TDS SuperEASY, User Manual

Page 1: ...ing Systems Windows Mobile 2003 2003SE Second Edition Windows Mobile 5 0 Windows Mobile 6 0 NET CE V4 2 Atterbury Consultants Inc 3800 SW Cedar Hills Blvd Suite 145 Beaverton Oregon 97005 503 646 5393 Phone 503 644 1683 Fax www atterbury com ...

Page 2: ...ems Windows Mobile 2003 2003SE Second Edition Windows Mobile 5 0 Windows Mobile 6 0 or NET CE V4 2 Minimum Hardware Requirements 64 Mb of memory 200 MHz processor Recommended Hardware Requirements 64 Mb of memory 400 MHz processor or faster 512 MB or larger storage card ...

Page 3: ...G A TYPE S FROM AN EXISTING PROJECT 7 DATA STORAGE 8 TRANSFERRING SPECIES SORT AND GRADE TABLES FROM SUPERACE TO POCKET SUPEREASY 10 ENTERING PLOT DATA 12 DELETING A TREE RECORD 16 CALCULATOR 18 PLOT DATA EDIT ROUTINE 19 ENTERING SITE INDEX TREE DATA 20 DOWN WOODY SCREEN 21 ACCESSING TABLE FILES 22 TRANSFERRING PLOT DATA TO SUPERACE 25 UN INSTALL POCKET SUPEREASY 27 CONTACTING ATTERBURY CONSULTANT...

Page 4: ... installed Pocket SuperEASY is not compatible with previous versions of SuperACE To install Pocket SuperEASY 1 Make sure your mobile device is synced to your PC 2 Load the installation CD on the PC 3 Open Control Panel on the PC 4 Select Add Remove Programs 5 Select Add New Programs 6 Click on CD or Floppy 7 The following screen appears 8 Click Next 9 Browse to the CD and select Installer exe loca...

Page 5: ...1 Click Deploy The installation will begin Wait until you see the message Successfully copied ran the installer on your device on the screen 12 Click Next 13 The install is complete Click Finish 14 The program is now loaded onto your mobile device ...

Page 6: ...ct or open an existing cruise project If there are no projects the screen will be blank Existing projects are listed by their project name with the associated cruise type or types listed as subfiles below each project To hide the associated cruise type s click on the minus sign to the left of the Project name This will hide the timber type s and the minus sign will change to a plus sign To unhide ...

Page 7: ...l Type in the name of the project you wish to create The name can contain up to 8 characters The project name can be composed of either alphabetic numeric or alphanumeric characters It cannot include spaces or symbols At a minimum the Township Range Section and Type number should be entered With the exception of the Acres entry all the master entries are alphanumeric A completed Master Screen exam...

Page 8: ...llaneous information refer to previous screen These entries are not required but it is recommended that you make it a habit to fill in any necessary values that may be used in completing a cruise All the information entered into these screens will be downloaded with the plot data to SuperACE The screens are shown below Age Codes Years BAF Values With example values Fixed Area Plot Strip Cruise Fac...

Page 9: ...r at the bottom of the Project screen Then tap New from the menu This will open the Master screen The name of the project should appear in the Project cell At a minimum the Township Range Section and Type number should be entered The type number will differentiate this type from other project types A completed Master Screen example is shown below Master Screen Once all the Master Screen tabs have ...

Page 10: ...r No 5 If you tap Yes the project and ALL associated cruise stands will be deleted from the mobile unit Note you can not undelete a project once it has been deleted Deleting a Type s from an Existing Project 1 In the Project Screen make sure that types are visible if not tap on the plus sign next to the project name then tap on the type or types that are to be deleted so that they are highlighted ...

Page 11: ... you save your data to the mobile device s storage card This will safeguard against losing your data due to loss of battery power or damage to the mobile device It also enables easy data transfer between mobile devices All the cruise data is stored in a file named Pocketeasy sdf on the mobile device 1 In the Project Screen tap on Utl and select Change Db Location 2 In the following screen select y...

Page 12: ...need to hide the keyboard and tap OK to create the folder 4 You will see the new folder has been added to the storage card Tap Done to return to the Project Screen All of your cruise data will be saved to this folder until you decide to change the location Always download cruise data to SuperACE before changing the storage location in order to avoid the accidental loss of the cruise data ...

Page 13: ... for use in the field Transferring Tables 1 Make sure that the mobile device is synced with the PC 2 Open SuperACE on the PC 3 In SuperACE make sure that the Species Sort and Grade tables that are to be transferred are set as the active tables 4 From the menu bar select File Export Tables to Windows Mobile Device 5 The following screen appears Click on Copy Tables to Device 6 The following screens...

Page 14: ... the Utl option at the bottom of the Project screen and select Receive Tables send from SA first 8 Tap in the box next to the tables you wish to transfer to make a check mark appear 9 Tap Process The tables are transferred and can now be viewed and edited in Pocket SuperEASY ...

