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NOTE: This procedure may vary slightly depen ding on the type of data that you are importing.
When binding data using the Scan Receiver Wizard , you must choose a value from the list or click the down arrow a second time to close the list.
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1 In the Project Explorer Project Explorer , in the Operational Data Operational Data category, expand the Field Measurement Data Field Measurement Data node.
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2 Right-click Scan Receiver Scan Receiver and choose Import Import.
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The Scan Receiver Data Import Wizard opens.
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3 On the Welcome Welcome page, click Next Next.
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4 On the Choose A Technology Choose A Technology page, choose the techno logy of the scan receiver data file and click Next Next.
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5 On the Choose The Type Of The Source Data File Choose The Type Of The Source Data File page, choose th e file type of the scan receiver data file and click Next Next.
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6 On the Choose The Data File(s) You Want To Use Choose The Data File(s) You Want To Use page, click Browse
Browse, navigate to the scan receiver data file or files, click Open Open, and then click Next Next.
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7 On the Choose The Format Of The Source Data File Choose The Format Of The Source Data File page, do the following:
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n In the Delimiters Delimiters section, enable one or mor e of the check boxes (Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other) to identify the delimiters used to separate values in the scan receiver data file.
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n If you enabled the Other Other check box, type a delimiter in the adjacent box.
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n If the scan receiver data file contain s a header row, en able the Us Usee Header Row
Header Row check box and, from the Header Row Header Row list, choose the row number of the header row.
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n From the Start Import At Row Start Import At Row list, choose the row number at which to start the import. This option is useful if your test mobil e data file has comments at the beginning or multiple header rows that do not need to be imported.
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n In the Rows With Invalid Latitude/Longitude Rows With Invalid Latitude/Longitude section, choose
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The Choose How You Want the Data Bound Page opens.
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9 For each column that you want to bind, do the following:
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n Click in the Mentum Pla net Field box and, from the list, choose the Mentum Planet field to which you want to bind the scan receiver data column.
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n Click in the Data Form at row and choose the format for the data. Typically, you will only need to choose a format for latitude, longitude, and BSIC. All other columns offer only one option that is automatically chosen.
At a minimum, you must bind colum ns to the latitude and longitude fields in Mentu m Planet. Any columns that you do not bind are shown as <Unbound>.
At a minimum, you must bind colum ns to the latitude and longitude fields in Mentu m Planet. A green indicator is displayed if the binding is successful and a red indicator if the binding is unsuccessful. Any columns that y ou do not bind are shown as <Unbound>. You can move the cursor over the indicator for more information.
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Planet c olumns. When the bin ding is successf ul, a check mark is displayed. When the binding is unsuccessful, an X is displayed.
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10 If you want to use a template to bind th e scan receiver data to Mentu m Planet fields, click Load Template Load Template , navigate to the template file that you want to use, and click Open Open.
By default, templates are stored in the Scan Receiver Data/Templ ate Files folder.
Once you load the template, you can modify any of the rows for a single use, save them as a new template, or overwrite the current temp late.
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11 If you want to bind mu ltiple columns to a single Mentum Planet field (for example, if you have multiple PN offset columns), do the following:
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n Choose the column s by holding down the Shift or Ctrl key and clicking the column headers.
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n Click Multiple Bindings Multiple Bindings.
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n In the Bind Multiple Columns Bind Multiple Columns dialog box, from the Mentum Mentum Planet Field
Planet Field list, choose the Mentum Planet field to which to bind the columns, from the Data Format Data Format list, choose the format for the data, and click OK OK.
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12 If you want to save the bin ding information to use with other scan receiver data files, click Save As Template Save As Template , navigate to the folder where you want to save the template, type a name for the bin ding template file in the Name Name box, and click Save Save.
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13 In the Scan Receiver Data Import Wizard Scan Receiver Data Import Wizard , click Next Next.
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14 If you want to modify the file header information, on the Enter Enter
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n Beside the Coordi Coordinate nate SystemSystem box, click Change Change, and in the Choose Projection Choose Projection dialog box, choose the new projection category and mem ber, and then click OK.
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n In the Comments Comments box, type any additional comments or modify the existing comments.
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15 Click Next Next.
The Data Import dialog box displays the progress of the import process.
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<None> from the Map View Template Map View Template list.
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n To use an existing map view templ ate to display data points in the Map window, choose a template from the Map View Template list.
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n To create a new tem plate, click New Template and follow Step 3 to Step 7 in the pr ocedure, “To create a map view template for scan receiver data”.
For details on map view templa tes, see “ Displaying scan receiver data in a Map window”.
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17 Click Next Next and then click Finish Finish.
The scan receiver data file is added as a node to the Scan Receiver node under the Field Measurement Data node in the Operational Data category of the Project Explorer.
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