6. Advanced configuration
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Device Explorer
The
DEvice EXplorer DEX
is an application that provides access to current system variables and configuration
information of your T
RANS
F
ORM
A system. The status of critical system resources of P
ROCESSOR
and O
MNI
B
US
devices
can be monitored and the configuration of the system can be read out.
DEX
can be started either by entering
dex
to the command line, e.g.:
C:\dex
or by using the Run command (
Start
->
Run
), then entering
dex
into the
Open
line and clicking
OK
.
When
DEX
starts, it shows by default the component view, as shown in the figure below.
Figure 6-8
Device Explorer in component view for an OmniBus configuration (left) and Processor configuration (right)
DEX provides two different views on the properties of the system: Component View and Channel View. To switch
between these two views click on
View
in the menu bar and select
Options
. The
DEX – Options
dialog appears.
There you can select either
Component
or
Channel View
.
On this dialog also the synchronization mode can be selected. By default
Async. Update
is not selected. This
means that the system properties are read once and are not updated while the DEX is running. To regularly syn-
chronize (every 5 seconds) the values, select the
Async. Update
checkbox.
Figure 6-9
DEX – Options dialog
