

Adds a new board. The new board is identical to the current board, including circuit details. The board will be placed

at the end of the existing boards.

Delete

Deletes the current board from the current installation.

Insert

Inserts a new board immediately to the right hand side of the current board. The new board has the same

number of ways and phasing as the current board.

Re-Naming Boards

Boards can be renamed via the ‘Distribution Board Designation’ field, just tap in the field and rename the

board. This will automatically update the board dropdown.

Interconnecting Boards

For installations with multiple boards connected to a common supply, to ensure that interconnections

between boards are correctly defined, proceed as follows:

Multiple Boards connected to the Origin

Where more than one board is connected directly to the supply, each of the directly connected boards

should be defined as a Main Board, i.e., the Check Box ‘Main Board’ in the ‘Boards’ data

(displayed in the header in the Certificate Viewer) is checked.

Sub Boards connected via Sub Mains

This is a two stage process:

1. Define a suitable circuit as a Sub Main in the Circuit Details for the board feeding the Sub Board it is not

necessary to define the destination board at this stage.

2. Create the Sub Board. In the Board Details, select the previously defined Sub Main in the Supply to

Distribution Board is from list box. The two boards should now be correctly interconnected. The

Overcurrent Protective Device’ data should now be filled with the data previously entered for the Sub

Main. Also, the Sub Main Circuit designation will now contain the name of the destination board (Sub

Board).


Looped board connections

Where a number of boards are connected to a single Sub Main, this can be defined using the Looped

Supply check box in the Boards data. First define the Sub Main interconnection as described above, then

for all the other boards connected to the Sub Main, check the Looped Supply check box. The Board data

for each of the boards will now correspond to the details for the Sub Main circuit.

Boards and Circuits

General

Details of the Boards and Circuits for an installation are defined in FastTest iPad app when creating the

first Electrical Installation Certificate or Electrical Installation Condition Report for that installation. The

procedures for inputting data for the main body of the certificate are described in the sections below.

The procedures for entering board and circuit details are described in this section and are the same

whether an Electrical Installation Certificate or Electrical Installation Condition Report is being produced.

Board Data Input

For each board, the Board data is entered in the fields located at the top of the Board Tab.

For every board the Location and Designation should be entered.


For boards connected to the Origin of the Installation no other data is required. For all other boards, it is

necessary to define where the Supply to Distribution Board is From, Nominal Voltage, Overcurrent

Protective Device details and Residual Current Device details, where installed.

NOTE: The entry for Supply to Distribution Board is from can be selected only after a suitable Sub Main

circuit has been defined in another board; it cannot be typed in. When the Sub Main circuit has been

selected, the overcurrent protective device details for that Sub Main are automatically inserted in the

relevant fields. The data inputs for Residual Current Device, Operating Current, Type and No. of Poles,

will need to be completed. See Interconnecting Boards below, for details on how to create Sub Main

circuits to supply Sub Boards.

Creating and Defining Circuits

The number of ways and phases in a board are set in the Boards panel displayed in the Certificate Viewer

header (see Creating Boards above).

Where a board contains a large number of ways, swiping up and down allows the user to move up and

down the list of circuits.

To reduce the amount of typing required when entering circuit details, wherever possible List Boxes are

provided from which the necessary inputs can be selected. Inputs that have to be typed in are: Number of


points served, Overcurrent Protective Device Short-Circuit Capacity (entered automatically for standard

types) and Max. Zs (entered automatically for standard types). Where the required input does not exist in

the relevant List Box, click in the box and type in the desired text.

Defining Circuit Number and Phase

For a single phase board the phasing is fixed with one single phase circuit per way. For three phase

boards, each way is initially set as one three phase circuit (labelled x/TP, where x is the number of the

way). Alternatively, each way can be defined as three single phase circuits (x/L1, x/L2, x/L3, where x is the

number of the way).

Circuit Number and Phase

This is contained in a List Box. To change a way from a single three phase circuit to three single phase

circuits, click in the box and select a single phase circuit. The way will now be split into three single phase

circuits.

Circuit designation,

Initially, all circuits are set to “SPARE”. Where a circuit is to be defined, tap in the box and type in the

circuit designation.

When typing data into a circuit designation a new option appears on the iPad keyboard

This allows you to see and edit the full extent of this field.

Where a way is physically not available for connection within a board, select one of the following items

from the List Box as appropriate: Way Not Available, RCD Module (Split Board), RCD Module Covering. For

circuits with these designations, no further details can be entered.

Where a circuit exists within the installation, but is not to be included in the scope of the certificate (i.e.,

not tested), the designation” Circuit Not Tested” should be selected.


Note: The designation “Circuit Not Tested” applies only to the current certificate. For example, an

Electrical Installation Certificate is produced for an installation, including a circuit designated “Lighting 1st

Floor”. Subsequently an Electrical Installation Condition Report is compiled but the “Lighting 1st Floor”

circuit is not tested and therefore is designated “Circuit Not Tested”. This does not change the underlying

designation for that circuit within the installation, so that, when later, another Electrical Installation

Condition Report is carried out and the circuit is tested, its original designation “Lighting 1st Floor” is

shown for that circuit.


Sub Mains

Where a circuit is a Sub Main connecting another board in the installation, select the designation Sub

Mains and fill in the circuit details. The destination board is then defined, not in the circuit details, but in

the Board Details for the destination board. See Interconnecting Boards below.

Flood fill

Details can easily be copied up or down a whole set of fields using the column fill feature. Tapping Fill up

or Fill down on an occupied field will copy that data down the relevant column into all empty cells. This

applies to only to Circuit Details.

The Board Test Data dialog can be accessed by tapping on the Test Results tab on the right

The Zs, Ipf and RCD operating times need not be filled in where the board in question is directly

connected to the source of supply.


Test Instruments serial numbers can be typed in where a serial number has not been previously noted.

Circuit Test Data Input

Circuit Test Data appears below the panel containing the Board Test Data and is listed in the same order

as the corresponding circuits.

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