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72 Comtrol Tools

Starting Port Monitor

Starting Port

Monitor

To run Port Monitor, select Port Monitor from the NS-Link Comtrol program

group. The Port Monitor window displays:

Note: To change the appearance of the screen, see the following discussion.

Once the monitor window displays, Port Monitor is active and collecting data. If

any cumulative data has been saved from previous sessions, it is automatically

brought in and used.

Port Monitor continues to run and collect data until you terminate it, at which

point all accumulated data is automatically saved for use in the next session.

Changing Screen

Appearance

While Port Monitor is running, there are a number of commands and controls that

change the appearance of the screen.

*The Reset command does not clear raw data from the calcs.dat file. It simply

resets the selected display fields to their null values. For more information

regarding calcs.dat see Port Monitor Files

on Page 74.

Desired Change Procedure

Change the monitor

window font.

Select Font from the Edit menu.

Change width of a

single column.

Left-click on the column separator (vertical) line and

drag it to the desired width.

Change column

placement.

Left-click in the middle of the column you want to

move and drag it to the desired location.

Remove a column.

Right-click on the column you want to remove and

select Remove from the pop-up menu.

Clear all fields and

reset them to null

values.

Right-click on the upper left cell in the table and select

Reset from the pop-up menu.*

Clear any single field

except the upper left

cell.

Right-click on the field to be cleared and select Reset

from the pop-up menu.*

Add a column.

Right-click on the column now occupying the desired

location and select Add from the pop-up menu.

You are prompted to name the variable you want to

display, as well as other information. (See Column

Setup, below.)

After you click OK, the column is inserted in the

selected location and the existing column is moved to

the right.

Change other properties

of a column.

Right-click on the column and select Properties from

the pop-up menu. (See Column Setup, below.)

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