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vie

w/B

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gro

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ple

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rem

ents

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gat

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tate

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ente

r fo

r S

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tati

stic

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d M

ethodolo

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SM

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ilat

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ly p

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info

rmat

ion t

o c

onst

ruct

a w

eighte

d t

abula

tion

dat

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e (N

uss

er a

nd

Goeb

el, 1

997

).

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ce 1

99

6, N

RC

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as e

mp

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pute

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ed s

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CA

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syst

em t

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RI

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RC

S a

nd I

SU

Sta

tist

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Lab

ora

tory

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uss

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mp

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syst

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s bas

ed o

n a

cli

ent-

serv

er m

odel

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he

serv

er a

nd

NR

I d

ata

bas

e, m

ain

tain

ed a

t IS

U,

support

hundre

ds

of

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ts a

re

mobil

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dhel

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om

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ters

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dow

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e oper

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munic

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h t

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ata

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e via

th

e W

indow

s M

obil

e D

evic

e C

ente

r pas

s th

rough p

roto

col.

A c

om

pute

r-as

sist

ed s

urv

ey i

nst

rum

ent

(CA

SI)

is

dev

eloped

for

each

NR

I su

rvey

. A

CA

SI

is a

n

elec

tronic

qu

esti

on

nai

re w

ith

em

bed

ded

qual

ity a

ssura

nce

contr

ols

and f

unct

ions.

CA

SI

soft

war

e

is i

nst

alle

d o

n F

ield

PC

s an

d t

ran

spar

entl

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erfo

rms

the

foll

ow

ing e

ssen

tial

funct

ions

for

the

NR

I

dat

a gat

her

er:

•

Su

rvey

Dat

a an

d C

AS

I M

anag

emen

t &

Co

mm

unic

atio

ns

•

Su

rvey

Dat

a C

oll

ecti

on (

Rule

s-B

ased

Ques

tionnai

re)

•

Qu

alit

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ssu

ran

ce

The

NR

I C

AS

IC h

as s

tead

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vo

lved

to m

eet

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f st

ruct

ure

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cien

tifi

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toco

ls f

or

dat

a gat

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ing a

nd

to

acc

om

mo

dat

e d

ata

gat

her

ing p

erso

nnel

in l

abora

tory

and f

ield

condit

ions.

Man

y i

mp

rovem

ents

are

pra

ctic

ally

invis

ible

to d

ata

gat

her

ers,

such

as

effi

cien

cies

involv

ing

bac

kgro

un

d d

ata

bas

e o

per

atio

ns

and s

erver

-cli

ent

neg

oti

atio

ns.

Oth

er a

reas

of

impro

vem

ents

affe

ctin

g t

he

CA

SI

inte

rfac

e ar

e ea

sily

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ed b

y d

ata

gat

her

ers

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ere

par

t of

earl

ier

inven

tori

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ased

on

su

gg

esti

on

s fr

om

dat

a gat

her

ers

and a

ccum

ula

ting e

xper

ience

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a en

try

oper

atio

n a

nd

dat

a q

ual

ity c

hec

kin

g h

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bec

om

e fa

ster

and s

imple

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ach i

tera

tion o

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rvey

CA

SI's,

an

d t

he

qual

ity o

f su

rvey

dat

a has

ste

adil

y i

mpro

ved

.

The

fiel

d P

C v

ersi

on

of

the

CA

SI

has

confi

gura

tion o

pti

ons

for

the

foll

ow

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and h

eld

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anual

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or

oth

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opti

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(conta

ct t

he

NR

I G

razi

ng L

and H

elp D

esk

(nri

-gra

ze-h

elp

@ia

stat

e.ed

u)

for

assi

stan

ce).

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of

thes

e d

evic

es a

re r

ugged

ized

mo

bil

e co

mputi

ng d

evic

es

whic

h u

tili

ze t

he

Win

dow

s M

obil

e

oper

atin

g s

yst

em (

OS

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A.1

F

ield

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era

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N

ew u

sers

can

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e fa

mil

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wit

h b

asic

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atio

ns

in l

ess

than

an h

our

wit

h r

eadin

g a

nd

exper

imen

tati

on

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var

iety

of

intr

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uct

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res

ourc

es a

re a

vai

lable

on t

he

CA

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ful)

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Add

itio

nal

bas

ic o

per

atio

nal

info

rmat

ion i

s av

aila

ble

at

that

sit

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Inst

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s in

th

is h

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o b

asic

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illu

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rogr

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so

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nu

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un

on

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nn

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ob

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era

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co

mm

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icat

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etw

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th

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d s

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or

wir

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om

mu

nic

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ia a

ho

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he

ho

st P

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ust

als

o h

ave:

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ind

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ob

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ld b

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stal

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ind

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pro

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th

e su

pp

lied

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on

un

its

and

is c

on

nec

ted

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th

e h

ost

PC

v

ia a

USB

cab

le (

avai

lab

le o

n t

he

web

or

on

th

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eco

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om

pan

ion

CD

).

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A li

ve

con

nec

tio

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o t

he

Inte

rnet

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his

en

able

s th

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ASI

to

sen

d a

nd

rec

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men

ts

fro

m t

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serv

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nd

als

o e

nab

les

new

inst

all f

iles

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be

tran

sfer

red

to

th

e F

ield

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ind

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ter

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pp

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r u

se o

n U

SDA

co

mp

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ut

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n t

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WM

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NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

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18

) A

- 4

hav

e a

txt

exte

nsi

on

. If

th

at h

app

ens,

clo

se y

ou

r b

row

ser

and

sta

rt t

he

pro

cess

aga

in.)

S

tep

2.

