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VectorLink On-Line Help

This on-line help has been designed to compliment the training you have received from the NPCA training course. (If you have yet to receive training and would like to know further information, contact the NPCA on (04) 499 7559 or email npca@xtra.co.nz.)

To see the simulation of the selected topic, click on the link. (A broadband connection is recommended.)

Topics

Select on one of the links below to be given detailed help.

VectorLink

• Logging into VectorLink (simulation)
• Opening an Activity (simulation)
• Deleting an Activity (simulation)
• Adding a comment (simulation)
• Setting a line (simulation)
• Add stakes (backing boards) (simulation)
• Complete line night (or line set) by another contractor (simulation)
• Adding night results (simulation)
• Making a line Unusable (simulation)
• Logging off VectorLink (simulation)

GPS

• Testing GPS (simulation)

Synching

• Downloading & Uploading jobs (activities)

Handheld Configuration

• Pairing your GPS receiver with your handheld (simulation)
• Configuring the COM ports (simulation)
• Configuring my connection ('proxy') settings (simulation)
• Configuring my network management settings. (simulation)

Frequently Asked Questions

Click on one for the title below to be taken to its answer

Operation

• What if I can't get a GPS position in the field?
• My handheld isn't receiving any GPS coordinates.
• What happens if my handheld fails in the field?
• What if my GPS receiver fails in the field?
• VectorLink has frozen.
• My name is not in the contractor list.
• Why can't I delete an activity from my list?
• Why is the 'Start' button not visible when I try to enter night results?
• Another contractor has already set the line/entered results for the night.
• I've deleted the wrong activity from my list. Can I get it back?
• I regularly add a comment that's not in the standard list. Can it be added?
• I regularly catch a non-target species that is not included in the list. Can it be added?
• What happens if I run out of Contingency lines?
• Is there help on the handheld?

Synching

• I'm receiving the following error when I try to synch. 'Error Detected - Login to VectorNet failed. Please check your details and try again.'
• I'm receiving the following error when I try to synch. 'Error Detected - An error message cannot be displayed because an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found.'
• I successfully downloaded my work but some of the activities I've been awarded aren't in my list.
• I've finished and uploaded the monitor but the activity is still in my list.
• The 'Sync' option is greyed out on the 'Options' menu.
• How do I sync when I'm attached to a business network?
• What happens if my PC or internet connection is faulty?