Winspect and InspectionWare have become popular because they support fully-automated scanning on just about any scanning system ever made. What many people don't know is that both software platforms can also be used for manual scanning with little or no motion hardware.

The table below shows different methods of using Winspect or InspectionWare with no hardware, with a one axis scanner and with a two axis scanner.

	hand scanning - one axis no motion hardware is required, just a transducer capable of producing a-scans and b-scans select artificial encoder mode, or select timer-based data collection mode
	point-by-point scanning - two axis no motion hardware is required, just a transducer mark a grid on the object under inspection position transducer at grid points and record data produces a c-scan image corresponding to the grid
	manual scanning - one axis hardware is required to read the encoder position information capable of producing a-scans and b-scans select an encoder interface card, or use the encoder interface on a motor controller such as a Compumotor or Galil DMC
	manual scanning - two axis hardware is required to read the encoder position information capable of producing a-scans, b-scans and c-scans select an encoder interface card, or use the encoder interface on a motor controller such as a Compumotor or Galil DMC