United States Department of Agriculture NEDLite User’s Manual Forest Service Forest Inventory for Palm OS Northeastern Research Station Handheld Computers General Technical Report NE-340 Peter D. Knopp Mark J. Twery Abstract A user’s manual for NEDLite, software that enables collection of forest inventory data on Palm OS handheld computers, with the option of transferring data into NED software for analysis and subsequent prescription development. NEDLite software is included. The Authors PETER D. KNOPP is an information technology specialist with the Northeastern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service. He is stationed in Delaware, OH, and works with the research unit Integrating Social and Biophysical Sciences for Natural Resource Management, located in Burlington, VT. MARK J. TWERY is a supervisory research forester with the Northeastern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service, and Project Leader of the work unit Integrating Social and Biophysical Sciences for Natural Resource Management, located in Burlington, VT. NEDLite was developed by the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, and is provided free of charge. Copies may be obtained from the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, P.O. Box 968, Burlington, VT 05402-0968. Every effort is made to provide accurate and useful information. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service, and their employees and contractors assume no legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed herein. Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service, nor their employees and contractors makes any warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to NEDLite software or documentation. The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in NEDLite or in this publication and linked publications is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the United States Department of Agriculture of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable. Published by: For additional copies: USDA FOREST SERVICE USDA Forest Service 11 CAMPUS BLVD SUITE 200 Publications Distribution NEWTOWN SQUARE PA 19073-3294 359 Main Road Delaware, OH 43015-8640 March 2006 Fax: (740)368-0152 Visit our homepage at: http://www.fs.fed.us/ne Addendum Publication: NEDLite user’s manual: forest inventory for Palm OS handheld computers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-340. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. March 2006. Authors: Peter D. Knopp and Mark J. Twery The software distributed with Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-340 was tested and runs properly on the Palm OS version 5.2.1 and earlier. It does not run properly on newer Palm OS handhelds equipped with Palm OS Garnet version 5.4 or newer. The solution is to download an updated version of NEDLite from http://www. fs.fed.us/ne/burlington/ned. This update will provide a new version of NEDLite suitable for any device running Palm OS 3.5 or newer. Please refer to page 14 of the manual for instructions on re-installing the new version of NEDLite to your device. To check the Palm OS version on your handheld: 1. Select the Applications Launcher (the “Home” icon on your device) where all applications are viewed. 2. Select the Menus icon to view the pull-down menus at the top of the screen. 3. From the Applications pull-down menu, choose “Info”. 4. Select the “Version” box at the bottom of the screen. List of Palm OS versions on various Palm OS Handhelds (modified from http://www.palm.com) Device Palm OS version NEDLite update (out-of-box) required Palm TX Garnet 5.4.9 Yes Tungsten T5 Garnet 5.4.0 Yes Tungsten T3 5.2.1 No Tungsten T2 5.2.1 No Tungsten T 5 No Tungsten C 5.2.1 No Tungsten E2 Garnet 5.4.7 Yes Tungsten E 5.2.1 No Tungsten W 4.1.1 No Palm Z22 Garnet 5.4.9 Yes Zire 72 5.2.8 No Zire 71 5.2 No Zire 31 5.2.8 No Zire 21 5.2.8 No Zire 4.1 No Palm i705 4.1 No Palm m515 4.1 No Palm m505 4.0 or 4.1 No Palm m500 4.0 No Palm m130 4.1 No Palm m125 4.0 No Palm m105 3.5 No Palm m100 3.5 No Palm VIIx 3.5 No Contents Preface............................................................................................................1 Getting.Started................................................................................................2 . Overview.of.the.Palm.OS.Handheld...........................................................2 . How.to.Interact.with.NEDLite......................................................................4 . Navigating.Through.Your.Data....................................................................5 . Choose.a.NED.Version...............................................................................7 . Establishing.Your.Inventory.Design............................................................8 . Overview.of.Plant.Species.Codes.in.NEDLite............................................8 Installation.....................................................................................................10 . System.Requirements...............................................................................10 . Running.the.Installation............................................................................10 . Configuration.............................................................................................13 . Items.Installed.on.the.Desktop..................................................................16 Working.With.Plant.Species..........................................................................17 . Customizing.Your.Species........................................................................17 . Using.Plant.Species.in.NEDLite................................................................26 Customizing.NEDLite....................................................................................30 . Table.Displays...........................................................................................30 . Sorting.Data..............................................................................................31 . Specifying.Units........................................................................................31 . Stem.Heights............................................................................................32 . Plant.Species.Display.Preferences...........................................................32 Managing.Your.Field.Data.............................................................................35 . Transferring.Field.Data.Onto.the.Desktop................................................35 . HotSyncing.Multiple.Inventories.Into.One.NED.File.................................36 . Data.Storage.on.the.Palm.OS.Handheld..................................................36 . Data.Storage.on.the.Desktop....................................................................37 . Plot.Clustering...........................................................................................38 . Data.Transfer.-.Setting.the.HotSync.Action..............................................38 Description.of.Inventory.Items.......................................................................41 . Stands.......................................................................................................41 . Buildings...................................................................................................42 . Plot-clusters..............................................................................................42 . Overstory.Data..........................................................................................43 . Understory.Data........................................................................................43 . Groundcover.Data.....................................................................................44 . Coarse.Woody.Debris.(CWD).Transect.Data...........................................45 How.to.Add.Data...........................................................................................46 . Adding.Stands...........................................................................................46 . Adding.Plot-clusters..................................................................................46 . Adding.Plots..............................................................................................47 . Adding.Observations.................................................................................48 . Adding.Log.Products.to.an.Overstory.Tree...............................................48 . Adding.Buildings.......................................................................................49 How.To.Delete.Data.......................................................................................50 . Delete.a.Stand..........................................................................................50 . Delete.a.Single.Plot-cluster.......................................................................50 . Delete.a.Plot.in.Any.Given.Stand..............................................................50 . Delete.an.Observation.in.Any.Given.Plot..................................................51 . Delete.a.Log.From.an.Overstory.Observation..........................................51 . Delete.a.Building.from.Any.Given.Stand...................................................51 Software.Maintenance...................................................................................53