SCATS Log 6.5.2 user manual
SCATS Log 6.5.2 user manual
A guide to viewing SCATS events using a graphical user interface
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Copyright ? 2006 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW This work is copyright. Apart from any fair use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced in any way without prior written consent from the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW.
Confidentiality This document is confidential and is intended for the internal use of the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW. In some circumstances, it may be provided to commercial partners under a licence and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of that licence. In any case, the information contained in this document may be of a commercially sensitive nature and must not be given to any individual or organisation without prior written consent from the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW. Disclaimer The information in this document was believed to be correct at the time of publication, but may become superseded due to changes in software or industry practice. Readers are expected to use the information with intelligence and common sense. The Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW cannot be held responsible for any consequences arising from the use or misuse of the information contained herein. Trademarks Trademarks SCATS is a trademark of the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Feedback Any errors, omissions, comments or suggestions should be submitted to the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW for possible inclusion in a future issue. All submissions must include the document number, issue and date.
Document no. RTA-TC-322 Issue D, 1 November 2006
Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales Traffic Systems Branch PO Box 1927 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Australia Telephone: +61 2 8396 1602 Facsimile: +61 2 8396 1600 Email: scatshelp@https://www.wendangku.net/doc/eb13038005.html,.au
Revision history
Issue A B C D Release date 2003-11-01 2004-04-01 2005-02-28 2006-11-01 Details First release Updated for version 6.3.0 Rewritten, reformatted and updated for version 6.5.1 Updated for version 6.5.2
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Contents
Revision history ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................................. ..................................................iii .................. iii Contents ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................v ................................v Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................. ................................. 1
About SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................................ ............................................................ 1
Where are event logs stored? .......................................................................................................................................................1 What does SCATS Log do?............................................................................................................................................................2
What's new................................ new ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .......................................................................... .......................................... 2
New features ...........................................................................................................................................................................................2 Changes.......................................................................................................................................................................................................2 Bug fixes ......................................................................................................................................................................................................2
System requirements ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ....................................................................................... ....................................................... 3
Hardware requirements....................................................................................................................................................................3 Operating system requirements...................................................................................................................................................3 Other software requirements........................................................................................................................................................3
About this manual ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................................. ............................................................. 3
Chapter 2: Getting started................................ started ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................................ ............................................................ 5
Configuring SCATS SCATS Central Manager to use SCATS Log ................................................................ ............................................................................... ............................................... 5 Configuring SCATS Region to use SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................... ................................... 6 Installing SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ........................................................................................ ........................................................ 6 Starting SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .......................................................................................... .......................................................... 7 Configuring SCATS Log................................ Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................................. .................................................. 7 Stopping SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ....................................................................................... ....................................................... 8 Uninstalling SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................................. .................................................. 9 Getting help on SCATS Log ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ....................................................................... .......................................10 ....... 10
Chapter 3: Main window................................ window ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................................. .............................................................11 .............................11
Overall layout................................ layout ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................... ....................................11 .... 11 Title bar................................ bar ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................ ................................................11 ................ 11 Menu bar ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................. .............................................12 ............. 12
File menu .................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Configure menu...................................................................................................................................................................................12 View menu .............................................................................................................................................................................................13 Window menu.....................................................................................................................................................................................13 Help menu..............................................................................................................................................................................................18
Toolbar................................ Toolbar................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................. .................................................19 ................. 19
Chapter 4: Results window ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ........................................................................................ ........................................................21 ........................21
Overall layout................................ layout ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................... ....................................21 .... 21 Title bar................................ bar ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................ ................................................22 ................ 22 Control panel panel ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................... ....................................23 .... 23 Results table ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ....................................................................... .......................................25 ....... 25 Status bar ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................ ............................................27 ............ 27
Chapter 5: Dialogues................................ Dialogues................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ..................................................................... .....................................29 .....29
About dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................. ................................. 29
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Central Manager dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ........................................................................... ........................................... 29 Choose Columns dialogue dialogue................................ ue................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .......................................................................... .......................................... 30 Column defaults dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................ ............................................ 31 Filter dialogue................................ dialogue................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................... .................................... 31
Commands.............................................................................................................................................................................................32 Other events.........................................................................................................................................................................................33 Site events...............................................................................................................................................................................................34 Source .......................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Containing text....................................................................................................................................................................................35 Site(s).........................................................................................................................................................................................................36
Font dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................... .................................... 38 Print dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................... .................................... 39 Results form memory usage dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ .................................................................................... .................................................... 40 SCATS Access location dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ............................................................................................. ............................................................. 40 Select Window dialogue................................ dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .............................................................................. .............................................. 41 Test Sites dialogue................................ dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ .......................................................................................... .......................................................... 41
Chapter 6: Warnings and error error messages................................ messages ................................................................ ........................................................................................... ...........................................................43 ........................... 43
File error dialogue................................ dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ........................................................................................... ........................................................... 43 Generic error dialogue ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................. ................................................. 43
Appendix A: Registry settings ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................... ...................................................45 ................... 45
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Chapter 1: Introduction
This chapter describes the things you need to know before you install or start to use SCATS Log.
