Saving a session, Opening an existing session – Comtrol PortVision DX User Manual

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PortVision DX User Guide

Saving a Session

PortVision DX allows you to save the existing view (session) as a file.

Optionally, you can do the following to create a unique session in the Device Tree and Device List
panes:

• Create or move

folders

and

move devices

under meaningful folder names.

Rename

the devices.

Organize

the Device List pane by Device Name, Model, IP Address, MAC Address, Software

Version, or Status.

Use the following steps to save a session:

1. Click Save Session As... in the File menu.

2. Enter a name that corresponds to that session and click Save.

3. Optionally, browse to a new directory. By default, PortVision DX saves the session to the

directory in which the current session was opened.

The default directory is Program Files/Comtrol/PortVision DX and the default session
under the default name, PVPDefSes.pxs.

Opening an Existing Session

Use the following to open a different PortVision DX session.

PortVision DX always opens the session last saved.

1. Click Import Session ... on the File menu.

2. Click No or

Yes

to the Do you want to save the current session? query.

3. If necessary, browse to a directory that contains the PortVision DX session.

By default, PortVision DX opens the directory where the current session was opened. The
default directory is Program Files/Comtrol/PortVision DX and the default name is
PVPDefSes.pxs.

4. Highlight the appropriate session.

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