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PC-Tool User Manual

C:\Documents and Settings\<Name>\My Documents.

You can open the folder "My Documents" with the "My Computer" icon.

The language that you select in the combobox will be used the next time that you start the

program.

Under "Log file", you can define whether a separate log file should be created each month or

each week.

Mark the "Activate MP-Monitor" checkbox to monitor the communication with the actuators with

the diagnostic tool.

In addition to "General", the names of the supported modules (actuator families) are displayed

on the left side. Further information on the module-specific settings is found in the

corresponding sections of this manual.

3.13 Log file

All activities with the PC-Tool software that influence the data stored in the actuator are

recorded in a separate log file for every project. The time of each action is logged.

Configuring the log file

You can create a separate log file for each week or month of a project (default: File per month).

To change this setting, select Tools`PC-Tool options in the main menu. You can select either

‘File per week' or ‘File per month' under ‘General'.

Reading the log file

Click the "Read log file" icon in the toolbar.

Options Click the project icon in the outline bar [C] with the right mouse button and select Read log file.

Or select Project `Read log file in the main menu.

Using the combo box ‘Log file', you determine the file to read. The contents of the log file are

displayed in a table in the top section (each action starts a new row).

By clicking a column title, you can sort the table according to the selected column. By clicking

again on the same column title, the sorting direction is reversed: increasing (A-Z) or decreasing

(Z-A).

Details

Click a table row to display details of this action in the bottom section.

You can print the text in the detail area ("Print…" button) or copy it to the clipboard ("Copy"

button) and then paste it into another document.