About SCATS Log
Each SCATS Region saves events in a daily event log stored on the regional computer. Depending on your configuration, SCATS Region also sends the events to the SCATS Central Manager, so that there is a backup and a centralised record of all events. In addition to events from SCATS Regions, SCATS Central Manager stores any events generated by itself and any events from Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) applications.
Where are event logs stored?
If SCATS Central Manager is installed in the recommended location, its event logs are stored in the C:\ C:\Program Files\ Files\Scats6\ Scats6\Central Manager\ Manager\Scmsdata\ Scmsdata\Log folder on the SCATS Central Manager computer. There is one event log for each day that SCATS Central Manager has been running up to the limit specified when SCATS Central Manager was configured. The file naming convention for SCATS Central Manager event logs is:
yyyymmdd.evl
where:
yyyy is the year (4 digits) mm is the month (01 = January, 02 = February etc.) dd is the day (01 to 31)
If SCATS Region is installed in the recommended location, its event logs are stored in the C:\ C:\Program Files\ Files\Scats6\ Scats6\Region\ Region\Scatsdata\ Scatsdata\Log folder on the regional computer. There is one event log for each day that SCATS Region has been running up to the limit specified when SCATS Region was configured. The file naming convention for SCATS Region event logs is:
region_yyyymmdd.evl
where:
region is the region name yyyymmdd is the year, month and day as above
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What does SCATS Log do?
SCATS Log is an ITS application that connects to the SCATS Central Manager through the ITS port. SCATS Log asks the SCATS Central Manager to open an event log file, read it and send the data to SCATS Log. SCATS Log immediately validates the data, identifies the records, applies any filters and displays the results. All this is done incrementally, so you'll see the results as soon as a record is received that matches your filter criteria. Because SCATS Log is an ITS application, it can request event log data for nominated days from the SCATS Central Manager without needing to know where the data is stored. It also bypasses the need for the data to be in a shared folder with username/password access. Alternatively, SCATS Log can read data directly from an event log file.
What's new
The following changes have been made to SCATS Log since version 6.5.1:
New features
Open, Open Print and Save have been added to the File menu.
Changes
The Filter dialogue now allows filtering on commands from a specific user based on the user ID. The OK button is disabled if the user ID is not within the allowable range. Site comms and Other have been added to the Other events area of the Filter dialogue. PK (for Parked alarms) has been added to the Site events area of the Filter dialogue. A text record containing 'Propagating fallback' is now treated as a Fallback event. PPn! is now treated as a Locks and trims command type. This was previously treated as an Other command type. The path to SCATS Access is now retrieved from the registry entry managed by SCATS Access.
