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

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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
Tag actions are only activated during data entry if they are enabled
in the active
profile. If more than one tag action is enabled, it is possible that more than one
action will display an alert and insert comments into the detail record. Multiple
actions will overwrite some comment fields and append values to other fields where
possible.
The chart below describes the precedence for all automated input during data entry
from highest to lowest (e.g., an Inclusive Action will overwrite an Exclusive Action):
1. Inclusive Action
2. Exclusive Action
3. Device Action
4. Repeating Comments
5. Filter Tag Action (no automated input)
The precedence of a tag action cannot be explicitly set. The rule of precedence for
tag actions of the same type is that newer actions will overwrite older actions. The
creation date of tag actions is displayed in the Tag Action Manager. Modifying an
existing tag action will not effect the precedence.
Note: Tag actions can be activated when downloading data from a tag reader.
Digitizer Maps