Tra

nsf

er

the

CA

B f

ile

to

th

e f

ield

PC

. Wit

h W

MD

C t

his

is

cop

y/p

aste

. E

stab

lish

a c

on

nec

tio

n b

etw

een

yo

ur

com

pu

ter

and

Fie

ld P

C. A

lway

s se

lect

Co

nn

ect

wit

ho

ut

sett

ing

up

yo

ur

dev

ice

to c

om

ple

te c

on

nec

tio

n.

Fig

ure

A-2

: S

elec

t “C

on

nec

t w

ith

ou

t se

ttin

g u

p y

ou

r d

evic

e” t

o c

om

ple

te c

on

nec

tio

n.

In t

he

WM

DC

win

do

w o

n t

he

PC

: •

Cre

ate

a fo

lder

on

yo

ur

Fie

ld P

C f

or

sto

rin

g th

e C

AB

fil

e: C

lick

on

Fil

e M

anag

emen

t an

d s

elec

t B

row

se t

he

con

ten

ts o

f yo

ur

dev

ice.

Use

th

e le

ft s

ide

of

the

WM

DC

po

p-u

p w

ind

ow

to

nav

igat

e to

mo

bil

e d

evic

e an

d o

pen

th

e w

ind

ow

. R

igh

t cl

ick

in t

he

fold

er, s

elec

t N

ew F

old

er, a

nd

n

ame

it 2

02

0 C

ASI

. •

Use

th

e le

ft s

ide

of

the

WM

DC

po

p-u

p w

ind

ow

to

nav

igat

e to

th

e d

irec

tory

on

th

e P

C w

her

e yo

u s

aved

th

e C

AB

fil

e fr

om

Ste

p 1

.

• R

igh

t cl

ick

on

th

e ca

b f

ile

and

sel

ect

cop

y f

rom

th

e p

ull

-do

wn

men

u.

• W

ith

in t

he

WM

DC

fil

e ex

plo

rer

nav

igat

e b

ack

to

mo

bil

e d

evic

e fo

lder

yo

u n

amed

20

20

CA

SI.

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 5

• R

igh

t-cl

ick

an

d f

rom

th

e ed

it m

enu

sel

ect

pa

ste

. Th

e C

AB

fil

e w

ill b

e n

ow

be

cop

ied

fro

m t

he

PC

to

th

e F

ield

PC

. S

tep

3.

Inst

all

th

e C

AS

I to

th

e F

ield

PC

.

O

n t

he

Fie

ld P

C:

a.

Tap

on

th

e W

ind

ow

s fl

ag (

up

per

left

co

rner

) b

. Se

lect

Fil

e E

xplo

rer

c.

Lo

cate

th

e C

ab f

ile

(Wit

h F

ile

Exp

lore

r o

pen

, yo

u m

ay n

eed

to

tap

th

e m

enu

ri

bb

on

ben

eath

“F

ile

Exp

lore

r” a

nd

sel

ect

“My

Dev

ice”

to

see

th

e fo

lder

, 20

20

C

ASI

, wh

ere

we

pla

ced

th

e fi

le i

n s

tep

2).

d

. T

ap o

n t

he

Cab

Fil

e, “

Inst

all_

NR

I_G

razi

ng

_Lan

d_S

urv

ey_v

XX

XX

”. N

ote

th

at

you

wil

l on

ly b

e ab

le t

o r

ead

a p

ort

ion

of

this

tit

le o

n t

he

fiel

d P

C s

cree

n.

e.

Th

e C

AB

fil

e w

ill n

ow

inst

all t

he

20

20

Gra

zin

g L

and

CA

SI o

n t

he

Fie

ld P

C.

f.

Sele

ct “

Dev

ice”

wh

en a

sked

to

ch

oo

se a

loca

tio

n t

o in

stal

l th

e G

razi

ng

Lan

d

CA

SI.

g.

If y

ou

hav

e a

pre

vio

us

ver

sio

n o

f th

e C

ASI

inst

alle

d, s

elec

t O

K w

hen

p

rom

pte

d t

o r

emo

ve t

he

old

ver

sio

n.

h.

A m

essa

ge w

ill d

isp

lay

su

cces

sfu

l in

stal

lati

on

. O

nce

inst

alla

tio

n is

co

mp

lete

tap

‘OK

’ th

en ‘S

tart

’ – T

he

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d S

urv

ey

ico

n w

ill b

e d

isp

lay

ed.

Fig

ure

A-3

: S

elec

t “B

row

se t

he

con

ten

ts o

f y

ou

r d

evic

e” f

rom

Fil

e M

anag

emen

t

Fig

ure

A-4

: U

se t

he

WM

DC

fil

e ex

plo

rer

to n

avig

ate

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 6

A.2

N

RI

Gra

zin

g L

an

d O

n-S

ite

CA

SI

The

Gra

zin

g L

and

CA

SI

is a

so

ftw

are

pro

gra

m a

cces

sed b

y t

app

ing

from

the

Fie

ld P

C t

od

ay

scr

een

an

d t

hen

sel

ecti

ng N

RI

Gra

zin

g L

an

d

Su

rvey

. F

rom

th

e se

gm

ent

scre

en s

elec

t T

ools

>C

han

ge

Dat

abas

e>2020

for

trai

nin

g m

od

e an

d p

rodu

ctio

n m

ode.

Tra

inin

g m

od

e:

Use

th

e tr

ainin

g m

ode

opti

onal

tra

inin

g a

ctiv

itie

s. T

he

trai

nin

g o

pti

on

pro

vid

es a

ll f

un

ctio

nal

ity o

f th

e pro

duct

ion C

AS

I ex

cept

for

the

abil

ity t

o s

end

and

rec

eive

segm

ents

. S

ample

seg

men

ts c

an b

e

crea

ted i

n t

he

trai

nin

g C

AS

I.