Bug fixes
SCATS Event Generator can generate an alarm that's to be shown as coming from the SCATS Central Manager. SCATS Log wasn't testing for this. Some trims and locks weren't being filtered correctly. This has now been fixed. Also, subsystem locks now need SS=n! The trailing comma has been removed from the last site in the Site(s) area of the Filter dialogue. When entering a range of sites in the Site(s) area of the Filter dialogue, SCATS Log crashed if the last number was several million. Site numbers are now limited to 64999. Details starting with an IP address were being treated as a site number. For example, the message '123.45.67.89 is offline' was being treated as an event at site 123. This has now been fixed. Corrupted event records are now shown as 'Unknown' in the Details column with the first 20 bytes of the record in hexadecimal. Text messages and operator commands are now checked to ensure that they only contain ASCII text. If they don't, the first 20 bytes are shown in hexadecimal. The test for site numbers in text messages now ignores values greater than 64999.
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System requirements
Hardware requirements
The minimum hardware required to run SCATS Log is the same as that required to run the operating system. See the Microsoft? web site
Operating system requirements
SCATS Log is compatible with Windows NT? 4.0 or above.
Other software requirements
SCATS Log 6.5.2 requires the following version of SCATS: SCATS Central Manager version 6.4 or above. SCATS Region version 6.4 or above.
About this manual
This document describes how to use SCATS Log. Chapter 2 describes how to install, configure, start, stop and uninstall SCATS Log. It also includes notes for your system administrator on how to configure SCATS Central Manager and/or SCATS Region to recognise SCATS Log as an ITS application. Chapter 3 describes the main window. When you have started SCATS Log, most of your time will be spent loading event log data into a results window and filtering that data. Chapter 4 describes the results windows. Chapter 5 describes each of the supplementary dialogues, including the filter dialogue. Chapter 6 describes any warnings and error messages. Appendix A describes the registry settings that are used by SCATS Log.
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Chapter 2: Getting started
There are two ways to load event logs using SCATS log: Load the event log file directly. Load one or more event logs via the ITS interface. The latter is the preferred method. If you want to use this method, your SCATS system administrator must first configure the SCATS Central Manager and/or SCATS Region ITS port and register the ITS application name. The first part of this chapter describes how to configure SCATS Central Manager and SCATS Region so that SCATS Log can use the ITS interface. You can skip this part if you do not want to use the ITS interface or it has already been configured. The rest of this chapter describes how to install, configure, start, stop and uninstall SCATS Log.
Configuring SCATS Central Manager to use SCATS SCATS Log
If you want to load event logs from SCATS Central Manager using the ITS interface, you must first configure the ITS port on SCATS Central Manager and register SCATS Log as an ITS application. The former is usually done during the initial installation. The latter can only be done by a SCATS system administrator with access level 1. If you only need to load event log data from a file, then you can skip this section. To configure the ITS port on SCATS Central Manager See RTA-TC-328 SCATS Central Manager 6.5.2 Configuration user manual. To register SCATS Log as an ITS application on SCATS Central Manager 1. 2. 3. Run SCATS Access. Log on as a user with access level 1. Choose Tools > Configure. Configure The Configuration dialogue opens. 4. Click ITS names. names The ITS Names dialogue opens. 5. 6. Click New. New Enter the case-sensitive ITS name 'Roads and Traffic Authority Utility'. Note: You do not need an ITS licence to use this ITS application name. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Enter the maximum number of connections as specified in your licence file. Enter the number of reserved connections (normally 0). Make sure Enabled is selected. Click Save. Save Click Close to close the ITS Names dialogue. Click Close to close the Configuration dialogue.
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Configuring SCATS Region to use SCATS Log
If you want to load event logs from SCATS Region using the ITS interface, you must first configure the ITS port on SCATS Region and register SCATS Log as an ITS application. The former is usually done during the initial installation. The latter can only be done by a SCATS system administrator with access level 1. If you only need to load event log data from a file, then you can skip this section. To configure the ITS port on SCATS Region See RTA-TC-329 SCATS Region Configuration 6.5.2 user manual. To register SCATS Log as an ITS application on SCATS SCATS Region 1. 2. 3. Run SCATS Access. Log on as a user with access level 1. Choose Configure > Region > ITS names. names The ITS Names dialogue opens. 4. 5. Click New. New Enter the case-sensitive ITS name 'Roads and Traffic Authority Utility'. Note: You do not need an ITS licence to use this ITS application name. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Enter the maximum number of connections as specified in your licence file. Enter the number of reserved connections (normally 0). Make sure Enabled is selected. Click Save. Save Click Close to close the ITS Names dialogue.
