Lock a Measurement Location on a Windows Mobile Device

In some cases, you will want to require the Windows Mobile Device user to be standing in front of the piece of equipment or location when the reading is taken. In these cases, you can lock the checkpoint until the Windows Mobile Device user scans the barcode or RFID tag that is assigned to the corresponding Measurement Location record. When a checkpoint is locked, a user will be unable to enter any reading values for the checkpoint until after the associated barcode or RFID tag is scanned. The following instructions provide details for specifying a checkpoint as locked via the Measurement Location datasheet. Additionally, a checkpoint will be specified as locked if the Measurement Location record was created from a Measurement Location Template record whose Scan to Unlock? field is set to True.

Note: Locking the MLs is applicable when you are collecting data on a Windows Mobile Device.

Steps

Access the Route that contains the Measurement Location record representing the checkpoint that you want to specify as locked on the Windows Mobile Device.
In the left pane, select the Measurement Location node representing the checkpoint that you want to specify as locked on the Windows Mobile Device.

The Measurement Location record appears in the workspace.
On the datasheet, select the Scan to Unlock? check box.
On the datasheet toolbar, select .

The record is saved. On the Windows Mobile Device, the Readings - Detail screen will look similar to the following image.