Communication Options - Digital Camera Tab
The Digital Camera tab is for configuration of temporary and permanent folders for automatically attaching digital photographs to records (see Attaching a Digital Photograph).
Digital .JPG photographs taken by a digital camera can be attached to records both manually and automatically. In order to attach digital photographs automatically, the digital camera must be configured to save photographs directly to a temporary folder on the computer hard drive or network. You may need to check the user’s manual of your digital camera to learn how to configure it to store files directly to a computer as the pictures are taken.
Digital photographs are not stored within the At Your Service database, but are instead recorded as the path and filename of the location where the actual file is stored. Therefore, a folder must also be configured that is accessible by all users where photos can be permanently stored.
TIP Many digital cameras default to capturing digital photographs at a very high resolution with large file sizes that quickly eat up disk space and result in slower printing. When printing digital photographs on forms, the full-size photograph must be loaded even if it is scaled to print at a very small size and at a lower resolution (i.e. on a laser printer, not on a photo printer). Therefore, configuring the digital camera to capture digital photographs at a lower resolution that still provides adequate quality — both for printing and viewing — will save disk space and improve printing speed.
Digital camera communication options are available only for licensed users of version 2.5 and higher, and are not available in the Repair Lite and Repair Micro editions.
Setup Communication Options - Digital Camera Tab Entry Fields
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Option |
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Path for Temporary Photos |
Enter the folder where the digital camera automatically stores digital pictures as they are taken, or click the … button to navigate and select a folder. On a network, the folder name will automatically be formatted using the universal naming convention (i.e. \\servername\pathname). This path may not be the same as the path for permanent photos. If each workstation has its own digital camera connected, then this folder should be configured uniquely for each workstation. If multiple workstations are sharing a single digital camera then this folder should be a network folder to which all of those workstations have access. Since digital photographs are automatically attached based on the most recent date and time stamp then when multiple workstations share a single digital camera, there will need to be coordination so that the most recent photograph is attached in a timely manner before other users attempt to attach another photograph. If multiple users are running the software via a Citrix client, each with their own digital camera on their local workstation, then it is recommended that all users have the same Citrix session drive letter mapped to either the appropriate folder on their local hard drive, or to a unique user folder on the Citrix XenApp server. Enter that mapped drive letter here. Some digital cameras automatically create subfolders as the pictures are stored to this temporary folder, therefore when attaching pictures photographs are automatically taken from the subfolder with the most recent date and time stamp (see Attaching a Digital Photograph). Because of that functionality, this folder should not be one that would normally have other subfolders (e.g. a common root drive, or the user’s desktop) or one of those subfolders will be searched for digital photographs instead of this folder. If not every picture taken will be attached then click
the |
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Path for Permanent Photos |
Enter the folder where the renamed and attached digital photos are to be stored permanently, or click the … button to navigate and select a folder. On a network, the folder name will automatically be formatted using the universal naming convention (i.e. \\servername\pathname). In a multi-user system, this should be a network folder to which all users have access. This path may not be the same as the path for temporary photos. |
button to clear all
remaining digital photograph files from the temporary photos folder and
its immediate subfolders.
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