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Docklight V2.2 User Manual 07/2016 Copyright 2016 Flachmann und Heggelbacher GbR
Features and Functions
4 Features and Functions
4.1 How Serial Data Is Processed and Displayed
Docklight handles all serial data in an 8 bit-oriented way. Every sequence of serial data
consists of one or more 8 bit characters . Docklight allows you to
· display the serial data in either ASCII, HEX, Decimal or Binary format
· copy serial data to the clipboard and paste it into a standard text file or a formatted
Microsoft® Word document, or create a Send / Receive Sequence using the data.
· print out serial data, user comments and other information
Docklight's communication window shows the current communication on the selected
serial port(s). Docklight distinguishes between two communication channels (channel 1
and channel 2), which represent the incoming and outgoing data in
Send/Receive Mode
or the two communication channels being observed in Monitoring Mode . Channel 1 and
channel 2 data are displayed using different colors or fonts, and the communication data
may be printed or stored as a log file in plain text or HTML format.
Besides the serial data, Docklight inserts date/time stamps into the communication
display. By default, a date/time stamp is inserted every time the data flow direction
switches between channel 1 and channel 2, or before a new
Send Sequence is
transmitted. There are several options available for inserting additional time stamps. This
is especially useful when monitoring a half-duplex line with only one communication
channel. See
Options --> Date/Time Stamps
Docklight is able to process serial data streams containing any ASCII code 0 - 255
decimal. Since there are non-printing control characters (ASCII code < 32) and different
encodings for ASCII code > 127, not all of these characters can be displayed in the
ASCII text window. Nonetheless, all characters will be processed properly by Docklight
and can be displayed in HEX, Decimal or Binary format. Docklight will process the serial
data on any language version of the
Windows operating system in the same way,
although the ASCII display might be different. For control characters (ASCII code < 32),
an additional display option is available to display their text equivalent in the
communication window. See
Options dialog and Appendix, ASCII Character Set Tables .
Docklight allows you to suppress all original serial data, if you are running a test where
you do not need to see the actual data, but only the additional evaluations generated
using
Receive Sequences . See the Project Settings for Communication Filter .
4.2 Editing and Managing Sequences
A Docklight project mainly consists of user-defined sequences. These may be either
Send Sequences , which may be transmitted by Docklight itself, or Receive Sequences ,
which are used to detect a special message within the incoming serial data.
Sequences are defined using the Edit Send Sequence or Edit Receive Sequence dialog
window. This dialog window is opened
1. by choosing
Edit from the context menu available using the right mouse button .
2. by double-clicking on an existing sequence or pressing Ctrl + E with the Send
Sequence or Receive Sequence list selected.
3. when creating a new sequence by double-clicking on the blank field at the end of a list
(or pressing
Ctrl + E ).
4. when pasting a new sequence into the sequence list.