Hired-Hand HH Software: Farm Manager - Manual (Page 7)

Part No. 4801-5049 Rev 8/05 Farm Manager Page: 7
View History – These options are discussed in Section 17, “Evolution History”.
View Stage Runtimes – This feature is also available from the Toolbar. A
sample from an Evolution 300 controller is shown at the right.
Network Statistics – This feature provides Network Packet Statistics. See
Section 8, “Running Farm Manager in the Background”
Delete Controller – Deleting a controller will also delete all of the data
logs prepared by the controller.
Start New Log – This opens the New Data Log Wizard. See Section 15,
“Logging Farm Data” for a discussion of this option.
8. Running Farm Manager in the Background
The HH.Net Communications Status screen provides a current count of
good and bad packets received from the HHNet. This information provides
an indication of the operation of the Farm Manager communications. To
allow Farm Manager to run on your computer in the “background”, close
the Main window. The HHNet Communications status will remain active
and continue to poll the controllers, log and report errors as necessary. To
re-activate the Farm Manager main screen click on Explore in the Status
window.
The Communications Status window can be Minimized. Farm Manager
will continue to poll the controllers, log and report errors as necessary. To
completely exit Farm Manager and stop all polling, click on Exit in the
Communications Status window.
9. Tool Bar
The Farm Manager Tool Bar contains shortcuts for the following options. Some of these options are also
available from the Menu Bar as discussed in Section 11.
The following Tool Bar Icons discussed in the is section are not available from the Menu Bar. Those icons
available from the menu bar are discussed in the next section.
Home – This icon displays the welcome screen for Farm Manager Version 3.6 and later.
Expand Tree - This option provides a quick way to expand the entire contents of the Farm Structure.
New House
Home
Large Icons
List New Controller
Small Icons
Details
Expand Tree
Collapse Tree
Help
Refresh
New Log Controller NET Stats
Organizer
View System Log
Poll Network
New Farm
General Settings
Alarm Settings
View Event
Log
View Evolution Stage runtimes
Report Setup
Read Evolution History
Open Evolution
History