6. Advanced configuration
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Import and Export of configuration data
To be able to remotely check configuration parameters and state of the T
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in DEX can be saved to files. These files can be sent e.g. to the customer service to examine the system. DEX is
also used to view such saved files. For that purpose DEX cannot only be run from a T
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installed on any Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer.
To save data to a file, select first the desired view of the DEX (component view or logical view); then choose
File
from the menu and
Save As …
. To store all available information both views must be saved one after the other.
Figure 6-11
Save As and Open dialog of DEX
To load a saved configuration, choose
Open
from the menu and select the respective file.
When a file is displayed in DEX, then the location and name of the file is displayed in brackets in the title bar. It is
not possible to switch between different views. Instead the file containing the desired view has to be opened.
To exit the file displaying mode of the DEX, select
New
from the
File
menu. This requests again the current val-
ues from the system and displays them.
Remote usage of DEX
To view DEX-files in locations where no T
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cation on any other Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer.
Therefore insert the CD
TransForm A Suite CRS-3045-C
into the CD-ROM drive of that computer and browse to
the i386 directory of the current graphics driver, e.g.
<CDR-drive>:\Windows Driver Suite (OVS-2686)\Windows Driver Suite X.X\i386
By a double click on the file
DEX.exe
, which is stored in this directory, you can start the DEX.
If you want to have the DEX always available on that computer you can also copy the files
DEX.exe
,
MonLib.dll
and
FSCBMCAPI.dll
to the hard disk of that computer. Make sure that they are located in the
same directory. Then DEX can also be started by a double click on that local copy.
