Comtrol DM ATS-XPe - Manual (Page 36)

36 PC104 RocketPort Option
Changing Screen Appearance
Changing Screen
Appearance While Port Monitor is running, there are a number of commands and controls that
change the appearance of the screen.
resets the selected display fields to their null values.
Column Setup When you select Add or Properties from
the column pop-up menu, the Column
Setup window displays:
• Use the Input drop list to select the
variable displayed in the column.
• Use the Type drop list 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.
• Use Color0 to set the column character color when the value is zero.
• Use Color1 to set the column character color when the value is not zero.
• When done, click OK to save your changes and return to Port Monitor.
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 Column
Setup, below.)
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.)