Manual File Transfer in Android 11

PCS Field Data Collector data can be manually accessed using the Files app on Android devices.

Field Data Collector survey data is stored from the Android device root storage device:
Internal Shared Storage/Android/data/com.aiworldwide.aim/files.

Main Field Data Collector App Directory

This directory has several subfolders:

• Close Interval surveys (.svy) are kept in the CI/ subdirectory.

• Direct Current Voltage Gradient surveys (.dvg) are kept in the DCVG/subdirectory.

• DVM data files are kept in the DVM/ subdirectory.

• The PS/ directory is where the .pss and .psh files go when they are manually copied onto the field computer.

• FDC stores Periodic Survey files in two folders under the PS/ directory:

  • The Archive/ directory contains current surveys (.pss or .psh files) that have been loaded into the Field Data Collector database.

  • The Completed/ directory holds surveys (.psx files) that have been marked as completed in FDC. These can be loaded into PCS.

Perform the following steps to manually transfer files from a Windows PC to the Android device:

1. From your PC, open File Explorer.

   It may be necessary to select Enable USB File Transfer from the Android settings menu.

   

   Mesa 3 Tablet in File Explorer

2. Navigate to the MS3A device.

   

   Android Storage Devices in File Explorer

3. Add or remove files as necessary. Please refer to the beginning of this article for the locations of various survey files.

   

   Main Field Data Collector App Directory

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