Now that I have created
some tours in my PDA, I am ready
to collect data. Let's
remove the PDA from the cradle
so I can go to the field and start collecting some data
or performing some tour runs.
Now my PDA is in my
pocket. I go out to the field. I open
PimlMobile,
and I need to log in using a username.
I will use Bob who is an Operator
and who is a Data Collector
who can submit the data for, for approval.
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Once I log in, I will be able to see
a list of all of the existing tours
and by highlighting,
let's say, the first tour, create a new
tour run. I will be able to start a
new tour run. I can edit the Timestamp.
Let's say I want to do the 6:00 A.M.
Tour, early in the morning, the first of the shift.
Click OK, and I am
ready to enter my data.
As soon as I start the tour run,
I will be taken to the Data Entry Window
where I can enter the values.
In here, I will enter the number of one,
and since this tour only has
one tag to collect, one of one,
as soon as I click Enter I will be done,
and I will be shown a window saying
that a limit has been violated.
So I click OK. I do not want to end the tour
run because i would like to enter a comment
for this limit. And,
I can enter a comment here
and
save my comment.
Now, there are several options that I have
in the PDA. I can see that
the value is in yellow now and there is a comment
here saying that the Limit was violated,
which was a Low Limit of ten.
Under the Tag Menu,
I can see what the Validation Limits are.
I can see the Zero and the Span of Values
for this particular tag, and I can see a Low
Limit of ten. I can also
access Operator
Instructions if there were any. I can
show the trend of previous values.
In here I can
see --
oops -- what the trend
of previous values
for this specific tag was.
Click OK and exit that.
I can also
check on the Tag Attributes,
and I can have a list of the
Attributes for this specific tag.
I can also save
and, and close the, the run.
I also have
several options under Go. If there were
more tags to collect, I Go to the
First, Last, or to, to the Next.
I can Scan a, a Barcode or Add
a comment. I can also
Use the Previous Values or the Previous
Comments if there were any from the previous runs.
Concerning the Time,
I have an option to Edit the Timestamp.
I also have
different fields here for comments,
for groups, if there were several tags
that belonged to different groups, a history
of the values. I can see when the point was created.
I can see what the values were
at different times during previous runs.
I have a Log and an Audit Field.
So now I want to save and close
my tour run.
And I am required now to enter a
signature. I will only enter my initials.
And this is the required
signature before I can transfer data to the
PC. It was an option that I selected when
creating the tour. Now I click OK,
and my tour has been finished.