- In the Main tab:
- Select the Port Data Logging check box to log the data exchange between MAGNET Field and the connected device. Changing the status of the Port Data Logging check box will force you to reconnect the device after you click
.
- Select the Enable Job History check box to store the field measurements on the job to the jobhistory.xml file. The default file location: \MAGNET Field\Jobs\<job_name>.
- Choose desired date and time representation formats from the corresponding drop-down lists. Select Regional option to match date and time representation formats with the operational system. Your current choice with actual date and time displays under drop-down lists.
- Select the Custom MyDocuments folder check box to define a location of custom folder for data storage. With the Custom MyDocuments folder check box selected, click
to open the Select new MyDocuments folder dialog and choose a new folder for data storage. Clear the check box to reset the data storage location to the default folder.
- Select a desired language for MAGNET Field interface and help from the Select Language drop-down list.
This drop-down list is available, if you selected additional languages in MAGNET Field installation.
- In the Theme tab:
- Select the Use Bold Font check box to display the text in bold font style.
- Select the Full Screen check box to switch in full screen mode.
- Select the Button Sound check box to enable sound effects when you click any functional button.
- In the Job tab:
- Set parameters for automatic importing to a new job from the current job:
- Continue Point Name Numbering check box affects an automatically offered name of the first point added to a new job. If the check box is selected, the point naming will continue from the last open job.
- Example: the name of the final point in previous job is “84”; the increment value is “9”; the name of the new job’s start point will be “93”.
- In the Shared Data tab:
Select the shared data file and shared data types that should be used in the current job.
Shared data is available for use across all the jobs and users of that shared data file without direct importing in the current job.
The Shared Data File field displays the current file (*.mxl / *.mxlzip / *.xml / *.gc3) used to provide shared data to the current job. An empty field means that the shared data file is not in use.
- Click Browse to open the Select Shared Data File dialog and select the desired file (*.mxl / *.mxlzip / *.xml / *.gc3) containing the shared data. After selection, the Shared Data File field displays the selected file.
- Delete the contents of the field from the context menu (right click or tap and hold) to not use the shared data file.
Note: The default folder to store shared data file is <User Documents>\MAGNET Field\SharedData. Do not select operation system UAC-protected folders to create and store shared data files. MAGNET Field will prohibit saving to such folders and display the respective warning.
- Check the Use Control Points box to use points in the shared data file as external control points
in the current job without importing them.
Note: To show / hide external control points
from the shared data file on the Map views, check / clear the External Control Points box in the Points tab of the Map Properties dialog (click
>
>
to open).
- Check the Use Code Library box to use codes from the shared data file in the current job.
Note: Points and codes in the shared data file can have the same names as those in the current job. In this case, such points and codes from the shared data are not displayed in the job, points and codes from the job take precedence over them. If a point or code from the shared data file is used in the current job (for example, a code from the shared data file is assigned to a job point, or an external control point is used to create a line in the current job), the job instantly creates a local copy of that code or point with the same name.
- Click the Manage Shared Data button to add data from the current job to the currently selected shared data file or delete data from the currently selected shared data file. Points and codes are supported.
- Click the Create Shared Data button to create a new shared data file. Specify a destination folder, enter a new file name in the New Shared Data file dialog, then add desired data from the current job. After finished, the file is created and selected, the Shared Data File field displays the new shared data file.
- In the Keyboard tab:
- Select the MAGNET Keyboard check box to enable typing with the on-screen keyboard. It displays automatically when editing values.
- In the Keyboard type list you can select the QWERTY, AZERTY or Cyrillic keyboard layouts. If the MAGNET Keyboard check box is unchecked, the on-screen keyboard will not display, no matter which keyboard layouts are selected in the Keyboard type list.
To switch between layouts of the on-screen keyboard, use the switch buttons in the header of the onscreen keyboard.
When working with the QWERTY or AZERTY layout, you can enter characters that are non-specific to the English alphabet: for example, the È, Ü, ẞ characters. For that, long press (press and hold) on the letter and choose the character by sliding your pointer to the letter of your choice: