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Guy wires: correcting one, or measuring one

Fix a guy wire's recorded lead length and angle, or run a configured measurement step.

Written by Ryan Miller

Use this module only when your job includes guy work. What you see is built from your company's configuration, so names, fields and available actions may differ.

There are two different jobs: correcting values already recorded, and running a configured guy-measurement step. Use the one named by your job.


Correcting a guy's numbers

A guy wire has two numbers that matter in the field: the lead length, which is how far out the anchor sits from the pole, and the angle, which is the direction the wire runs.

When those are already recorded and just wrong, you do not need to measure it again. You fix the numbers.

  1. Tap the guy wire on the map. The sheet shows you its current lead length and angle.

  2. Choose to edit it.

  3. Adjust the angle with the rotate controls and the length with the plus and minus, or type the numbers in directly. The map updates as you change them, so you can watch the wire swing until it matches what is in front of you.

  4. Save from inside the editor, using the save that belongs to the editor itself.

  5. Read the lead length and angle on the guy before you walk off.


Adding a guy at a pole

Selected pole on the map with actions for Add Guy at Current Location, Measure Pole (High Accuracy), and Move Pole.

From a selected pole there is an action to add a guy anchor. The default is Add Guy Anchor (Manual). If your organization has more than one placement method enabled, a chevron beside it opens a menu.

The menu can include Manual, AR, and a location method. The location method may read Add Guy at Current Location. Your configuration decides which of those are on.

Use Manual when you place the anchor on the map by hand. Use AR when you can see the pole face and work from about 15 feet. Use the location method when you can stand on the anchor.


Placing a guy with AR

Use AR only if your job includes guy work and your configuration allows this method.

Aim the on-screen white dot at the pole face, toward the guy. Draw the guy out. Work from about 15 feet.

Stand a couple of feet to the side. Approach from an angle, not straight on.

After you place it, walk around and check from both directions. AR can drift toward the person holding the phone.

Important: AR accounts for slope. Do not hold the phone overhead to fake height. Do not have someone stand in tall grass to fake a higher ground. Either one can throw the length and angle off.


Placing a guy at your location

If your configuration offers a location method, stand at the actual anchor. Then drop the point.

If the distance looks far too large, do not save yet. Move the point on the map until it matches the ground.

Use this when you can stand on the anchor. If you cannot, use Manual or AR instead.


Running a configured guy measurement

Some configurations include a guy measurement step that captures values rather than relying on manual edits.

This capability exists, but its exact steps depend on your organization's configuration. Follow your organization's procedure instead of treating this paragraph as a walkthrough.


A note about field order

Your organization decides which fields a guy has, and you can reorder them yourself. So the order you see is not the order your crewmate sees, and it is not a sequence anybody should teach as a procedure. Put the ones you use most at the top and work in whatever order suits the pole.


Related field modules

Return to the field runbook. If the job will leave coverage, prepare with Work where there is no signal.


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