Note: Note: This procedure assumes you are using SCATS Access 6.5.1 or later and SCATS Region 6.5.1 or later. If you are using an earlier version of either, you will need to use SCATS Region Configuration version 6.4.1 or earlier to register the ITS application. In this case, see RTA-TC-329 SCATS Region Configuration 6.4.1 user manual.
Installing SCATS Log
SCATS Log is included on the SCATS Client Applications CD. You can install SCATS Log by itself or in conjunction with any of the other SCATS client applications. To install SCATS Log 1. Insert the SCATS Client Applications CD. The SCATS Client Applications installation wizard should run automatically. If it doesn't, use Windows? Explorer to navigate to the root folder of the CD and double-click Setup.msi to open the installation wizard. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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Click Next. Next The default path for the installation is C:\ C:\Program Files\ Files\Scats6. Scats6 If you want to change the path, click Change, specify the new path and click OK. Change OK Click Next. Next Select Complete to install all the applications and documentation or Custom to install selected applications and documentation. Click Next. Next
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If you selected Custom in step 5, click the icon next to any applications that you don't want to install and choose This feature will not be available. available You can also deselect program files or documentation independently by first expanding the appropriate branch of the tree. When you've finished specifying which features to install, click Next. Next Click Install. Install Click Finish. Finish Eject the SCATS Client Applications CD.
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Note that the installation wizard creates a SCATS shortcut menu in Start > Programs and a desktop shortcut for each application that you install.
Starting SCATS Log
The procedure described here assumes that you installed SCATS Log in the recommended location. If you installed it in a different location, make adjustments accordingly. To start SCATS Log 1. Do one of the following: Double-click the SCATS Log desktop shortcut. Click the Start button in the task bar and choose Programs > SCATS > SCATS Log. Log Use Windows? Explorer to navigate to the folder where you installed SCATS Log (e.g. C:\ \Program Files\ C: Files\Scats6\ Scats6\ScatsLog) ScatsLog and double-click ScatsLog.exe. ScatsLog.exe If this is the first time you've started SCATS Log, the Central Manager dialogue opens. In this case, see Configuring SCATS Log. Log If this is not the first time you've started SCATS Log, the main window opens. Note: If you are running a firewall on your computer, it will most likely try to block communications with SCATS Log. SCATS Log will not do anything malicious to your system, so it is safe to unblock it.
