Captures auditing information from templates that you create on Palm Pilot. You are able to download both your customer list and Audit templates to the Palm -- creating a customized work environment for auditors, inspectors and contractors. See the site for information on HERS and NEAT-style audits. foAudits supports checkboxes, text input, collapsible memo fields. date fields, drop down boxes, user-defined lists, buttons and pop-up help. foAudits can be synchronized with either a local Microsoft Access database or to a web-based server engine, such as SQL Server or Oracle.
foAudits can be installed onto your customers' PDAs using the freeware Palm installation tool, foInstall, also available from the web site. foAudits works alongside other applications installed on your Palm without conflict. The base application takes up 300k of space on a Palm PDA.
Keywords
Energy audit
Validation/Testing
Testing with regression testing.
Expertise Required
Data entry, basic auditing experience, light familiarity with handheld PDAs.
Users
In use in the US in Montana and Pennsvylania, with several additional states to come on line in first quarter 2003.
Audience
Auditors, contractors, inspectors.
Input
Handheld PDA input.
Output
Relational database reports. Optional web output and reporting.
Computer Platform
Palm OS PDA.
Programming Language
Palm OS
Strengths
-
Weaknesses
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Contact
Availability
Pricing for the handheld software starts at US$30. See the web site for more information.
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