Sw

itch

to t

rain

ing m

ode

from

the

CA

SI

tools

men

u i

n t

he

segm

ent

sele

ctio

n s

cree

n (

figure

A-5

).

Pro

du

ctio

n m

od

e:

When

no

t se

t to

tra

inin

g m

ode

the

CA

SI

is i

n

pro

duct

ion

mo

de.

T

he

pro

du

ctio

n C

AS

I (N

RI

Gra

zin

g L

an

d S

urv

ey)

is

use

d f

or

all

dat

a co

llec

tion

. It

in

clu

des

com

munic

atio

ns

pro

tocols

that

allo

w d

ata

gat

her

ers

to r

ecei

ve

and

sen

d s

egm

ents

fro

m t

he

NR

I dat

a bas

e

loca

ted a

t th

e Io

wa

Sta

te U

niv

ersi

ty C

ente

r fo

r S

urv

ey S

tati

stic

s an

d

Met

hodolo

gy.

Both

the

pro

du

ctio

n a

nd

tra

inin

g m

od

e beh

ave

exac

tly t

he

sam

e.

The

soft

war

e h

as t

wo

bas

ic s

cree

n l

ayo

uts

or

vie

ws.

The

over

vie

w s

cree

n

man

ages

dat

a an

d s

oft

war

e. T

he

dat

a en

try s

cree

n s

ecti

on p

rovid

es f

or

entr

y o

f in

form

atio

n f

or

dat

a el

emen

ts a

nd

qu

alit

y a

ssu

ran

ce f

unct

ions.

Cali

bra

tio

n m

od

e: C

alib

rati

on

mo

de

is u

sed f

or

cali

bra

tion e

xer

cise

s (S

ee A

ppen

dix

E f

or

more

info

rmat

ion).

Sel

ect

Cal

ibra

tio

n 2

02

0 m

ode

from

Chan

ge

Dat

abas

e on

the

tools

men

u.

Then

sele

ct C

reat

e ca

libra

tio

n s

egm

ents

fo

r use

in t

hes

e ex

erci

ses.

A.2

.1 U

sin

g t

he

Gra

zin

g L

an

d F

ield

PC

CA

SI-

Ba

sic

Op

era

tio

n

A.2

.1.1

Co

mm

an

d B

ar

Th

e co

mm

and

bar

is p

rese

nt

at t

he

bo

tto

m o

f al

l dat

a en

try

scre

ens.

Tab

le A

-1 p

rovi

des

a b

rief

exp

lan

atio

n o

f m

enu

an

d

bu

tto

n b

ar f

un

ctio

ns.

T

ap t

o s

ave

curr

ent

dat

a fo

r th

e o

pen

po

int.

T

ap t

o a

cces

s ad

dit

ion

al C

AS

I fu

nct

ions.

T

ap t

his

bu

tto

n t

o c

han

ge t

he

inp

ut

met

ho

d.

T

app

ing

agai

n r

emo

ves

th

e k

eyb

oar

d.

Fig

ure

A-5

: T

rain

ing

mo

de

allo

ws

the

crea

tio

n o

f te

st s

egm

ents

. U

nch

eck

tra

inin

g m

od

e to

en

able

co

mm

un

icat

ion

wit

h t

he

des

kto

p P

C

and

ser

ver

.

Fig

ure

A-6

: T

he

men

u b

ar c

on

tain

s Sa

ve,

To

ols

, an

d t

he

key

bo

ard

ico

n

Ta

ble

A-1

. C

om

man

d b

ar m

enu

s an

d b

utt

on

s

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 7

A.2

.1.2

C

AS

I T

ools

The

tools

bu

tto

n o

n t

he

com

man

d l

ine

pro

vid

es

acce

ss t

o a

nu

mb

er o

f C

AS

I fu

nct

ion

s.

Avai

lable

opti

ons

var

y d

epen

din

g u

pon

whet

her

a p

oin

t is

op

en o

r cl

ose

d.

A.2

.1.2

.1 E

nte

r/E

dit

Data

(P

oin

t open

only

)

Sel

ect

this

mod

e to

ente

r or

edit

dat

a. T

his

must

be

sele

cted

aft

er s

elec

ting a

nd

revie

win

g e

rrors

/war

nin

gs.

A.2

.1.2

.2 E

rrors

/Wa

rnin

gs

(Poin

t open

only

) S

elec

t th

is m

od

e to

rev

iew

err

ors

/war

nin

g.

See

the

sect

ion

on

rev

iew

ing e

rro

rs a

nd

war

nin

gs.

Be

sure

to

sel

ect

En

ter/

Edit

Dat

a M

ode

in o

rder

to r

ecord

dat

a ag

ain.

A.2

.1.2

.3 S

cree

ns

(Poin

t open

only

) S

elec

t th

is m

od

e to

acc

esse

s a

men

u o

f dat

a en

try s

cree

ns

for

the

NR

I G

razi

ng L

and

CA

SI.

A.2

.1.2

.4 N

ote

s (P

oin

t o

pen

only

)

This

is

expla

ined

in E

nte

ring a

nd R

evie

win

g N

ote

s (s

ee s

ecti

on A

.2.5

.4).

