Contents

Copyright .................................................................................................................................................. ii
About Cerberus ........................................................................................................................................ iii
User Feedback ......................................................................................................................................... iii
Contact Us ............................................................................................................................................... iv
United States ..................................................................................................................................... iv
United Kingdom ............................................................................................................................... iv
Middle East ....................................................................................................................................... iv

Chapter 1
Installing or Updating Cerberus ........................................................................................ 1
System Requirements ................................................................................................................................2
Basic Requirements ............................................................................................................................2
Downloading Cerberus from the Internet ..................................................................................................2
Downloading Updates and/or Patches from the Internet ....................................................................2
Running Setup ...........................................................................................................................................3
Starting Cerberus and Obtaining Authorization ........................................................................................4
Moving Cerberus Data to a Network .........................................................................................................5
Backing Up and Restoring Data Files ................................................................................................5
Moving Cerberus’ Data Directory (First Computer) ..........................................................................6
Changing Cerberus’ Data Directory Location (Other Computers) ....................................................6
Troubleshooting Installation ......................................................................................................................7

Chapter 2
System Setup ..................................................................................................................... 9
Using the System Setup Options .............................................................................................................10
Managing Units ................................................................................................................................10
Unit Sets .................................................................................................................................... 10
Individual Units......................................................................................................................... 11
Converting Units ....................................................................................................................... 12
Changing Authorization ...................................................................................................................13
Using Cerberus Setup .......................................................................................................................15
Viewing Records Checked Out ........................................................................................................17
Undoing a Record Check-out.................................................................................................... 17
Copying a Data Directory .................................................................................................................17
Changing a Data Directory ...............................................................................................................18

Chapter 3
Using Cerberus ................................................................................................................ 19
Getting Started .........................................................................................................................................20

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Starting Cerberus ..................................................................................................................................... 21
The Main Menu (Home Page) ......................................................................................................... 21
The Main-menu Layout ............................................................................................................ 22
Navigation Tree ................................................................................................................. 22
Navigation List .................................................................................................................. 23
View Configuration Area .................................................................................................. 24
Model Access Area ........................................................................................................... 24
Menu Bar ........................................................................................................................... 24
Shortcut Keys .................................................................................................................... 27

Chapter 4
Reel-Trak ......................................................................................................................... 29
About Coiled Tubing (CT) Fatigue Tracking with Reel-Trak ................................................................ 30
Creating a New Job ................................................................................................................................. 30
Using the Job Wizard ............................................................................................................... 31
Using the New Job Dialog........................................................................................................ 33
Importing/Exporting a File ...................................................................................................................... 34
Deleting a Job ................................................................................................................................... 36
Setting Up a CT Job ................................................................................................................................ 37
Tracking Fatigue ..................................................................................................................................... 45
Setting Up Fatigue Tracking Display Options ................................................................................. 48
Understanding the Fatigue Diagram......................................................................................... 50
Understanding the Position Locator ......................................................................................... 50
Understanding the String Diagram ........................................................................................... 50
Running the Fatigue Job .................................................................................................................. 51
Track Fatigue Toolbar .............................................................................................................. 51
Annotation Icons....................................................................................................................... 52
Running the Job from Recorded Data ...................................................................................... 53
Running the Job in Real Time .................................................................................................. 54
Running the Job in Playback Mode .......................................................................................... 55
Using the Post Job Analysis Tab .............................................................................................. 55
Using the Job Log ................................................................................................................................... 60
Setting Up Job Log Display Options ............................................................................................... 60
Job-log Toolbar Buttons .......................................................................................................... 61
Job-log Menu-bar Selections .................................................................................................... 62
Packaging a Job ....................................................................................................................................... 65

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