About DCSLinkStream

DCSLinkStream is our powerful Android-based electronic data collection app

DCSLinkstream reduces the costs and time required to gather and process fish data by providing immediate access to all your data via quick export to CSV and eliminating errors and delays associated with transcription from paper.

DCS Studies are “Digital Datasheets” Organized into 3 Layers:

Study Layer

The Study Layer includes fields that are recorded once. These field values are attributed to all records in the study.

Examples:

  • Date
  • Non-changing locations (e.g., river, lake)
  • Trip #
  • Vessel #
  • Researcher or Researcher unique identifier
Batch Layer

Individual Layer

Our feature-rich studies provide real-time feedback during data gathering, allowing corrections to be made while the fish is still in-hand and preventing data errors through formatting controls.

Real-time feedback and summaries

PIT tag alerts with full PIT-tag record history lookup

Quota/tally fields

Histograms

Summary Tables

DCSLinkstream lowers costs and time required to gather and process fish data by:

  • providing immediate access to all your data
  • eliminating the errors and delays associated with transcription from paper to PC
  • providing lots of real-time feedback during data gathering, so that corrections can be made when the fish is still in-hand

  • Easily customized studies; create new fields, trigger actions and data summary views yourself, at any time.
  • Connecting to all your hardware.  DCSLinkStream serves as the central point of connection for all of your data-collecting and output devices:
    • Scales
    • Length-measurement boards
    • PIT-tag readers
    • Bar-code scanners
    • Calipers
    • Label Printers
Connect everything to DCSLinkstream
Connect all your peripherals to DCSLinkstream for fast and reliable data capture.

DCSLinkStream provides these benefits:

  • Eliminate the time and errors associated with transcription from paper to PC.
  • Streamline and speed up your data-taking.
  • Real-time feedback to correct errors or guide dynamic and quota-driven studies.
  • Increased accuracy of animal measurements by creating a standardized process across multiple users
  • Immediate access to your data; no more transcribing, no more waiting.
  • Validate data when it’s entered, not later when corrections aren’t possible.
  • Optionally send your data to your secure web account, automatically.
  • Supports most modern Android tablets of 8″ screen or larger.
  • Syncs data to DCSUnity, our cloud-based web platform

DCSLinkStream does this by:

Pricing

Try for Free for 30 days, No Credit-Card Required!

DCSLinkStream costs just $30 per month per user.  There are no upfront license fees or other maintenance costs.  DCSLinkStream can be run on a variety of Android devices.

Go to the DCS Downloads Page, install DCSLinkStream to your Android-powered Tablet and register via the App for the 30-day trial.

Ready to buy?

The easiest way to purchase your DCSLinkStream subscriptions:

  1. If you haven’t already, register DCSLinkstream on your Android device (start your 30 day trial)
  2. Sign into your DCSUnity account (DCSUnity is a Web App which works with DCSLinkStream) and purchase licenses through the DCSUnity website with a credit card.
  3. Your DCSLinkstream license will be automatically updated.

DCSUnity