A.2

.1.2

.5 S

um

mary

Sta

tist

ics

(on

ly a

vai

lable

wh

en p

oin

t is

op

en)

Tap

pin

g t

he

tools

butt

on a

nd s

elec

tin

g S

um

mary

sta

tist

ics

pro

vid

es d

etai

led s

um

mar

ies

for

the

foll

ow

ing p

roto

cols

:

•

Soil

sta

bil

ity

•

Poin

t in

terc

ept

•

Gap

inte

rcep

t

•

Pla

nt

hei

ght

Thes

e su

mm

ary s

tati

stic

s ar

e pro

vid

ed t

o a

ssis

t in

cal

ibra

tion

exer

cise

s an

d f

or

gen

eral

rev

iew

by d

ata

coll

ecto

rs.

A.2

.1.2

.6 O

pti

on

al

pro

toco

ls (

Poin

t open

only

)

Som

e pro

toco

ls a

re c

onsi

der

ed o

pti

onal

dep

endin

g u

po

n i

nit

ial

land c

lass

ific

atio

n

Tap

pin

g t

he

tools

butt

on a

nd s

elec

tin

g O

pti

on

al

Pro

toco

ls w

ill

allo

w y

ou t

o i

ncl

ude/

excl

ude

pro

toco

ls f

or

a sp

ecif

ic p

oin

t.

To c

han

ge

the

opti

onal

pro

toco

l se

ttin

gs

for

all

futu

re p

oin

ts, ta

p

on t

he

‘apply

to f

utu

re p

oin

ts’

butt

on.

Tool

Men

u O

pti

on

s

Poin

t op

en

Poin

t C

lose

d

Ente

r/E

dit

Dat

a

Mode

Confi

g

Err

ors

/War

nin

gs

Mode

Rec

ent

Pla

nts

Scr

eens

About

Note

s

Chan

ge

Dat

abas

e

Sum

mar

y S

tati

stic

s C

reat

e C

alib

rati

on

Seg

men

ts

Opti

onal

Pro

toco

ls

Tra

inin

g M

ode

Confi

g

Exit

About

Ta

ble

A-2

. T

oo

l men

u o

pti

on

s

Fig

ure

A-7

: T

he

op

tio

nal

pro

toco

l sc

reen

.

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 8

A.2

.1.2

.7 C

on

figu

rati

on

T

he

opti

on

dis

pla

ys

var

iou

s p

rogra

m s

etti

ngs.

As

a gen

eral

ru

le t

he

def

ault

set

tin

gs

should

not

be

chan

ged

.

Do n

ot

chan

ge

an

y o

ther

def

au

lt s

etti

ngs

wit

hou

t co

nsu

ltin

g w

ith

th

e N

RI

Gra

zin

g

Lan

d H

elp

Des

k (

NR

I-G

raze

-Hel

p@

iast

ate

.ed

u).

A

.2.1

.2.8

A

bou

t T

appin

g t

he

tools

bu

tto

n a

nd

sel

ecti

ng a

bou

t pro

vid

es i

nfo

rmat

ion o

n t

he

ver

sion o

f C

AS

I

soft

war

e lo

aded

.

A.2

.1.2

.9 R

ecen

t P

lan

ts (

poin

t cl

ose

d o

nly

)

This

opti

on a

llow

s th

e dat

a co

llec

tor

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

to t

he

most

rec

ent

pla

nt

list

. T

he

rece

nt

pla

nt

list

is

use

d

in p

roto

cols

wher

e pla

nt

spec

ies

is n

eed

ed t

o c

om

ple

te

dat

a co

llec

tion. T

he

list

is

auto

mat

ical

ly c

reat

ed a

s pla

nts

are

sele

cted

fro

m t

he

mas

ter

pla

nts

dat

abas

e. T

he

foll

ow

ing t

hre

e fu

nct

ions

can b

e p

erfo

rmed

:

•

Adju

st t

he

num

ber

of

pla

nts

sav

ed o

n t

he

list

•

Com

ple

tely

cle

ar t

he

list

•

Tak

e in

div

idu

al p

lants

off

the

list

.

A.2

.1.2

.10 C

han

ge

Data

base

(T

his

opti

on

is

only

avai

lable

pri

or

to o

pen

ing a

poin

t.)

Tap

pin

g t

he

tools

bu

tto

n a

nd

sel

ecti

ng C

han

ge

Data

base

pro

vid

es a

cces

s to

dif

fere

nt

dat

abas

es, in

cludin

g C

alib

rati

on.

A.2

.1.2

.11 C

rea

te C

ali

bra

tion

Seg

men

ts (

This

opti

on

is

only

av

aila

ble

pri

or

to o

pen

ing a

poin

t.)

Tap

pin

g t

he

tools

bu

tto

n a

nd

sel

ecti

ng C

reate

Cali

bra

tion

Seg

men

ts w

ill

crea

te 5

seg

men

ts f

or

cali

bra

tion e

xer

cise

s.

A.2

.1.2

.12 T

rain

ing M

od

e (T

his

opti

on

is

only

avai

lable

pri

or

to o

pen

ing a

poin

t.)

Tap

pin

g t

he

tools

bu

tto

n a

nd

sel

ecti

ng T

rain

ing M

od

e w

ill

allo

w y

ou t

o c

reat

e te

st s

egm

ents

that

may b

e use

d f

or

trai

nin

g p

urp

ose

s.

A.2

.1.2

.13 E

xit

(T

his

opti

on

is

only

av

aila

ble

pri

or

to o

pen

ing a

poin

t.)

Tap

pin

g t

he

tools

butt

on a

nd s

elec

tin

g E

xit

“co

mp

lete

ly”

close

s th

e C

AS

I.

Aft

er

sele

ctin

g e

xit

the

CA

SI

wil

l not

be

runnin

g i

n b

ackgro

und.

