Comtrol NS-link Windows NT - Manual (Page 72)

72 Comtrol Tools
Starting Port Monitor
Starting Port
Monitor To run Port Monitor, select Port Monitor from the NS-Link Comtrol program
group. The Port Monitor window displays:
Note: To change the appearance of the screen, see the following discussion.
Once the monitor window displays, 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
Port Monitor Files on Page 74.
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.)