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Home Screen is displayed when Palm Routes
starts.
- The Rounds button is for working a route, visiting
checkpoints and logging date, time and data at the checkpoints.
- Setup lets you enter new routes, add checkpoints to routes
or edit existing checkpoints and routes.
- Reader Check performs a test to make sure that the system is
working properly.
- Review allows Finished Routes and Checkpoints to be viewed
before sending them to PC via Hot-Sync.
This page takes you through Setting up a Route |
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Select Setup to Start. When you first
install your application, there are no routes in the Palm
Database. You will create routes and add checkpoints to them. We
will show you how to create a route and add checkpoint to it. On
your own, you can add more checkpoints, create more routes or edit
what you have already entered.
This screen shows that the Palm Database has no routes. Select
New to make a new route. |
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Palm Routes displays a blank route form for you to
fill out. Enter a unique Route ID using the Palm Keyboard
or graffiti. Then give the Route a recognizable Name. |
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On the sample screen we have entered A421 as the
route ID. This will be used to associate all checkpoints on the
route. The name, Library Building, will be displayed as the
familiar name.
After making these entries Save the new route (very
important!). The route is created when you save the data you have
entered. |
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Now Palm Routes shows that there is a route in the
Palm Database. Tap on it to read it from the database and display
it on the screen. Then select Chkpts to display checkpoints
on the route. |
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Palm Routes shows that there are no checkpoints on
the route. You have not made any yet. Select New to display
a checkpoint entry form. |
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This form displays information about the
checkpoint. It shows that it is associated with Route ID A421,
Library Building.
To create this checkpoint, you must enter four items.
- Enter a sequence number which Palm Routes will use to guide the
user on the route. The sequence number always starts at "1", but
you should edit it to make the sequence you want.
- Enter a location - a recognizable name where you will place
the iButton.
- Read the iButton associated with that location. Palm Routes
will save it so that it can compare the iButton serial number
when it is read on the route.
- Select the Action you want Palm Routes to take at the
checkpoint by tapping in the Action field.
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The Location has been entered: Lower Level -
Circulation. The name should be selected so it is recognizable by
the individual who will be working the route.
Next read the iButton Serial Number by tapping Read Button.
We made this Palm button BIG so that it would indicate the action
which must be taken at every checkpoint. |
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The iButton assigned to this checkpoint has been
read and is displayed. This serial number will be stored in the
Palm database with other checkpoint information. When the iButton
is read on a route, it will be compared to this data to be sure
that the individual is at the correct location.
Finally select the Action to be taken at this checkpoint by
tapping in the action field. |
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Palm Routes then displays a small form to allow you
the select the action. You have three choices.
- Automatically record the date and time that the iButton was
read at the checkpoint on the route.
- In addition to the date and time, read information stored in
the iButton memory. This information (up to 32 characters) might
be special instructions for the user, information about the
checkpoint, or any other information which can be stored in the
iButton. Information is read from the first memory location in
the iButton and displayed on the Palm screen below the date and
time of reading. Information must be stored in the iButton
before dispatching the user. You may use Scanning Devices
iButton Palm Application which is distributed with Palm Routes
to write information into iButton memory
- In addition to the date and time, prompt the user to enter
information on the Palm screen either by the Palm keyboard or
grafitti. If this Action is selected, tapping in the data field
will automatically open the Palm keyboard, prompting the user to
enter information at the checkpoint..
Select your choice with the checkbox. |
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After making the Action selection, all information
for the checkpoint has been entered. Tap SAVE to store this
checkpoint in the Palm Database (very important!). Saving the
checkpoint information creates the checkpoint and associates it
with the route by the Route ID. |
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After saving, the new checkpoint is included on
the list of checkpoints for the Library Building Route, Route ID
A421.
You have now made a new route and added the first checkpoint to
it. You can now add a New checkpoint (don't forget to set
the sequence to 2!), edit the one you just made, or go Back
to the list of routes. |
