Vision™ MX280001A Spectrum Monitoring Application Software : Create a Database : Exercise – Creating a Real Database for Your Probes : Importing a Probe List – Example 1
 
Importing a Probe List – Example 1
1. Run the Vision Database Creator, starting with all of the input tables being clear.
2. Click New from the toolbar.
3. In the New Database Description dialog, click Help at the lower left.
• This slides out a description of the information that goes into each field.
4. Click Import target receiver list from file.
5. Click the folder icon to browse for file containing a probe list.
6. Locate the file St Louis Name_IP.lst in the Example Files sub-folder of the Vision application folder under Program Files (x86).
7. Click the button next to the folder button to toggle a preview of the contents of the probe import file as shown in Figure: New Database Description Dialog – Example 1.
8. Set number of Channels/base station to 1.
9. Click OK.
New Database Description Dialog – Example 1
You will now see the Import Base Stations dialog (Figure: Import Base Stations Dialog – Example 1). This dialog lets you specify what each field in the import file corresponds to in the Probe list. The file we have selected has just two columns, Name and IP address. This is enough to create a database. The import dialog will try to determine the field separator (comma, semicolon or tab) and make a best guess at the fields the file contains. It will not always be right, so you can use the drop-down lists above each column to specify the role that column of data is to have in the database.
 
Import Base Stations Dialog – Example 1
10. Click Import and the input tables in Database Creator will automatically compile.
• This import file did not contain GPS coordinates for the probes, and click Locate (Figure: Create Database Dialog – Imported Probe List – Example 1) to get that from the probes. If Vision Probe Simulator is running, you can do that now to complete the Probe Definition table.
Create Database Dialog – Imported Probe List – Example 1