Configuring SCATS Log
When you start SCATS Log for the first time, the Central Manager dialogue opens. You have three choices: Configure SCATS Log to use the SCATS Central Manager ITS port. Configure SCATS Log to use a SCATS Region ITS port. Configure SCATS Log to ignore the ITS port. If you want to use an ITS port, you will need the IP address and port number. If you are not sure what values to use, you can ask your SCATS system administrator or find out for yourself using one of the procedures below. Once you have the configuration details, you can complete the configuration as described below. To determine SCATS Central Manager configuration details 1. 2. Start SCATS Access. Choose Tools > Configure. Configure The Configuration dialogue opens. In the Management System area, note the IP address. This is in dotted decimal format. It does not include the comma and port number appended at the end. 3. Choose View > Miscellaneous > Ports. Ports
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The Central Manager port usage dialogue opens. In the Host communication ports ports area, note the ITS port number. The default is 2012. To determine SCATS Region configuration details 1. 2. Start SCATS Access. Choose Tools > Configure. Configure The Configuration dialogue opens. In the Regional Systems area, note the IP address of the region you are interested in. This is in dotted decimal format in the address column. 3. 4. Set the site monitor to view a site in the region you are interested in. Choose Show > Region monitors > Ports. Ports The Port usage (region) dialogue opens. In the Host communication ports area, note the ITS port number. The default is 2005. To configure SCATS Log on its first use 1. Start SCATS Log. The Central Manager dialogue opens. 2. Do one of the following: If you want to load the event logs from SCATS Central Manager using the ITS interface, enter the SCATS Central Manager IP address and ITS port, select Enable and click OK. OK If you want to load the event logs from SCATS Region using the ITS interface, enter the SCATS Region IP address and ITS port, select Enable and click OK. OK If you want to load the event logs from a file, clear Enable and click OK. OK The SCATS Log main window opens. If you chose to use the ITS interface and your configuration was successful, the ITS status box will be green. If you chose to use the ITS interface and your configuration was unsuccessful, the ITS status box will be red. In this case, check that SCATS Central Manager (or SCATS Region, depending on your preference) is running and properly configured and that your configuration details are correct. If you chose not to use the ITS interface, the ITS status box will be grey or white. To configure SCATS Log on subsequent uses 1. Do one of the following: Choose Configure > Central manager. manager Click ITS status on the toolbar. The Central Manager dialogue opens. 2. Perform step 2 as described for configuring SCATS Log on its first use.
Stopping SCATS Log
To stop SCATS Log, you only need to close the window.
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To stop SCATS Log 1. Do one of the following: Click the application icon in the title bar and choose Close. Close Double-click the application icon in the title bar. Right-click the title bar and choose Close. Close Click the Close button. Choose File > Exit. Exit The SCATS Log window closes. If you had Save settings on exit selected, your settings will be saved in the Windows? registry.
Uninstalling Uninstalling SCATS Log
If you have installed SCATS Log using the SCATS Client Applications installation wizard, you must uninstall it using one of the following procedures. Do not uninstall it by simply deleting files or folders or you will corrupt the Windows? registry. There are several ways to uninstall SCATS Log. The easiest way is to uninstall it with all the other SCATS client applications. You can also uninstall SCATS Log by itself or in conjunction with any other SCATS client applications, apart from SCATS Access. The most common procedures are described below. SCATS Log saves its settings in the Windows? registry, so you will have to remove the registry settings after you have uninstalled the software. You can omit this step without causing any harm, but your registry will be left with unused settings. Warning: Be very careful when removing the registry settings. If you remove the wrong settings, you can cause damage to another application. If you are uncomfortable with the registry editor, ask a systems administrator to remove the settings for you. To uninstall all SCATS client applications (method 1) 1. Click the Start button in the task bar and choose Programs > SCATS > Uninstall SCATS 6 Client Applications. Applications A confirmation dialogue opens. 2. Click Yes. Yes
To uninstall all SCATS client applications (method 2) 1. 2. 3. 4. Use Windows? Explorer to navigate to Control Panel. Panel Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Programs Select SCATS Client Applications. Applications Click Remove. Remove A confirmation dialogue opens. 5. Click Yes. Yes
To uninstall selected SCATS client applications applications (including SCATS Log) 1. 2. 3. 4. Use Windows? Explorer to navigate to Control Panel. Panel Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Programs Select SCATS Client Applications. Applications Click Change. Change
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Click Next. Next Click Next. Next Click the icon adjacent to SCATS Log and choose This feature will not be available. available Optionally, click the icon adjacent to other SCATS client applications and choose This feature will not be available. available Click Next. Next Click Install. Install Click Finish. Finish
Note: The uninstallation procedures will not remove any registry settings that have been created since the initial installation. If you would like to remove these, see the following procedure. To remove SCATS Log registry settings 1. From the task bar, click the Start button, then choose Run. Run The Run dialogue opens. 2. Enter regedit, regedit then click OK. OK The Registry Editor window opens. 3. 4. 5. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Software\Roads and Traffic Authority\ Authority\SCATS\ SCATS\ScatsLog. ScatsLog Select the ScatsLog folder. Press the Del (or Delete) Delete key. A confirmation dialogue opens. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Click Yes. Yes Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Software\Roads and Traffic Authority\ Authority\SCATS. SCATS Select the SCATS folder. If the SCATS folder is empty (apart from the (Default) entry) and has no sub-folders, press the Del (or Delete) Delete key and click Yes to confirm the deletion. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Software\Roads and Traffic Authority. Authority Select the Roads and Traffic Authority folder. If the Roads and Traffic Authority folder is empty (apart from the (Default) entry) and has no subfolders, press the Del (or Delete) Delete key and click Yes to confirm the deletion. Close Registry Editor. Editor
Note: If multiple users have used SCATS Log on the same computer, you will have to repeat this process for each user.
