Section 5. Real-Time Tools
File Menu
New Project
starts a new RTMC project. The currently opened project will be
closed. If there are changes that have not been saved the user will be prompted
to save changes.
Open
brings up the File Open dialog to open a previously saved project.
Save
will save the changes in the current project to the RTMC project file. If
this is the first time the project has been saved, a Save As dialog will open to
select the file name and directory for the project file.
Save As
brings up the Save As dialog to save the current project with another
name or in a different directory.
Save and Run Project
saves the changes in the current project and displays it
in the run-time window.
Exit
closes RTMC. If there are unsaved changes, the user will be prompted to
save changes before exiting.
Edit Menu
Cut/Copy/Paste
are standard editing operations to take selected objects to the
Windows clipboard and paste them into RTMC or other applications.
Undo
cancels the last change made to the project.
Redo
repeats the change that was just undone.
Select All
selects all of the components in the workspace. The components can
then be cut, copied, deleted, grouped, etc.
Clear Selection
clears the selection of components currently highlighted on the
active screen.
The
Preferences
menu item is used to change some global settings that affect
all projects in RTMC. The
Visual Theme
determines the look and feel of the
application (i.e., colors, button appearance, etc.). The
Working Directory
is the
directory in which to store RTMC project files. By default, this is
C:\Campbellsci\RTMC. Press the
Change Default Font
button to set a new font
for components that have text (numeric value text, graph titles and axes labels,
etc.).
Component summaries are small boxes that are displayed on the screen beside
a component when your mouse cursor hovers over the component for a few
seconds. The box displays information on the type of component, the data
value linked to the component, images used, traces plotted, etc. Select the
Show
Component Summaries
box to display these hint boxes or clear the box to turn
off the display of the information.
The
Grid Options
settings allow you to turn on or disable the display of a grid
in the project workspace, and lets you see the size of the grid.
With the
Graphics Options
settings, you can control the maximum number of
times the RTMC screens will be updated per second, disable animation when a
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Summary of Contents for LoggerNet
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Page 30: ...Preface What s New in LoggerNet 4 xxvi...
Page 32: ...Section 1 System Requirements 1 2...
Page 44: ...Section 2 Installation Operation and Backup Procedures 2 12...
Page 136: ...Section 4 Setting up Datalogger Networks 4 80...
Page 227: ...Section 7 Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7 9...
Page 298: ...Section 7 Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7 80...
Page 402: ...Section 9 Automating Tasks with Task Master 9 12...
Page 406: ...Section 9 Automating Tasks with Task Master 9 16...
Page 450: ...Section 11 Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote 11 22...
Page 454: ...Section 12 Optional Client Applications Available for LoggerNet 12 4...
Page 462: ...Section 13 Implementing Advanced Communications Links 13 8...
Page 482: ...Section 14 Troubleshooting Guide 14 20...
Page 570: ...Appendix F Calibration and Zeroing F 16...
Page 578: ...Appendix G Importing Files into Excel G 8...
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