Leica Geosystems SKI-Pro - Manual (Page 64)

Quick Tour III - Format Manager 64 Getting Started with SKI-Pro-2.5en
Quick Tour III - Format Manager
This Quick Tour is a step-by-step tutorial in which you
learn how to work with the Leica Format Manager pro-
gram. For further details see the ‘Getting Started with
Format Manager’ manual.
The Format Manager is installed as an external program
during the SKI-Pro installation. It allows the creation of a
Format Template file (*.frt) wich can be used within SKI-
Pro to export data to a customized ASCII file. Custom
ASCII File export is the most flexible ASCII export type.
For more information refer to Quick Tour I - Real Time or
the online help of SKI-Pro.
Additionally a Format Template file can be uploaded to the
Sensor to convert Jobs to an ASCII file directly on the field
system.
This exercise does NOT need your green
software protection dongle to be connected.
This Quick Tour comprises of the following steps:
Lesson One
Creating a Format Template File
Lesson Two
Uploading a Format Template File to the Sensor
Lesson One - Creating a Format Template File
Start-up the Format Manager:
From the Start menu select Programs, SKI-Pro and
then click on Format Manager.
The main Format Manager window appears.
From the File menu select New
or
Click on to create a new mask.