Fig

ure

A-8

Use

th

e re

cen

t p

lan

t o

pti

on

to

ad

just

ho

w m

any

an

d w

hat

pla

nts

ar

e d

isp

lay

ed o

n t

he

rece

nt

pla

nt

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A.2

.2 C

AS

I C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

wit

h t

he

Ser

ver

Ser

ial

nu

mb

er

Eac

h F

ield

PC

has

a u

niq

ue

seri

al n

um

ber

. T

his

ser

ial n

um

ber

mu

st b

e ad

ded

into

th

e se

rver

at

ISU

to

all

ow

co

mm

un

icat

ion

wit

h t

he

serv

er a

t IS

U.

1.

Fro

m t

he

star

t m

enu

sel

ect

sett

ing

s.

2.

At

the

bo

tto

m o

f th

e sc

reen

sel

ect

Sy

ste

m.

3.

Fro

m t

he

ico

n li

st s

elec

t S

yst

em

In

form

ati

on

. 4

. N

ext

sele

ct I

nfo

. 5

. T

he

seri

al n

um

ber

wil

l be

dis

pla

yed

on

th

e d

isp

lay

ed w

ind

ow

. 6

. If

this

is

the

firs

t ti

me

the

Fie

ld P

C is

to

be

use

d f

or

the

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d

surv

ey, t

he

seri

al n

um

ber

mu

st b

e en

tere

d in

to t

he

syst

em a

t IS

U C

ente

r fo

r

Surv

ey S

tati

stic

s an

d M

etho

do

logy

. Th

e se

rial

nu

mb

er m

ust

als

o b

e en

tere

d o

n t

he

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

s L

ogi

n s

cree

n (

see

figu

re A

-9)

to r

egis

ter

the

Fie

ld P

C.

CA

SI

com

mu

nic

atio

n w

ith

th

e se

rver

at

the

Cen

ter

for

Surv

ey S

tati

stic

s an

d M

ethodolo

gy i

s

acco

mpli

shed

on

th

e F

ield

PC

via

cab

le t

hro

ugh a

PC

and W

indow

s M

obil

e D

evic

e C

ente

r or

via

a W

iFi

con

nec

tio

n.

A.2

.2.1

R

egis

teri

ng t

he

Dev

ice

wit

h t

he

Ser

ver

Note

: N

ew f

ield

PC

s ca

nn

ot

regis

ter

for

this

su

rvey

un

til

the

seri

al

nu

mb

er

has

bee

n

ente

red

in

to t

he

data

ba

se a

t IS

U. S

ub

mit

ser

ial

nu

mb

ers

for

new

eq

uip

men

t to

th

e

NR

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razi

ng L

an

d H

elp

Des

k (

NR

I-G

raze

-He

lp@

iast

ate

.ed

u).

1.

Est

abli

sh a

co

mm

un

icat

ion

ses

sion b

etw

een t

he

Fie

ld P

C

and t

he

ho

st P

C c

on

nec

ted t

o t

he

Inte

rnet

usi

ng t

he

Mic

roso

ft A

ctiv

eSyn

c o

r W

ind

ow

s M

ob

ile

Dev

ice

Cen

ter

pro

gra

m.

No

rmal

ly, th

is c

an b

e ac

com

pli

shed

by j

ust

hookin

g u

p t

he

Fie

ld P

C t

o t

he

PC

via

a U

SB

cab

le.

Note

: T

his

ste

p i

s n

ot

req

uir

ed i

f yo

u a

re u

sing a

WiF

I

pro

toco

l w

ith

the

Geo

XT

.

2.

Star

t th

e C

ASI

on

th

e F

ield

PC

. T

ap

on

th

e

com

mu

nic

ati

on

bu

tto

n i

n t

he

Fie

ld P

C t

o b

eg

in t

he

co

mm

un

ica

tio

n s

ess

ion

. 3.

The

firs

t ti

me

yo

u c

om

mu

nic

ate

wit

h t

he

serv

er y

ou w

ill

nee

d t

o r

egis

ter

it w

ith

th

e C

SS

M d

ata

bas

e.

Reg

iste

r th

e

Fie

ld P

C

by c

om

ple

tin

g t

he

foll

ow

ing i

nfo

rmat

ion (

see

figure

A-9

):

Fig

ure

A-9

. T

his

fig

ure

illu

stra

tes

the

on

e-ti

me

Rec

on

reg

istr

atio

n p

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Fie

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eria

l N

um

ber

•

Nam

e o

f p

rim

ary d

ata

gat

her

er (

team

lea

der

) an

d c

onta

ct i

nfo

rmat

ion i

ncl

udin

g

ph

on

e n

um

ber

an

d e

mai

l ad

dre

ss

4.

Cli

ck o

n r

egis

ter

to c

om

ple

te t

his

one-

tim

e pro

cess

. A

confi

rmat

ion n

oti

ce w

ill

be

retu

rned

indic

atin

g t

his

oper

atio

n w

as c

om

ple

ted s

ucc

essf

ull

y.

5.

Once

the

CA

SI

has

co

nn

ecte

d t

o t

he

dat

abas

e, t

he

men

u o

pti

ons

at t

he

bott

om

of

the

scre

en

bec

om

e av

aila

ble

fo

r ch

eck

ou

t an

d r

etu

rn.

Ref

er t

o t

he

nex

t se

ctio

ns

for

det

aile

d i

nst

ruct

ions

on

chec

kin

g o

ut

and

ret

urn

ing s

egm

ents

to t

he

serv

er.

A.2

.2.3

D

ow

nlo

ad

ing S

egm

ents

fro

m t

he

Serv

er

1.

