Version 2 of the Rainfall Intensity software is now available! It corrects many of the "bugs" reported in the previous version.

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USER'S MANUAL

REQUIRED DATABASES

Create a "rainfall" database

Create a "rainfall_stats" database

Set each database as a System DSN to allow connection to the RAIN software

RAINSTART

Open the RAIN software

Log On to RAIN software programs

RAINDIGITIZER

Getting Started - Things to Do Before You Begin Digitizing

Log On

Link to your "rainfall" database

Digitize a strip chart and save as an x,y ascii file on your hard drive

QC the digitized strip charts

Load digitized ascii file(s) to your "rainfall" database

Convert digitized ascii file(s) to meaningful rainfall data (time-depth series) and store in your "rainfall" database

RAINPLOT

Select a dataset (select data to analyze)

Quality control the selected data (view raw rainfall data)

Analyze the selected data using predictive statistical curve fits (includes IDF analysis)

Create a report (automated reports showing various results)

Show monthly and seasonal summaries

Display data on map using RAINMAP

Edit hydrologic default settings (customize program settings such as "months that comprise a water year" and others)

RAINSHARE

Log On

Edit, add, or delete data in your "rainfall" database

Export or import your "rainfall" database

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Log on to RAINDIGITIZER

To log on to RAINDIGITIZER, a user must enter a valid user name and password. The program is set up to initially allow a user called "Default Administrator" to log in with a password of 1234.

The main menu of RAINDIGITIZER will open.

For security purposes the "Default Administrator" should be deleted after new users and passwords have been established. You must have administrative rights in order to add, edit, or delete users. To add new users or edit or delete existing users, click the 'Edit Information Needed to Digitize Charts' button on the main menu. The following window will open.

To change, add, or delete a user, select an 'Authorization Level' from the pull down menu in the lower left part of the window. The authorization level is the security level that the user will have. Three security levels are available: Administrator (all rights, including the ability to create new users and passwords); Database Operator (database editting rights, data sharing rights, and digitizing rights); and Digitizer Operator (basic digitizing rights only; database access is prohibited).

Next click on a user in the 'Users' menu, and then right click to open a small dialogue that will allow you to change, add, or delete a user..

If adding or editing a user, two additional dialogues will then prompt you for a) a user name and b) a password. Enter these values and click 'OK'. Click the 'Save Lists' button at the bottom of the main 'Edit Information' menu to save your changes.

Proceed to the next section titled 'Link to your "rainfall" database' or return to the main RAINDIGITIZER instructions page.