Toolbox options, General – GE Industrial Solutions Control System Toolbox For AV-300, DV-300, AV-300i (AVDV Series) Drives User Manual

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Chapter 3 Using the Toolbox

GEH-6405A Toolbox for an AVDV Series Drive

Toolbox Options

Option settings are saved in
the user’s Windows registry
when the toolbox is closed.

The toolbox’s working environment can be defined for each application. This section
describes each tab that can be set to customize the drive, such as general settings,
directories, and the Trend Recorder. These tabs are located in the Options menu
under Settings.

À

To customize the toolbox settings

1.

From the

Options

menu, click

Settings.

The

Setting

dialog box displays.

Click on a tab to bring it to the front and select options.

2.

Choose

OK

to apply the changes and close the dialog box. Choose

Cancel

to

exit and not change any settings. Or, choose

Apply

to install the change

immediately and continue to customize other tab settings.

General

Choose a font for the
Outline View. The default
font is System Bold.

Choose a font for the
Finder.

Click this check box to skip a
level of verification menus and
process changes more quickly.

Choose from the following
File options:

Load last file on startup
automatically loads the last
file that was in use when
the toolbox was exited.

Backup files before save
makes a backup copy of
files before saving new
information. This includes
.ucb, .dcb, .icb, and .ocb.

Use compact export
format
compresses the .tre
files produced by
exporting. This uses less
hard disk space and is
easier to read and edit.
This setting is
recommended.

Compress files when
saving
saves and stores
files in a compressed
format and save disk
space.

Save bookmarks in files
saves bookmarks between
closing and reopening files.

Choose an alternate
language that the toolbox
can use to for the
database and diagnostic
symbol table. The default
is English.

Choose the directory for the
password file. A local
directory is recommended.
Click Browse… to search
the directory structure and
choose a location.

Enter three character
initials, which are used in
the privilege/password.
You will not be prompted
for initializations when
values change.

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