Tag Portal Help

What is Tag Portal?
What is Tag Agent and how do I use it in offline mode?

Data Portal Help

How do I link my Argos account to my Portal account?
How do I assign labels?
What is metadata used for and how do I assign it to a deployment?
How do I share deployments with collaborators?
Term Definition
Administrator Someone who has the authority to publish tag settings.
Argos PTT Number Uniquely identifies a transmitter for the Argos system. The ID consists of a decimal number and a hexadecimal (base 16) number.
Collaborator Someone with whom data can be shared. Sharing rules are uniquely set by owners for each collaborator.
Data Owner The Portal account that a deployment belongs to. Each deployment has only one owner. Owners can choose to share data with Collaborators.
Data Portal The cloud-based data management service offered by Wildlife Computers.
Decoded Data Data that has been decoded through Wildlife Computers Data Analysis Program (DAP).
Deployment The period when a tag is associated with an animal.
Live KMZ Customized and automatically updated KMZ files for displaying locations and tracks in Google Earth.
Mote Unattended ground based receiving station which continually logs telemetry data from satellite tags within range.
Offline Mode How Tag Portal is used to change tag settings without an internet connection.
Pinger A UHF radio tracking beacon used for tag recovery.
Processed Data Data that has undergone either Fastloc or GPE3 location processing. Processed data is deterministic. Each time you run the processor you could end up with a different result if there are changes to the model inputs, including the arrival of more data.
Processing Run The result of a Fastloc or GPE3 location processing job. Metadata inputs including animal speed, and known locations are uniquely set for each run.
Raw Data Data in original Argos file formats. Raw Data has not been decoded through Wildlife Computers Data Analysis program (DAP).
Report File Downloadable file of tag settings.
.TAF File Tag Agent Format file used to program tag settings offline. Tag setting information saved in .TAF format is passed between Tag Agent Software and Wildlife Computers Tag Portal.
Tag Agent Software The program used to connect a tag to the Tag Portal.
Tag Log History of a tag's communication with Tag Agent Software.
Tagware The software running on a tag.
Tag Portal The cloud-based service offered by Wildlife Computers for tag setup.
USB Blue The Wildlife Computers communication cable used to communicate with tags.