Ag Leader SMS Mobile Operating Modes Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 19)

SMS Mobile Operating Modes
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To take samples follow these steps:
1. Enter the Soil Sampling mode.
2. Now either follow the steps above to create a new sampling dataset or you will have
a dataset selected that you previously created, exported from the desktop software,
or imported manually into SMS Mobile.
3. Once you have a sampling dataset, select the Take Samples tool from the Main Menu
or select it from the Map Toolbar.
4. You will now be prompted to select a method to be guided to your sample sites. You
can either select to be navigated by object/sample order or by the closest
object/sample to your current position.
5. You will now return to the map and a line will be displayed to the first sample site to
navigate to as well as a crosshair placed on the center of the sample site. The
sample site that is the current navigation target will also be selected. You will also
have several action buttons available depending on the state of your data; Add Point,
Edit Selection, Next Item, and Cancel. You will also see a heading and distance
displayed in the Status bar indicating the navigation to the currently selected sample
site.
6. As you are driving to a sample site that is currently selected you will be able to add
points. When you drive within 30 feet of a sample point or you drive inside of a
selected grid or region type sample site the Add Point tool will change to an Edit
Attributes tool and will allow you to edit the attribute values for the sample site. When
you select the Edit Attributes tool and press OK on edit attribute values dialog that
sample you were editing will be marked as "sampled". What this means is that as you
increment through the other sample sites, you will only be guided to sample sites that
have not been sampled already. You can reset this by selecting the Reset Samples
tool which will mark all samples as un-sampled.