9.8.7ASCII Input

The known feature is automatically selected from the Geo- Clipboard in the offset screen. No Occupation is necessary.

)By Calculating the Back. Azimuth Dist. Offset without populating the fields (i.e. zero), it is possible to create new features with a shared topology to the parent “pasted” node. This topology is maintained when the parent node is post-processed or deleted.

9.8.7ASCII Input

Data from external devices can be incorporated into node and feature data for applications such as:

Photos Hyper linking to Features

Depth Finders to range water depth from a GPS position

Bar Code Scanners

To link an external ASCII Device:

1.Set the RS232 Device Properties by Selecting Menu and choose 2 Device Properties.

2.Select the Port to be used.

3.Define if the ASCII device being defines the end of message by CR “Character Return”, LF “Line Feed” or a combination of the two.

4.Select User Defined if the ASCII information should be written to an Attribute field. If selected, enter the name of the Attribute field.

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