Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Configuration
- Configuration Profiles
- General Profile Settings
- Configuring Devices
- Activating Tag Actions
- Validation Constraints
- Audible Alert Sound Events
- Data Collection and Validation
- Importing and Exporting
- Tools
- Tag Actions
- Tag Action Manager
- Tag Action Settings and Commands
- Tip: the Replace command will import tag codes much faster than the Import command. Use the Import command only when appending a relatively small number of tag codes (less than 25k) to a tag action.
- Tip: the Delete All and Replace commands will generate a lot of empty space in the P3 database. We recommend running the Compact and Repair utility after running any of these commands to optimize the database.
- Tag Actions and Data Entry
- Digitizer Maps
- Searching Data
- Replacing Data Values
- Merging Tag Sessions
- Dot-Out Wizard
- Remove Dot-Outs
- Duplicate Viewer
- Validation Codes
- Database Maintenance
- Tag Actions
- Appendix
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Hardware Support
- Troubleshooting Common Tag Reader Problems
- Troubleshooting Common Digitizer Tablets Problems
- Digitizer Tablet Doesn't Register Pen Clicks
- WinTab Digitizer Tablet Won't Communicate with a PC
- ASCII Digitizer Tablet Won't Communicate with a PC via Serial Port
- Digitizer Tablet doesn't Communicate with P3
- Digitizer Tablet is Sending the Wrong Commands
- Digitizer Tablet is Sending Wrong Lengths
- Digitizer Tablet Hangs P3 when Connected via Baytech Multiport
- Operating the Destron 400 kHz Benchtop Tag Reader
- Configuring Calcomp Drawing Board III
- Index
Overview
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Installing P3 and Getting Updates
The P3 application can be downloaded from the P3 Home Page
web site. There are
two types of installation files that can be downloaded:
Full Installation. This single setup file contains the setup program and all of the
necessary components to install P3. This file is very large and should be used for the
initial installation and/or used for installing on systems that do not have a connection
to the Internet.
Web Installation. This file is much smaller, but contains only the setup program to
install the application. Once the file is downloaded and run, it will install or update
the P3 application over the Internet. Use this feature to quickly upgrade existing
installations to the latest version.
The P3 application can also be obtained on CD. Please contact the PIT Tag
Operations Center at Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 205 SE Spokane
Street, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97202; (503) 595-3100, ptagis_support@ptagis.org
.
What's Installed
The following files are installed in the application directory chosen during the
installation:
• P3.exe is the executable file for starting the application.
• P3.mdb is a database compatible with Microsoft Access 2000. It contains
data and configuration information for the application. This data is secured so
that if you open the file in MS Access, you have read-only privileges to the
data and schema objects. This file should be backed up on a regular basis to
avoid losing data in the event of a system crash or file corruption. In addition,
periodic maintenance
on this file should be performed to optimize
performance.
• Secured.mdw contains the MS Access Workgroup information for securing
the P3.mdb database.
• Readme.txt is a text file documenting new features, enhancements, bug
fixes, and known issues for the current version.
• EULA.txt is the end-user license agreement accompanying this application.
• P3Device.dll contains all of the necessary drivers for supported peripheral
devices.
In addition, several library files are installed in the Windows system directory.
What's not installed