The Core System offers many tools to expedite the transfer of data between Generation II and external file systems such as spreadsheets and database files. The features below add to those capabilities by directly writing to, and reading from, selected personal data assistants (PDAs) to Generation II, making data transfer seamless and efficient.
Requires hand-held PCs or Palmtops® currently running under Palm OS 3.5® or better, with HotSync® Version 3.01 or higher, and about 5mb free main memory. Examples: Tungsten E® or Zire 31®.
In addition, supports the Pocket PC® 2003 and Pocket PC® 2003 SE under Windows Mobile 5® and WinCE.Net®. We recommend that you test Generation II with your PDA to ensure acceptable performance in data transfer. The Pocket PC implementation requires about 5MB of memory to install and the ActiveSync® 3.5 or higher.
A maximum of 20,000 plots and up to 18 traits, for at most 360,000 data points, may be processed per upload or download at one time for the Palm OS® version. The Pocket PC® version is limited to 1500 plots at a time, and 27,000 data-points.
For perennial experiments, any year, but only one year at a time can be uploaded.
Sub-sample data may be uploaded and downloaded as well for experiments and nurseries.
You can select a multi-location trial or any group of experiments so that your upload will include experiments across many locations.
For even more flexibility, you can access a planting plan for a site and upload some or all of the experiments in that site or location.
Nurseries may also be uploaded or downloaded.
Data integrity is maintained via a data point colour scheme upon downloading, to prevent incorrect overwriting of current data and verify downloading of new data.
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