Pavement Marking Management System

Reference Manual
June 1999

Minnisota Department of Transportation

Using the PMMS Software

Mnimum System Requirements

• IBM/compatible computer with 486 or higher processor
• 6MBFMA
• 3.5” floppy disk drive
• Windows95 (Win95), Windows98 (Win98), or Windows NT (NT 4.0)

Installing PMMS

1. Insert the floppy/CD disk in the appropriate drive
2. From Windows desk top click on Start, Settings, and Control Panel

   

3. Insert the floppy/CD disk in the appropriate drive

   

4. Windows will automatically detect the installation disk, if not click on the browse button and indicate where the installation disk is located. If tne correct directory is displayed, click on the Finish button: to continue. Follow installation wizard and it will lead you through the rest of the set-up.

   

   The default is c:\Programs\Minnesota Department of Transportation, If another destination is preferred change the directory when prompted.

Starting PMMS

1. Navigate to the where the program installed the programs and dortbie circk on the desired script.
2. In Win95/98/NT click on the Start button, move the cursor to Programs, from programs select Paradox menu; and then double clicK on the Paradox program (see picture below for full sequence).
3. Opening the Project Viewer-You can easily access all Paradox's options by left clicking the Project Viewer on the main Paradox screen. If no buttons appear when Paradox opens, select (i.e., click) View: Toolbars, Standard, and click OK.

   

   Project Viewer is the user interface that allows you to access Paradox's options they include AR, Tables, I Forms, Queries, SQL, Reports, Scripts, and Libraries. PMMS focuses on Tables and Scripts. When you highlight any option, you WiIIsee a listing on the right hand side of the screen. This listing includes each specific file that can be accessed for that option. In the example given, you will notice that the right hand side of the screen shows all of the database tables that can be accessed in the Tables submenu.

4. Setting the Working Directory
   The first box in the Project Viewer IS the Working Directory or Database. input area. As you can see in the box below, the working directory IS set for C:\Willmar PMMS. You should set your working directory to the location that you selected when the program was installed or to the default location. If you need to search for your directory, click on the yellow folder (button) on the right side of the Working Ditrectory or Database line.

   

   The Directory Browser will appear. Locate and click on your directory, and click OK.

5. Start the PMMS data input screen by highlighting (i.e., left clicking) on Scripts
6. Move your mouse pointer over the START.SSL option and double (left) click
7. The main screen starts (see picture below) and you are ready to begin data entry

   

   Main (Maintenance) Input Screen

   The main screen will be broken into sections for further discussion

   The header section at the top of the screen WIII be broken Ian parts for funher discussion
   The parts include Date, Sheet, Distriict, Record Number ,and the five Locate buttons

   

   As you can see, the Data field is highiighted (i.e , black), which indicates that this is the active field Date is a required field. A required field is one that must have information entered into it before the program will allow you to move on In other words, further data entry will not be allowed until a date is entered.

   The default setting for Sheet is one. The majority of the time you will need only one sheet. One reason for changing this number would be if two crews were working on the same day, as for example, when two crews are using the same equipment, but are working two different shifts.

   The District name and number Can be entered by using a submenu (Lookup help) option. Using your mouse. left click in the District box. The box will turn black, indicating that it is the active field. Leave your mouse pointer over the box and right click. The following supporting data input screen will pop up.

   

   The Locate and arrow buttons allow you to search through your records The counter (eg. The example below shows 1 of 9) above the arrow buttons reveals the number of the currently displayed record, and the total number of records entered to date to locate a specific record. click on the Locate button. This wiii bring up the Search screen The three options you have for searching for a specific record include Striper Unit Dtae, or Highway Once you have selected a field for your search, and entered a search value, click the OK button. To search individual records use the arrow buttons.

   

   Once the input screen opens the menu bar will change to File, Record, Options, and Reports. Enter the sub-menus by left clickrng on the menu option, or use the keystrokes that are identified on the right of the menu option. For example, New Record can be used by either clicking on the New Record sub-menu or try hitting the ins (i.e. the insert,) key on your keyboard.

   File
   Left click on file and again ob exit to close the input screen.

   Record
   Undo Changes will undo any changes that were made to the input screen since the iast save.

   Next Record and Prior Record are options that can be used to scroll from one record to another

   Click the New Record to start a new days data entry
   Use the Delete Record option to remove (delete) the current record from the file

   Options
   Save as Defaults allowvs you to keep the current equipment numbers, Job classifications. employee names, employee numbers, and hours. When you start to enter another day's data the defaults will automatically be entered. Use the Update Employee Table to add/remove employees to the Striper Employee Table. This is the sub-table (lookup Help table) that can be used to quickly add/change employees.

   Click Updafe Memo option to gain access the current records Memo field.

   Reports
   Striper Operation Index is an report the will outline the date, district, striper unit, and operator for each day of production.

   There are seven buttons on the right side of the data input screen: Download, Help, Menu, Default, Save, Undo, and Exit.

   Download
   The download button is designed to automatically allow you to move your data between sources. This option can also be used to bacn up your data. The terms used to express this are Export or Import. To activate the download feature simply move your mouse over tne download button and left click.

   Download Screen