PSC PT2000, TopGun manual Descript, User’s Guide

Collecting Data

10.When finished collecting asset IDs for the location, 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 the <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.

Otherwise, 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

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

DESCRIPT

DESCRIPT (The Description Application) is another useful program for tracking inventory. You can use the application with item and description files that you create and load in advance. You can also add

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