Comtrol DM ATS-NTe - Manual (Page 34)

PC104 RocketPort Option 34
Starting Port Monitor
The available statistics include:
• Instantaneous characters per second (CPS) calculations
• Minute, hour, and day CPS averages and peaks
• Carrier detect (CD) signal runtime and transition count
Reports can be automatically generated on an hourly and/or daily basis, and can
cover all ports collectively or a separate report for each port. You can also set how
often the values are recalculated, fine-tuning thoroughness against system
efficiency, and automatically run external batch files to perform additional
processing and analysis.
Starting Port
Monitor To run Port Monitor, select Port Monitor from the Comtrol program group. The
monitor window displays:
Note: To change the appearance of the screen, see the following discussion.
Once the monitor window displays, Port Monitor is active and collecting data. If
any cumulative data has been saved from previous sessions, it is automatically
brought in and used.
Port Monitor continues to run and collect data until you terminate it, at which
point all accumulated data is automatically saved for use in the next session.
Changing Screen
Appearance While Port Monitor is running, there are a number of commands and controls that
change the appearance of the screen.
Desired Change Procedure
Change the monitor
window font.
Select Font from the Edit menu.
Change width of a
single column. Left-click on the column separator (vertical) line and
drag it to the desired width.
Change column
placement. Left-click in the middle of the column you want to
move and drag it to the desired location.
Remove a column.
Right-click on the column you want to remove and
select Remove from the pop-up menu.
Clear all fields and
reset them to null
values.
Right-click on the upper left cell in the table and select
Reset from the pop-up menu.*
Clear any single field
except the upper left
cell.
Right-click on the field to be cleared and select Reset
from the pop-up menu.*