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The Kern ME5000 Mekometer is used by the Jefferson Lab Survey and alignment team to
establish precision distances. Originally developed by T.W. Copeland-Davis at
Stanford Linear Accelerator, the ME5000 software has been revised for compatibility
with Windows 2000. A new GUI interface has been created and the program has been
converted from GWBasic into C++. Features have been added to allow auto lookup
of approximate distances when calibrating established control and maintaining default
user data when beginning a new job. The output file format has been maintained for
backward compatibility.
ME5000 software is needed to manage data collection for the instrument for a variety
of reasons. The program collects and records user, meteorological, and instrument/equipment
information. Also, short distance measurement (distances less than 18m) cannot be accomplished
without a separate measurement procedure implement through an external program.
This software sets up signal interrupt and frequency characteristics
necessary for the short measurement procedure . The long distance measurement (20m-8000m)
is also managed by the Me5000 software. These measurements do not require approximate
distances because at least two minimum occur within the modulator working range, but
the software provides an easy platform for data collection.
A separate program, MekRed.exe, is used to reduce the Me5000
output file to produce geodetic coordinates.
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