Pasting scan results

The fastest way to record signatures is to paste them straight from the in-game scanner.

Steps

  1. Open the Probe Scanner in EVE and select all results (Ctrl+A).
  2. Copy them (Ctrl+C).
  3. In the Signatures panel, paste (Ctrl+V).

The app reads the tab-separated rows EVE copies (signature ID, group, category, and type) and reconciles them against the system's current list. Before anything is saved you see a preview of what will change:

  • New signatures that will be added.
  • Updated signatures whose category or type the paste has resolved.
  • Missing signatures — ones already on the map that weren't in your paste.

Pastes from any EVE client language work: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Group and site names are matched in all of them, so a clipboard that mixes rows from different clients is fine too.

You stay in control of the missing ones: confirm to delete the stale signatures, or keep them. Because the paste reconciles rather than blindly replacing, you can re-paste a fresh scan any time and the list stays current.

The panel header shows how long ago a scan was last pasted into the system (hover it for the exact time), so you can tell at a glance whether the list is still fresh. Only a paste moves it: adding or editing a signature by hand does not.

Signatures only need their ID to be recorded — the six-character code is enough. You can resolve the type later, by hand or by pasting a more complete scan once you've probed it down. Temporary event sites that aren't in the database can be stored under a free-text name. Factional Warfare sites, which the scanner labels Factional Warfare Site - Combat Site, are filed under their own category with the pasted type name.