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<h1>DecoderPro® Main Window</h1>
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<h2>Communications Monitor Window</h2>
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<p>DecoderPro provides a communications monitor window so that you can see what is happening
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on the communications link between the program and the layout hardware.</p>
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<p>When the monitor window opens, it will automatically display all traffic on the
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communications link.</p>
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<p>The Title bar will display the <em>name</em> of your DCC systems communications link.</p>
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<p class="dp-center"><img style="width: 739px; height: 215px;" alt="monitor window" src=
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"images/Main_MonitorWindow.png"><br>
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</p>
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<p>The messages that are sent and received over the communications link are displayed in the
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main pane of the window.</p>
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<h4>Controls at the bottom of the window.</h4>
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<p><strong>Clear screen</strong> button- Erases the log area of the screen where the messages
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are displayed.</p>
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<p><strong>Freeze screen</strong> button-Stops acquiring new information, so that the
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captured information stops scrolling.</p>
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<p><input name="checkbox" id="checkbox" type="checkbox"> <strong>Show raw
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data</strong>-Normally, the monitor displays the program's interpretation of what it's
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seeing. If you want to see the raw bytes, check this box.</p>
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<p><input name="checkbox2" id="checkbox2" type="checkbox"> <strong>Show
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timestamps</strong>-Normally, the program just displays the data from the communication
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link.. If you would like each message to be preceded by the time it was sent or received,
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check this box.</p>
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<p><input name="a" type="checkbox"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Window always on
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Top</span> -- Always displays the Monitor window.</p>
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<p><input checked="checked" name="b" type="checkbox"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Auto
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scroll</span> -- Scrolls the data in the window continuously.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filter Bytes: <input size="40" name="c"></span>
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</p>
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<dl>
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<dd>You can filter unwanted messages from the window by entering each message's first hex
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value into the "Filter Bytes" field. This can be especially helpful when there is a lot of
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routine comm traffic. Separate multiple values by spaces. e.g. "B0 D0 CC". This example
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will suppress any messages whose raw data starts with "B0", "D0" or "CC" You can determine
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the available hex values by turning on "Show raw data."</dd>
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</dl>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choose log file</span> button -- Log monitor data to a
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file for recovery for diagnostics, and sharing data with others.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Start logging</span> button -- Starts sending data in
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Monitor Window</span> to selected file.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stop logging</span>
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button -- Stops sending data in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Monitor Window</span> to
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selected file.</span><br>
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</h4>
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<h4 style="font-weight: normal;">Logging to a File</h4>
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<p>Sometimes, it is useful to capture the events that are happening. If a problem occurs,
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then the information capture in the log file can be sent to the group for analysis of the
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problem. Small amounts of information can be copied from the display pane of the monitor
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window. If more information is needed than is provided by the window, you need to write the
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information to a log file on your computer's disk.</p>
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<p>To do this:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Click the <strong>Choose log file</strong> button. This opens a <strong>Save</strong>
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dialog on your computer, locate the folder where you would like to save the log file, give
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the log file a name ( if you use the name of an existing file, it will be overwritten).
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Click on Save button.</li>
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<li>When you are ready to capture the data that you want to save, click on the
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<strong>Start logging</strong> button on the monitor window.</li>
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<li>When done, click the <strong>Stop logging</strong> button to store the data and close
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the file.</li>
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</ol>
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<h4>Adding Message</h4>
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button <input size="50" name="v">
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<p>Type your message in the Add Message text box, then click on the <strong>Add
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Message</strong> button to add your message to the log file.</p>
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