Ag Leader SMS Mobile User Manual - Manual (Page 10)

SMS Mobile User Manual
to keep your data separated by an operational instance such as Spring Sampling
vs Fall Sampling.
 Export Tab - Allows the selection of management item properties that you
would like to export for each operation you have in SMS Mobile in addition to
the logged attribute values. Examples are Operator (people) Name, Vehicle SN,
Grower Custom ID, etc.
Sensor Setup
Data can be logged from external sensors using this setup. Sensor configurations can be
created, edited, or deleted in SMS Mobile. Sensor configurations can be setup for all
operating modes except for the Boundary mode.
Predefined sensor models are provided for easy configuration of sensors. Sensors from
Ag Leader, Dualem, Geonics, Holland Scientific, Minolta, NTech, and Veris are
currently available. A Custom Sensor model is also available that allows you to define a
sensor that isnt provided in the list and that outputs data in an ASCII text format that
SMS Mobile can parse to acquire data to log.
Unique sensor configurations can be setup for the same sensors but for use in specific
operating modes or situations where you only need a particular attribute to be logged
from a sensor.
To define a custom sensor you must specify how the information it provides is organized
and how SMS Mobile should interpret it. The following parameters must be set for a
custom sensor configuration:
 Define Sensor Header to Parse - This setting identifies what text strings from a
custom sensor contain the data you wish to log. So an example might be an ASCII
text string formatted as $, 123.5, South, XYZ. In this example you want to log
123.5, South, and XYZ and to do that you must define the header as " $," in this
entry. SMS Mobile will then know to look for those two characters in sensor
readings to find the data to log.
 String Delimiter - This setting defines the formatting of the ASCII text string to
be parsed, i.e. how each attribute in the string is separated from each other.
Options are commas, spaces, and tabs.
 String Terminator - This settings defines how each ASCII string output by the
sensor ends and thus defines the start of the next string that is output from the
sensor.
 Logging Type - This setting defines how often the sensor will output data.
Trigger Type should be used when the sensor outputs a single reading on-demand.
The Continuous Type should be used when the sensor outputs readings
automatically and constantly without any user control. When Continuous is
selected and the sensor is used in any operating mode except for Coverage
Logging then a Sensor button will appear on the map that will allow you to take a
reading for the currently selected object in the edit layer.
Batch Setup
These options provide the ability to run key functions in batch to reduce the amount of
work needed to complete key tasks.
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