Est

abli

sh a

co

mm

un

icat

ion

ses

sion b

etw

een t

he

Fie

ld P

C a

nd t

he

host

PC

connec

ted t

o t

he

Inte

rnet

usi

ng t

he

Mic

roso

ft W

ind

ow

s M

ob

ile

Dev

ice

Cen

ter

pro

gra

m.

2.

Star

t th

e C

ASI

on

th

e F

ield

PC

– it

sh

ou

ld b

e li

sted

in t

he

Fie

ld P

C S

tart

Men

u.

3.

Tap

on

th

e C

om

mu

nic

atio

ns

bu

tton (

bott

om

of

the

CA

SI

scre

en)

4.

Ass

um

ing t

he

Fie

ld P

C h

as a

lrea

dy b

een

regis

tere

d(o

ne

tim

e p

roce

ss),

the

CA

SI

com

munic

atio

n

win

dow

wil

l be

dis

pla

yed

(fi

gu

re A

-10

) an

d d

efau

lt t

o

the

Chec

k o

ut

tab

(sh

ow

n a

t b

ott

om

of

the

win

dow

).

5.

Tap

on

th

e ‘C

on

nec

t’ b

utt

on

to

est

abli

sh a

connec

tion

to

the

dat

a bas

e. U

po

n a

succ

essf

ul

com

ple

tion

, th

e n

ame

of

the

dat

abas

e i.

e. G

razi

ng L

and

Surv

ey w

ill

be

retu

rned

to

th

e C

AS

I w

indow

.

6.

Ente

r se

arch

cri

teri

a.

•

Sta

te F

IPS

Co

de

(req

uir

ed)

•

Co

un

ty F

IPS

•

Ran

ge,

pas

ture

, B

LM

or

both

7.

Cli

ck

on

Qu

ery.

•

A l

ist

of

segm

ents

mat

chin

g y

our

sear

ch c

rite

ria

wil

l b

e dis

pla

yed

alo

ng w

ith

seg

men

ts s

tatu

s

and

loca

tio

n c

od

es s

ho

wn

bel

ow

.

Fig

ure

A-1

0.

Tap

pin

g th

e Q

uer

y

bu

tto

n p

rod

uce

s a

list

of

elig

ible

se

gmen

ts f

or

do

wn

load

. S

egm

ent

typ

e (p

astu

re, r

ang

e o

r b

oth

can

als

o b

e se

lect

ed.

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-3:

Seg

men

t S

tatu

s co

des

Seg

men

t S

tatu

s C

od

e

Def

init

ion

NS

N

ot

Sta

rted

IP

In P

rogre

ss

UC

In

com

ple

te

CO

C

om

ple

te

RC

R

evie

wed

an

d C

om

ple

te

Tab

le A

-4:

Sam

ple

seg

men

t lo

cati

on

cod

es/s

erver

on

ly

Loca

tio

n

Defi

nit

ion

Co

de

In

On S

erver

Out

No

t o

n t

he

serv

er,

chec

ked

out

on a

Fie

ld P

C o

r w

eb-b

ased

CA

SI

8.

Sel

ect

up

to

10

sam

ple

seg

men

ts (

no m

ore

than

10 s

ample

seg

men

ts a

nd t

hei

r as

soci

ated

subst

itute

seg

men

ts c

an b

e av

aila

ble

for

dat

a en

try o

n o

ne

mac

hin

e) a

nd t

ap o

n G

et S

elec

ted

.

•

Th

e se

lect

ed s

egm

ents

wil

l be

dow

nlo

aded

to t

he

fiel

d P

C a

nd a

re n

ow

avai

lable

to

op

en f

or

dat

a en

try.

9.

Tap

Dis

con

nec

t to

dis

mis

s th

e co

nnec

t w

indow

and e

nd t

he

com

munic

atio

n s

essi

on.

10.

Tap

on

Ok (

up

per

rig

ht

han

d c

orn

er)

to r

eturn

to t

he

segm

ent

sele

ctio

n s

cree

n.

Any

dow

nlo

aded

seg

men

ts w

ill

be

list

ed h

ere.

A.2

.2.4

U

plo

ad

ing

Seg

men

ts t

o t

he

Ser

ver

1.

Est

abli

sh a

co

mm

un

icat

ion s

essi

on b

etw

een t

he

Fie

ld P

C a

nd a

PC

connec

ted t

o t

he

Inte

rnet

usi

ng t

he

Mic

roso

ft W

ind

ow

s M

ob

ile

Dev

ice

Cen

ter

pro

gra

m.

2.

Star

t th

e C

ASI

on

th

e F

ield

PC

– it

sh

ou

ld b

e li

sted

in t

he

Fie

ld P

C S

tart

Men

u.

3.

Tap

on

th

e C

om

mu

nic

atio

ns

bu

tton (

bott

om

of

the

CA

SI

scre

en)

4.

Ass

um

ing t

he

Fie

ld P

C h

as a

lrea

dy b

een r

egis

tere

d(o

ne

tim

e pro

cess

), t

he

CA

SI

com

munic

atio

n w

indo

w w

ill

be

dis

pla

yed

(fi

gure

A-1

0)

and d

efau

lt t

o t

he

Chec

k o

ut

tab (

show

n

at b

ott

om

of

the

win

do

w).

5.

Tap

on

th

e C

on

nec

t bu

tto

n t

o e

stab

lish

a c

onnec

tion t

o t

he

dat

a bas

e.

Upon a

succ

essf

ul

com

ple

tion

, th

e n

ame

of

the

dat

abas

e i.

e. G

razi

ng L

and S

urv

ey w

ill

be

retu

rned

to t

he

CA

SI

win

dow

.

6.

