Flachmann und Heggelbacher Docklight V2.2, Руководство пользователя

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Docklight V2.2 User Manual 07/2016 Copyright 2016 Flachmann und Heggelbacher GbR
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8.10 Dialog: Options
Menu Tools > Options...
Display
Formatted Text Output (Rich Text Format)
used for setting the appearance of the Docklight communication window. The two
different serial data streams, "Channel 1" and "Channel 2", may be displayed using
different colors and styles. The standard setting uses different colors for the two
channels, but using different font styles (e.g. Italics for "Channel 2") is also possible.
You may also choose the overall font size here.
NOTE: If you change the font size, the communication window contents will be deleted.
For all other changes, Docklight will try to preserve the display contents.
Plain Text Output (faster display, but no colors & fonts)
The formatted text output is similar to a word processor and consumes a considerable
amount of CPU time. It also requires frequent memory allocation and deallocation which
might decrease your PC performance. So if you are monitoring a high-speed
communication link, but still want to keep an eye on the serial data transferred, try using
the "Plain Text Output" format.
Control Characters (ASCII 0 - 31)
For communication data containing both printing ASCII text as well as non-printing
control characters, it is sometimes helpful to see the names of the occurring control
characters in the ASCII mode display window. Docklight provides an optional display
settings to allow this. You can also suppress the control characters (except CR and LF)
for cases when this would clutter your display.
Display Modes
Communication Window Modes
By default, Docklight will display four representations of the serial data streams: ASCII,
HEX, Decimal and Binary. You may deactivate some of these modes to increase
Docklight's overall performance. For example, the Binary representation of the data is
rarely required. Disabling Binary mode for the communication window will considerably
increase processing speed. Even when turned off for the communication window, logging
in all formats is still possible.
See also the Plain Text Output option above.
Date/Time Stamps
Adding a Date/Time Stamp
Docklight adds a date/time stamp to all data that is transmitted or received. You may
choose to insert this date/time stamp into the communication window and the log file
whenever the data flow direction changes between Channel 1 and Channel 2.
For applications where the data flow direction does not change very often, you may want
to have additional date/time stamps at regular time intervals. For this, activate the
Clock
- additional date/time stamp... option then and choose a time interval.