Vivax Metrotech vLocDM, User Handbook Manual

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8 Interpreting Results
3. Click on the “Attach Locator” icon. Do not check the Verbose boxes. The top box will indicate that the locator is detected.
4. Now click on “Log Upload” or “A-frame Upload” if the A-frame data log is required.
5. The PC will request a folder location and .txt file name. Browse to your preferred folder location and allocate a name.
Then press “open” to save the file.
6. The above screen will then be shown again. It is possible at anytime to clear the receiver’s log by clicking on the “Log
Clear” icon. Be sure that the file has been saved before clearing the log.
7. Press "Google Earth" to create a .kml Google Earth file.
Importing a .txt File into an Excel Spreadsheet for Graphing and Analysis:
1. Open the Excel application.
2. Select the “Open new file” option and browse to the folder holding the .txt DM saved files. Select .txt type files.
Open the .txt file to be worked on. Something similar to the screen below will be shown.
3. Check the “Delimited” option and click on “Next”. The following screen should be shown.
4. Check the “Semicolon (:)” box. Then click on the “Finish” box. Something similar to the screen below will be
displayed.