Comtrol Multiport Modems Windows XP - Manual (Page 39)

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Changing Screen Appearance
Once the monitor window appears, 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.
* The Reset command does not clear raw data from the calcs.dat file. It simply
resets the selected display fields to their null values. For more information
regarding calcs.dat, see page 41.
Column Setup When you select Add or Properties from the
column pop-up menu, the Column Setup
window appears:
• Use the Input droplist to select the
variable displayed in the column.
• Use the Type droplist to select the way in
which the value displays: either as an
integer, as an on/off state, as an integer
with a kilo, mega, or giga suffix, or as an
hh:mm:ss time stamp. This defaults to the
appropriate type for the selected Input
variable.
• Use the Name variable to change the
column heading name.
• Use the Width variable to specify the column width in characters.
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.*
Add a column.
Right-click on the column now occupying the desired
location and select Add from the pop-up menu.
You are prompted to name the variable you want to
display, as well as other information. (See the
following Column Setup discussion.)
After you click OK, the column is inserted in the
selected location and the existing column is moved to
the right.
Change other properties
of a column. Right-click on the column and select Properties from
the pop-up menu. (See Column Setup, below.)