V4.0
This version contains major updates and differences as compared to the previous version. On launching the application, user is presented with the welcome screen with a prompt about whether they want to make changes to the species list or not.
If the user chooses to make changes to the species list by clicking on ‘YES’ button, they are presented with the below screen. From the dropdown available, user chooses how many species they have for the collection purpose.
User is then presented with fields accordingly to provide information such as the name of the species and the rows of pots that they are in.
User can provide all the data and then click on ‘UPDATE’ button.
They are then taken to the next screen which lists the species that were entered earlier along with fields for entering how many images per species the user wants to capture.
The 2 excel sheets get updated in the background as such:
User can enter how many pictures they want to capture and then click on ‘NEXT’.
The user is asked for confirmation about starting the image acquisition process.
On clicking ‘Yes’, Both ‘SpeciesSheet’ and ‘ImagesSheet’ also get updated to reflect the number of images to be collected per species and per row respectively.
Below present screen appears for the user.
Throughout the process, the screen keeps updating to provide information on time elapsed since the process was started.
Once the process is finished, the message of completion is shown and total time taken for the process is also listed.
If for some reason User wants to stop the process midway, they can simply click on ‘CANCEL’. Once the button is clicked, the message saying process was disrupted is displayed and user is prompted to close the window.
V4.1
The updates for this version include:
Added input from user
Added validations to entry fields
Inclusion of back up of SpeciesSheet.xlsx
Inclusion of directory for image collection
Naming convention changes for images
Speed up the process by capturing images in both directions and speeding up RemoteCli.exe
On opening screen of application, at the top right corner, there is a dropdown available which lets the user select their state. The User prompt is same as the previous version.
On clicking ‘Yes’ to make changes to the species list, the user interface is the same.
The addition of field validations makes sure data is entered correctly. If these are not fulfilled, the user gets an error message listing the reason.
First of all, all the fields need to have entries, they can’t be left empty.
Second, the field for rows information only allows integers along with 2 special characters ‘-’ and ‘,’.
Lastly, fields for entering species names only allows alphabets.
If there are no errors in data entries, the user is taken to the next screen which is the same as previous version.
Every time user makes changes to the Species List, the ‘SpeciesSheet’ gets updated. Along with that a copy of the SpeciesSheet with current ‘State’ and ‘Date’ is saved to keep a track of what beginning of each season looked like. The updates to the ‘ImagesSheet’ are same as previous version with a small difference of deletion of all previous data before addition of new data.
There are field checks for number of images fields. It prevents users from accidentally leaving any entries empty. Input validation makes sure only single digit numbers can be input into the fields.
If valid entries are present in the fields, the user is asked for confirmation on whether they want to start the process.
Once user confirms, the acquisition process starts and below present screen appears.
Behind the scenes, a folder with the ‘State’ and current date in the name is created for storing all the captured images of the day.
Both ‘SpeciesSheet’ and ‘ImagesSheet’ also get updated same as previous version.
There are no further user visible changes.
V4.2
The updates for this version are all in the code and functionality rather than visuals of user interface.
Inclusion of .env file for all sites
.env file ensures same code for all sites
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