Getting help on SCATS Log
There is no online help with SCATS Log. If you have trouble, try reading the user manual. Remember that most toolbar buttons and text fields have tool tips. If you are still having trouble, contact the agent who supplied the software or the SCATS help desk.
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Chapter 3: Main window
This chapter describes the SCATS Log main window.
Overall layout
The SCATS Log main window contains a title bar, menu bar, toolbar and results panel. These are described below.
Title bar
The title bar contains an application icon, title, Minimize button, Restore or Maximize button and Close button. Click the application icon to open the drop-down menu for manipulating the window.
This is a standard menu that is common to all Windows? applications, so will not be described here. The title shows the application name. When a results window is open and maximised, the results window name is appended to the application name in the following format: SCATS Log - [Results_window_name] See Chapter 4 for the format of the results window name.
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The Minimize, Minimize Restore, Restore Maximize and Close buttons are standard controls that are common to all Windows? applications, so will not be described here.
Menu bar
The menu bar contains File, File Configure, Configure View, View Window and Help menus. These are described below.
File menu
Open This opens a file selector to allow you to browse for and open an event log file in the same way as the Open toolbar button. Although not disabled, this menu item is ineffective if there are no results windows open. See the Open toolbar button for further details. Print This opens the Print dialogue to allow you to print the results table in the same way as the Print toolbar button. Although not disabled, this menu item is ineffective if there are no results windows open or the active results window has no data to print. Save This opens a file selector to allow you to save the results table to a text file in the same way as the Save toolbar button. Although not disabled, this menu item is ineffective if there are no results windows open or the active results window has no data to save. Save settings on exit If Save settings on exit is selected (i.e. checked), your settings will be saved in the Windows? registry when you close SCATS Log. These settings will be restored the next time you start SCATS Log. If Save settings on exit is not selected (i.e. not checked), your settings will not be saved when you close SCATS Log. Exit Choose Exit to stop SCATS Log.
Configure menu
Central manager Opens the Central Manager Manager dialogue. Choose columns Opens the Choose columns dialogue.
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ScatsAccess Opens the SCATS Access location dialogue. "Test site" range Opens the Test Sites dialogue.
View menu
Show duplicate events There are situations where a single event is recorded more than once. This should not happen under normal circumstances, but may happen during testing of new controllers, new software or other unusual circumstances. This option allows you to specify whether or not to show these duplicate events. If Show duplicate duplicate events is selected (i.e. checked), duplicate events will be shown the next time the data is loaded. If Show duplicate events is not selected (i.e. not checked), duplicate events will not be shown the next time the data is loaded. Memory usage Opens the Results form memory usage dialogue. Toolbar If Toolbar is selected (i.e. checked), the toolbar will be shown. If Toolbar is not selected (i.e. not checked), the toolbar will be hidden.
Window menu
New Opens a new results window. You can have a maximum of ten results windows open at any one time. This menu item will be disabled when you reach the maximum.
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Cascade Arranges all the minimised results windows towards the bottom of the results panel, then arranges the restored and maximised results windows so that they all overlap with the title bars clearly visible. The least recently used window is placed in the top left-hand corner, the second least recently used window overlaps it, and so on. The most recently used window is on top. This menu item is disabled if you don't have any results windows open.
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