7 PICOSCALE CONTROL GUI
When the system recognizes optional components like the environment
sensor, the Breakout-Box
and the MCS2, the rectangle besides the components is green. With the button
Show Log
the log
of the GU
I
can be displayed.
I
t shows log entries in case of system start-ups and displays error
codes. Each log entry is formatted with a date and time string and a clear text message.
I
f the
last log entry was a system error message the
Show Log
button has red borders. The
Clear
button
deletes all log entries of the GU
I
.
Figure 7.4: System log of the
PICO
SCALE
controller
All
fi
elds in the
PicoScale status
are updated auto-
matically after connecting to a
PICO
SCALE
sys-
tem. The system information is important for all
service requests.
The
System Log
of the
PICO
SCALE
controller
shown in
fi
gure 7.4 is located in the menu bar un-
der
Help
.
I
t contains a list of important system
activities like the activation of optional software
modules.
I
t may also include information about
the reason why a system operation like a
fi
rmware
installation (cf. section 6.6.2) has failed. The infor-
mation can be relevant for service requests and
can easily be copied to the clipboard using the but-
ton
Copy to Clipboard
.
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