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 ====== Welcome to Balto™ ======
 ===== The Search and Rescue Canine Handler Training Log App. =====
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 This app will help you keep track of your training exercise details and generate the text for use in your training log forms. The database is stored locally on your iOS or Android device. No connection to the internet is required.
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 When the logged information is complete, you can export the information to the mobile device's clipboard which you can then paste into whatever app or document form you use for long-term log keeping. For example, you could paste the log text into an email or a PDF form.
+=== Getting started ===
+You'll need to set the Handler Name to your name in order for the system to automatically fill this in to each Mission. You'll also need to add a dog to the Canine list.  You can also have a list of often used training locations.  This information becomes available in the associated popup menus. This information can be accessed by tapping on the three bars icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
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+=== Entering Missions and Exercises ===
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+The above view is the starting screen. From here, you can create a new Mission along with associated Exercises of various discipline types.
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+The view on the left shows the Mission setup screen. In here, you set a mission number which is usually a tracking number issued by the agency overseeing Search & Rescue operations in your area. Any unofficial training can be indicated by clicking the Unofficial button. This button simply replaces the text in the edit box with the word "Unofficial". Internally, this field is plain text and anything can go in there.
+In the Training Location section, the popup menu presents a list of your usual locations set up in the Locations Editor. Again, picking a choice from that menu simply inserts the text into the edit box. Clicking the GPS button will insert your current location in UTM format.
+The Log-in Date/Time can be quickly filled in with the current time and date by clicking the Now button.
+The same applies to the Log-out edit box. Note, when you end the training for the day by clicking the button at the bottom of this screen, the time and date of the Log-out edit box will be updated to the current time and date.
+Clicking the "Start a new exercise" button will bring up the Exercise Setup screen. Here you can set the overall information about the exercise such as the dog you were working, any human flankers who were with you, and the weather/environment/terrain conditions. At the bottom is a popup menu where you select the discipline you will be working on. Clicking the "Set discipline details" button will bring up one of several screens. Note that these discipline screens are all scrolling views to accommodate all the information and lets you fill in information as you get it easily.
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+Important: By scrolling all the way to the bottom, you will see a Finish button. You must click this button to complete the exercise and save it in the database. If you click the circle-X in the upper left corner, you will cancel this discipline and it won't be saved. This allows you to undo adding an incorrectly chosen discipline.
+=== Reviewing and Editing ===
+Once you have Missions and Exercises recorded in the database, you can review and edit them as needed.  By clicking on the Review button from the main screen, you will see a list of all of the Exercises, sorted by the date/time set in the Mission screen. To edit an exercise, double-tap on the desired item in the list.
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+All disciplines have a Mission editor and a Conditions editor.
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+Each discipline has its own set of editing screens.
+Here are the Air Scent screens:
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+Here are the HRD screens:
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+Here are the Trailing screens:
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+Here are the GSAR screens:
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+=== Exporting Information ===
+To generate and export logs as a block of text for use in log forms, you first bring up the Review screen. Then check the Select box in the upper left corner. This presents check boxes for all of the exercises in the list. Check the logs you want to export and click the Export Logs button. The app will notify you that the clipboard now contains the log text.
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+=== Calculating Mileage ===
+Each Mission has an edit box for entering the number of miles you traveled. You can have the app tally up the miles for a specified date range.  Note: the app expects dates and times to be in ISO8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss).  If you entered dates by hand and use a different format, the mileage calculation won't work.
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