User guide

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Keyboard Entry Next Message Shown Action
Leader Value FORMAT You are now asked to set up the format,
<Enter> or just C 2:N6 column heading, and column leader for
<Enter> to accept column 2, and so forth, just like you did for
the default value column 1, until all the columns are set up.
Guide to Formatting Files
❏ You must set up a format file before you can set up a data file.
❏ You cannot use the same name for a format file and a data file. However, you can use an
extension, i.e. LOG.DAT could be the data filename, and LOG.FMT the format filename.
❏ After you have created a format file, you can edit the column formats, leaders, and
prompts. You cannot change the number of columns or the number of lines per page.
❏ After you have created a data file that uses a format file, you can change only the column
leaders and prompts.
❏ To combine the same kind of data gathered by several FieldBooks, have each user record
data using the same format.
❏ The same format file can be assigned to different data files.
Mode 1-3, Edit Program File
The Edit Program File submode is used to create a new program file or edit an existing
program file. You can key a Polycode program directly into the FieldBook using Mode 1-3
or create the program using PolyTools or a text editor on a desktop computer and transfer
it to the FieldBook via the RS-232 port (refer to Section 6: Programming the FieldBook and
Section 7: PolyTools for details). Instructions for using Mode 1-3 follow.
Keyboard Entry Next Message Shown Action
<ON> MODE? Enter a 1 for EDIT Mode.
1 EDIT 1,2,3 Enter a 3 for submode PGM.
DAT,FMT,PGM
3 EDIT PROGRAM Enter a new filename or select an existing
FILE: name using the right or left arrow key.