3M Dynatel M-Series - Manual (Page 7)

Therefore, if this feature is to be of the greatest value, care should be taken in
the development of user data templates (Templates can be created and edited
using the 3M™ Dynatel™ PC Tools software application), and distributed to iD
marker programmers.
Interface to ESRI™ ArcPad™:
Many GPS devices support the Arcpad™ application for mapping. 3M™ has
developed application scripts that runs in Arcpad™ providing a seamless
interface with the 3M™ Dynatel™ M-series Locators for automatically logging
marker and/or location data in standard GIS shape file format with the push of a
button. Trimble™ GeoXT™ and Thales™ MobileMapper™ CE.NET are some
examples of the GPS devices that support Arcpad application.
Please refer to the section on “Installing and running Arcpad scripts” for more
details.
Interface to Thales ™ MobileMapper™ PRO:
3M™ Dynatel™ M-series Locators can interface with the Thales™
MobileMapper™
PRO directly (In addition to the support of 3M™ ArcPad™
scripts on MobileMapper™ CE.Net). The data sent out from the Locator is used
to log the “Point” features in MobileMapper™ Pro. The data is also used to
dynamically grow the feature library (set of attributes for a feature) on the
MobileMapper™ Pro, reducing the manual steps needed for mapping.
For each Log point, data is sent to the GPS device and is stamped with latitude,
longitude, elevation and date/time data. The data acquired during this logging
process can then be uploaded to mapping software.
Please refer to the section on “Thales™ MobileMapper™ Setup” for more details.
Mode 3 Operation – PDA – mode
PDA mode is similar to the GIS mode except for one difference. When the
Locator is in the PDA mode, it does not validate the GPS co-ordinates. In the GIS
and NMEA mode, the GPS co-ordinates that the Locator receives are validated
for data integrity. In the PDA mode, the Locator sends the data to the external
device and it is the responsibility of the receiving application to store the data.
The communication protocol is same as for the GIS mode. Please refer to the
section “Data format” for a sample record and explanation of the record.
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