Tools menu, Tools – Comtrol PortVision DX User Manual

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PortVision DX User Guide

Tools Menu

The Tools menu is on the Main screen and contains the following
items.

Tools Menu

Description

Refresh All

If you click the Refresh All menu item, PortVision DX refreshes the
view of all devices on the Main screen.

Optionally, use the Refresh button.

Click the Scan Network option in the Tools menu or the Scan button, if
you want to locate any new devices added to the network.

Optionally, you can

refresh one or multiple

Comtrol Ethernet attached

products.

Scan Network

If you click the Scan Network menu item or the Scan button,
PortVision DX scans the network for new devices and updates the
device status of existing units.

PortVision DX polls the network every two minutes to refresh Comtrol
Ethernet attached product status, but you will need to scan the network
if you have added a Comtrol Ethernet attached product using the Add
New Device
screen. The polling interval can be adjusted in the Options
screen.

PortVision DX does not scan the network for new Comtrol Ethernet
attached products unless you click Scan Network or enable the
Always scan network feature under the Tools menu in the Options
screen.

Check for Updates

This option opens the Technical Support web page, which requires an
active connection to the internet.

Log File

The Log File item contains two submenus,

View and Settings

.

Applications

The Applications Customize selection allows you to create shortcuts
for up to twenty existing programs or utilities that you may want to
access from PortVision DX.

After defining a shortcut name and providing a path to the executable, it
appears as a submenu selection under Applications.

By default these Comtrol serial port applications are available:

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