Collecting Data
User’s Guide 35
10. When finished collecting asset IDs for the loc ation, press the <F4>
key to return to the LOCATION ID prompt.
11. Repeat steps 5 through 10 until all the IDs for the assets at every
location are collected.
12. Press t he <F4> key again to return to the menu shown at step 4.
13. To change from check-in to check-out (or vice versa), repeat
step 4.
zOtherwise, press the <F4> key to return to the application
menu.
The portable stores check-in data in one ASCII text file and check-out
data in another file. When uploading one of the files to the PC, the data
appears as a list. Each line in the list contains two fields separated by a
comma. The first field is the LOCATION ID, and the second field is the
ITEM ID When using the date/time stamp, each line also includes the
check-in or check-out date and time. The list shown in Figure 3-38 is
part of a check-out file uploaded from a portable that used TRACKPRO
with the date/time stamp.
Figure 3-38: Collected Data in ASCII text file
DESCRIPT
DESCRIPT (The Description Application) is another useful progra m for
tracking inventory. You can use the application with item and
description files that you create and load in advance. You can also add
MAIN,P203,03/01/98,10:27:18
MAIN,814223-001,03/01/98,10:27:45
MAIN,00-929-00,03/01/98,11:04:51
MAIN,P0009222,03/01/98,11:22:02
WHS,00-680-00,03/01/98,11:40:53
WHS,004322,03/01/98,11:40:57
WHS,16-000-00,03/01/98,11:41:11
WHS,A0039242,03/01/98,11:41:15