Tap

on

Re

turn

on

th

e co

mm

un

icat

ion

men

u a

t th

e b

ott

om

of

the

scre

en.

7.

A l

ist

of

segm

ents

eli

gib

le f

or

up

load

to t

he

serv

er w

ill

be

dis

pla

yed

in t

he

left

pan

el.

Eli

gib

le s

tatu

s co

des

in

clu

de:

•

NS

No

t S

tart

ed

•

CO

Co

mp

lete

•

UC

In

pro

gre

ss, m

arked

as

UC

to r

eturn

to t

he

serv

er

8.

Sel

ect

the

segm

ents

fo

r re

turn

to

the

serv

er a

nd t

ap o

n R

etu

rn S

elec

ted

butt

on.

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•

Th

e se

lect

ed s

egm

ents

wil

l b

e re

turn

ed t

o t

he

serv

er a

nd d

isap

pea

r fr

om

the

list

on t

he

left

han

d p

anel

an

d t

he

list

in

the

Rec

on.

9.

Tap

on

Dis

co

nn

ect

to d

ism

iss

the

connec

t w

indow

and e

nd t

he

com

munic

atio

n s

essi

on.

10.

Tap

on

OK

to

ret

urn

to

th

e se

gm

ent

sele

ctio

n w

indow

.

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A.2

.3 O

pen

ing

an

d C

losi

ng

a S

egm

ent

Up t

o 1

0 s

amp

le s

egm

ents

can

be

store

d i

n t

he

CA

SI

at o

ne

tim

e. O

nce

do

wn

load

ed s

egm

ent/

poin

ts a

re

avai

lable

fo

r d

ata

entr

y a

nd e

dit

an

d w

ill

be

dis

pla

yed

in t

he

segm

ent/

poin

t se

lect

ion

win

do

w a

long w

ith d

ata

coll

ecti

on s

tatu

s.

1.

To o

pen

a p

oin

t, s

elec

t th

e se

gm

ent

ID b

y t

appin

g

on t

he

segm

ent.

2.

Fro

m t

he

poin

t se

lect

ion w

ind

ow

, ta

p o

n t

he

avai

lable

po

int

butt

on

. I

f a

po

int

is n

ot

avai

lable

the

dis

pla

y w

ill

be

dim

.

• P

oin

t 1

an

d 2

wil

l usu

ally

be

avai

lable

for

dat

a

coll

ecti

on

. I

n t

he

even

t o

ne

of

thes

e tw

o p

oin

ts i

s

not

elig

ible

fo

r dat

a co

llec

tio

n, poin

t 3 w

ill

open

and m

ayb

e u

sed

for

dat

a co

llec

tion.

• R

easo

ns

for

dis

qu

alif

yin

g a

po

int

for

dat

a co

llec

tion

incl

ud

e:

•

Inel

igib

le l

and

co

ver

/use

•

Inac

cess

ible

•

Fed

eral

lan

d

•

Ref

use

d p

erm

issi

on

by l

and o

wner

3.

It

wil

l ta

ke

the

po

int

a sh

ort

tim

e (1

0-2

0 s

econds)

to

load

. A

mes

sage

‘lo

adin

g’

and

a p

rogre

ss b

ar w

ill

show

pro

gre

ss.

4.

Once

th

e p

oin

t h

as l

oad

ed t

he

pro

toco

l se

lect

ion

scre

en w

ill

app

ear.

5.

To s

wit

ch t

o a

no

ther

po

int,

clo

se t

he

curr

ent

poin

t

from

the

pro

toco

l se

lect

ion

scr

een

and

sel

ect

anoth

er

poin

t.

•

Chec

k t

he

retu

rn i

nco

mple

te b

ox

to r

eturn

the

segm

ent

to t

he

serv

er p

rior

to

com

ple

tion.

Fig

ure

A-1

1.

Th

e o

pen

ing

CA

SI

scre

en w

ill s

ho

w a

list

of

do

wn

load

ed

PSU

s.

Fig

ure

A-1

2.

Th

e p

oin

t se

lect

ion

sc

reen

. A

dim

med

dis

pla

y (

po

int

3

bu

tto

n)

ind

icat

es t

he

po

int

is c

urr

entl

y

no

t av

aila

ble

fo

r d

ata

coll

ecti

on

.

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.4 P

roto

col

Sel

ecti

on

Scr

een

T

his

scr

een o

pen

s af

ter

a se

gm

ent/

poin

t has

bee

n

load

ed. T

he

foll

ow

ing f

unct

ions

can b

e ac

cess

ed h

ere:

•

Tap

pin

g o

n a

spec

ific

pro

toco

l butt

on a

cces

ses

that

pro

toco

l.

•

Pro

toco

l sc

reen

s ca

n a

lso

be

acce

ssed

fro

m t

he

scre

en m

enu

in t

he

com

man

d b

ar.

•

This

scr

een a

lso d

ispla

ys

com

ple

tion s

tatu

s

asso

ciat

ed w

ith c

hec

kin

g t

he

poin

t fo

r er

rors

and w

arnin

gs

(see

the

erro

r/w

arnin

g s

ecti

on).

•

A c

om

pre

hen

siv

e re

vie

w o

f al

l en

tere

d d

ata

is

per

form

ed a

uto

mat

ical

ly w

hen

the

poin

t is

open

ed.

Note

: C

hec

kin

g h

elps

det

erm

ine

the

most

logic

al

sequen

ce f

or

dat

a co

llec

tion.

Fig

ure

A-1

3.