Page 15: ... the Slope and Aspect tables which are discussed in the tables section of this manual After the plot number is entered tap on the CRU Cruise Screen selection at the bottom of the screen to enter tree data for the plot The following screen will open Cruise Screen The Cruise Screen is designed to match the Tree Input screen in SuperACE The following are descriptions of the fields T Tree Number A thr...

Page 16: ...ovided for species The numbers or letters must match the species table S Status optional A one digit alpha numeric field Status is used to indicate dead trees cut leave blowdown trees etc Tr Ct Tree Count optional A two digit numeric field is provided for tree count Measurements DBH Diameter Breast Height This field is required when cruising volume plots and optional when cruising count and regene...

Page 17: ...t alpha code i e D Dominant C Crown Ratio percent of the tree length with canopy User defined single digit numeric code V Vigor User defined single digit alpha code D Damage User defined single digit alpha code T other User defined alpha or numeric code Segments required for volume calculation Up to 12 Segments can be described for each tree S Sort A single alpha or numeric code as described in th...

Page 18: ...d Below are examples of plot data entries in the Cruise Screen scrolling from left to right in the screen Segment volumes can be calculated by selecting a tree record then tapping on the Vol selection at the bottom of the Cruise Screen The following screen will open calculating scribner and cubic volume for the tree segments It also calculates segment diameters total tree volume trees per acre and...

Page 19: ...nly one tree record at a time can be deleted 1 Select the record in the Cruise Screen by tapping in the grey cell to the left of the tree number A symbol will appear in the cell 2 Tap on the Del option at the bottom of the screen 3 A delete confirmation screen will appear to confirm the deletion of the tree record 4 Tap Yes or No ...

Page 20: ...erbury Consultants Inc 17 5 If you tap yes you will be asked if you wish the remaining trees to be renumbered sequentially or to leave the tree number as they exist 6 After tapping yes or no the tree record will be deleted ...

Page 21: ...ed under the Calc selection at the bottom of the screen With it you can calculate limiting distance tree height relaskop diameter and form factor Input values for the black variables then tap the Calc option at the bottom of the screen to calculate value Tap the Return option to return to the Cruise Screen ...

Page 22: ...ne of the tables a message will notify the user of the required edit change The user has the option of correcting the edit or ignoring the edit change If you tap on Yes you must tap on Plot after every edit has been corrected in order to proceed through the edit routine When all the edits have been reviewed the data is saved and the user is returned to the Plot Screen If you click No on the Do you...

Page 23: ...lowing screens are examples of the SI option inputs If the user is in the Cruise Screen when the SI option is selected the corresponding tree data of a selected tree will be automatically entered into the Site Index Screen You can delete a site tree record by 1 Select the record in the Site Index Screen by tapping in the grey cell to the left of the tree number A symbol will appear in the cell 2 T...

Page 24: ...ible from either the Plot Screen or the Cruise Screen by tapping on the DW option at the bottom of the screens The DW Screen is shown below Down Woody Screen At this time there isn t a screen in SuperACE for viewing the Down Woody data after the cruise data is transferred to SuperACE It can only be viewed in MS Access by opening the Tscale table that is located in the cruise project MS Access file...

Page 25: ...CE The Slope Aspect and Default tables are edited directly in Pocket SuperEASY The Slope and Aspect tables hold the user defined values that will be utilized in the Plot Screen for slope and aspect coding The Defaults table holds settings for showing or hiding fields in the cruise screen It also can store pre assigned BAF values for the B1 thru B5 prism factor values that will be utilized for a cr...

Page 26: ...Pocket SuperEASY Atterbury Consultants Inc 23 Table Screens Examples Species Table Sort Table Grade Table ...

Page 27: ...ltants Inc 24 Table Screens Examples Defaults Defaults General Settings BAF Values Change Y to an N to hide the With example values associated field in the Cruise screen Slope Table Aspect Table With example values With example values ...

Page 28: ... you can transfer individual type s from a project 1 In the Pocket SuperEASY Project Screen tap in the box next to the project or type s that you want to transfer to make a check mark appear in the box 2 Tap on the Utl option at the bottom of the Project Screen and select Transfer Checked files to SuperACE 3 Make sure that the mobile device is synced with the PC 4 In SuperACE select from the menu ...

Page 29: ...o be stored on the PC Click Process after choosing the destination directory for your cruise data Note on some laptops and PCs this screen may appear on the taskbar at the bottom of the computer screen and will need to be restored to view it 8 You will be prompted when the transfer is complete Click OK The cruise project is now available for selection from the Project Selection screen in SuperACE ...

Page 30: ...ap the System tab at the bottom of the Settings screen then tap Remove Programs 4 Tap on ACI PocketEASY to select it 5 Tap the Remove button 6 Tap Yes on the confirmation message 7 Tab OK to return to the System screen Pocket SuperEASY is now removed from the mobile device Note If you decide to re install Pocket SuperEASY from a PC that was previously used for a Pocket SuperEASY installation you w...

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