Sites List Operation Info

[Nov 2019]

 

This is a brief description of the functions of the Sites List database.

NOTE: To exit from this document, use the “Back” button on your phone. You will then be at the screen showing two panels. 

The Blue panel is the standard map information panel; the Green panel [covering the map] is the Sites List. 

 

The following describes the Site List functions:

 

“Site List” button in the Blue section will show/hide the Site List. 

Initially the Site List has a number of entries; these are fictitious sites for demonstration purposes only. 

Delete these after you have entered at least one location of your own.

 

“Store” button takes the Site Name from the title bar of the Blue panel and the Longitude and Latitude of the BTS/A-END and stores this as a new entry in the database. 

This new entry is immediately displayed in the site list in alphabetical order.

[NOTE: The selection of BTS or A-END data depends whether the App is in BTS mode or End to End mode.]

 

“BTS/A-END” button moves the BTS/A-END icon on the map to the site entry selected in the Site List. 

To select a site from the list tap the entry and the Site Name will be displayed on the Green title bar.

When the “BTS/A-END” button is tapped the BTS/A-END icon moves to the selected location on the map.

 

LandMarkbutton moves the Land Mark icon to the selected location on the map.

 

“Del” button removes the selected entry from the database and the site list.  Before deletion the Site Name, Longitude and Latitude details are transferred to the map information [Blue], if the deletion was an error, tapping the “Store” button will restore the entry to the database.

 

“Imp” button is used to import a site list, this import will overwrite the existing data and existing records will be lost.

The user must first copy a CSV file of list into the ABT folder on the phone. 

The CSV file would normally be generated from a spreadsheet or database and must be named “impsitelist.csv”. 

The CSV file must be based on three columns,  Site Name,Longitude,Latitude.  Headers are optional and will not affect the import.

 

“Imp+” button is similar to the Imp button but does not overwrite the existing data.  The imported list is appended to the existing data; if there are duplicates the duplicates are deleted.

A record is only seen as a duplicate if ALL data matches.  EG If there are two records with the name London but with different Latitudes they will not be seen as duplicates.

 

Exp button is used to export the current site list as a CSV file to the ABT folder.  This file is named expsitelist.csv and has no headers.

 

“?” button displays a quick info file exit by using the phones back button.

 

SEARCH FUNCTION: Tap on the Green Title Bar and edit the Site Name.  As the text changes the site list will scroll to the closest match, the more of the name typed the closer the match. 

End the search using the keyboard return key.

 

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