Th

e p

roto

col s

elec

tio

n

scre

en a

pp

ears

aft

er a

po

int

has

bee

n

op

ened

. T

his

scr

een

als

o r

epo

rts

the

stat

us

of

the

po

int

(in

com

ple

te o

r co

mp

lete

). O

pti

on

al p

roto

cols

th

at h

ave

no

t b

een

en

ab

led

wil

l be

colo

red

as

dar

k

gray

.

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 1

5

A.2

.5 D

ata

En

try

Scr

een

/En

teri

ng

Da

ta

The

dat

a sc

reen

(se

e fi

gu

re

A-1

4)

has

dis

tinct

par

ts a

nd

funct

ions.

Th

e la

yo

ut

of

each

dat

a en

try s

cree

n i

s d

esig

ned

for

unif

orm

ity b

etw

een

sect

ions

of

rela

ted

dat

a

elem

ents

. A

scr

een

ref

ers

to

ever

yth

ing w

ithin

th

e

dis

pla

yed

are

a of

the

Fie

ld

PC

dev

ice.

A s

ecti

on

ref

ers

to t

he

set

of

rela

ted

ques

tions,

such

as

ow

ner

ship

and l

and c

over

/use

, an

d

corr

espond

s to

a s

ecti

on

of

the

inst

ruct

ion

s.

Sta

tus

ba

r—T

he

top

mo

st

line

is c

alle

d t

he

stat

us

bar

and w

ill

dis

pla

y t

he

acti

ve

segm

ent

ID w

ith

th

e 5

-dig

it

FIP

S,

7-c

har

acte

r se

gm

ent

iden

tifi

cati

on

nu

mb

er a

nd

po

int.

S

yst

em i

cons

are

dis

pla

yed

for

sou

nd

, co

mm

un

icat

ion

and t

ime.

T

appin

g

the

win

do

ws

ico

n w

ill

pull

up

th

e F

ield

PC

sta

rt m

enu.

Fig

ure

A-1

4:

Th

is is

loca

tio

n d

ata

entr

y

scre

en.

Sev

eral

oth

er k

ey d

ata

co

llec

tio

n

sect

ion

s a

re d

isp

lay

ed o

n t

his

scr

een

in

clu

din

g d

ata

gath

ers,

ow

ner

ship

an

d

loca

tio

n.

Co

mm

an

d l

ine

Su

rve

y

Qu

est

ion

s

Sta

tus

ba

r

PS

U/

Po

int

Ide

nti

fie

r

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 1

6

A.2

.5.1

C

hec

kin

g E

nte

red

Data

for

Err

ors

an

d W

arn

ings

The

Gra

zin

g L

and

CA

SI

has

bu

ilt-

in d

ata

qual

ity

assu

rance

fun

ctio

ns.

Th

ese

fun

ctio

ns

consi

st o

f li

mit

ed

dat

a co

mp

atib

ilit

y r

ule

s an

d c

om

ple

tion c

hec

k r

ule

s. T

he

Fie

ld P

C G

razi

ng L

and

CA

SI

uti

lize

s co

lor

to d

ispla

y

erro

r an

d w

arnin

g c

on

dit

ion

s.

A.2

.5.1

.1 C

hec

kin

g D

ata

En

try S

tatu

s T

o c

hec

k d

ata

entr

y s

tatu

s:

1.

Tap

on

th

e T

ools

butt

on

and

sel

ect

Err

ors

/Warn

ings

Mo

de.

2.

Tap

on

an

y o

f th

e d

ata

entr

y c

ells

.

• A

dat

a en

try s

tatu

s bo

x w

ill

be

dis

pla

yed

.

3.

Tap

on

th

e m

essa

ge

to g

et a

more

det

aile

d

mes

sage.

• T

ap O

K t

o r

eturn

to

th

e pre

vio

us

scre

en.

4.

Tap

on

th

e T

ools

butt

on

and

sel

ect

En

ter/

Ed

it

Da

ta M

od

e t

o b

egin

ente

rin

g d

ata

agai

n.

Tab

le A

-5. D

isp

lay c

olo

rs u

sed

to

com

mu

nic

ate

dat

a st

atus

for

the

mo

no

chro

me

op

tio

n.

Sta

tus

of

Da

ta

Ele

me

nt

Dis

pla

y C

olo

r

Err

or

or

mis

sin

g

da

ta

Ora

ng

e/

red

Wa

rnin

g

Ye

llo

w

Da

ta o

k o

r n

o

en

try

re

qu

ire

d

Lig

ht

gra

y

Da

ta e

ntr

y n

ot

all

ow

ed

D

ark

gra

y

Fig

ure

A-1

5.

Co

lore

d d

ata

entr

y

cell

s co

mm

un

icat

e st

atu

s o

f en

tere

d d

ata,

mis

sin

g d

ata

or

dat

a en

try

th

at is

no

t re

qu

ired

or

ou

t o

f se

qu

ence

.

Fig

ure

A-1

6.

Err

or

mes

sag

e d

isp

lay

ed f

or

mis

sin

g o

wn

ersh

ip d

ata.

NR

I G

razi

ng

Lan

d O

n-S

ite

Da

ta C

oll

ecti

on

(1

/24

/20

18

) A

- 1

7

A.2

.5.2

U

sin

g E

dit

ab

le C

hoic

e li

sts

The

Gra

zin

g L

and

CA

SI

has

a f

ew d

ata

elem

ents

wit

h

edit

able

cho

ice

list

s. E

dit

able

cho

ice

list

s al

low

the

use

r to

add o

r del

ete

choic

es f

rom

th

e d

isp

layed

lis

t.

To a

dd c

ho

ices

to

such

a l

ist:

1.

Fro

m t

he

dis

pla

yed

ch

oic

e li

st, ta

p o

n t

he

edit