Starting port monitor, Changing screen appearance, Starting port monitor changing screen appearance – Comtrol Multiport Modems Windows 98 User Manual
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Starting Port Monitor
Starting Port
Monitor
To run Port Monitor, select Start > Programs > Comtrol RocketPort RocketModem >
Port Monitor.
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
Screen Commands
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
, below.)