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10.3 The Menu Bar
The menu bar provides access to each of the programs sub-menus. The
icons below the menu bar are used to open, save, and print User Account
Templates and perform various actions with the PERS-4200X Console.
Drop-down Menu Items and Icons
The sub-menus that can be accessed from the Menu Bar are:
File
NEW
Opens a blank Account Template. The common Console default values are
already fi lled in.
OPEN
Loads a saved Account Template into the RA4200 workspace. Only one
Account Template can be open at a time in the RA4200 workspace.
SAVE
Saves the open Account Template to the hard drive. A warning dialog will be
displayed if the template will overwrite the existing fi le.
PRINT / PREVIEW
Opens the account information print preview window to allow printing of
the active Account Template. Shows what will be printed on the screen with
options to zoom in or print the document. Resulting printout is the entire
content of the Account Template fi le and the Console’s event log in text
format.
EXIT
Closes the RA4200 program. If the Account Template has changed, you will
be asked if you want to save it.
Communication
CONNECT
Opens the Send/Receive window. Uses the telephone number and password
from the open template. Sets up and starts a modem or COM port (local with
USB) connection.
DISCONNECT
Terminates the connection between the RA4200 program and the
PERS-4200X Console.
GET CONSOLE
Retrieves the Account Template from the PERS-4200X Console that is
currently connected to the RA4200 program.
GET LOG
Retrieves the Event Log from the PERS-4200X Console that is currently
connected to the RA4200 program.
SET CONSOLE
Sends the Account Template from the RA4200 program to the PERS-4200X
Console that is currently connected.
CONSOLE TIME
Opens the Set Time window. This function can be used to set the date and
time or get the date and time of the Console currently connected to the
program. Daylight saving time can be enabled or disabled, and the start and
end weeks of daylight saving time can be adjusted.
Tools
CLEAR EVENT LOG
Deletes the logged events from the connected PERS-4200X Console. It is
recommended that the Dealer retain data from the event log for a period of
two years.
TEST IP REPORTING
Sends a test IP message from the Console to the Central Station. Requires
a modem or USB connection to the Console, and an Internet connection.
IMPORT OR EXPORT FILE VIEWER
For reading the content of an *.ra3 export fi le, or an *.ra5 / *.ra6 import fi le.
EXPORT FILE TO MANAGEMENT SERVER
Creates a confi guration export fi le to be sent to the Console using the
Management Server. This feature requires an internet connection. This is an
alternate way to change the Console confi guration. Think of the Management
Server as being a mailbox (it does more). An export fi le has confi guration
settings and is meant to be delivered to the PERS Console (as compared to
an import fi le which has confi guration settings from the PERS and is meant
to be delivered, the other way, to the RA4200 application). The Management
Server serves as an in-between conduit.
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NOTE: The export fi lename is the IP account number by default.
This fi lename is used by the Management
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erver in sending a new
confi guration to the PER
S
Console (with the matching IP account
number). To change the IP account number in the Console via an export
fi le, do the following:
1.
Change the the IP Account number fi eld in the template (to the new
number).
2.
Use the “Export” function, and when presented with a choice to use
the default IP account number as the fi lename (this would be the new
number) or to use an alternate fi lename, select alternate. Enter the old IP
account number in the corresponding fi eld and proceed with the export
function.
The Management Server will then update the PERS Console (still with the
old IP account number), and change its (IP account) number to the new one.
RETRIEVE IMPORT FILE FROM MANAGEMENT SERVER
Retrieve data that have been sent to the Management Server (from the
Console). These will be *.ra5 / *.ra6 import fi les. This function will move these
import fi les from the Management Server to the local PC.
MERGE IMPORT (*.RA5 / *.RA6) or EXPORT (*.RA3) FILE
Merges data from an import fi le into a matching account template. All export,
import fi les in the specifi ed folder will be merged into their corresponding
account template fi les (with the matching IP account number). Merging an
export fi le is allowed as an option. Reopen the appropriate account template
(*.ra1) in RA4200 to view the latest merged info.
Toolbox
PANEL FIRMWARE UPDATE (DfuSe)
Launch the Console fi rmware update tool. This feature requires a USB
connection. The Console also needs to be put in fi rmware update mode.
SELECT PERS CONSOLE TYPE
Select the PERS Console family. This will enable/disable the appropriate
data fi elds.
AUTOMATIC STATUS REPORT RANDOMIZATION
Enable this feature to randomize the time of reporting. There’s an option here
to set the desired range of time.
CHANGE PASSWORD
Select to change the password. The correct password is needed to enable
saving the account template.
Help
CONTENT
Opens the help Contents search window. Used for accessing the RA4200
program’s built-in help fi le. Function key F1 also accesses the help fi le.
ABOUT RA4200
Displays the version number of the RA4200 software.
