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Menus
4.6 Tools Menu
The items under the Tools Menu are used mainly for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes
by the factory.
Table 6 Tools Menus
Name Short cut Description
Extract All DB Extracts the latest version of every job to individual database files.
Validate All Ctrl+S Validates the latest version of every job on the database.
Build Job
Ctrl+B
Builds the job, assuming the latest product version, creating a ".c"
file in the Job Build folder.
Build Job (old
version)...
Builds the job ".c" file for a specified, older product version.
Link Statistics Displays the connection link statistics
Log Send Toggle the current state of the "dump on send" option. Causes the
".c" file to be produced and dumped on a Get Job.
Log Get Toggle the current state of the "dump on get" option. Causes the ".c"
file to be produced and dumped on a Send Get.
Log Comms Toggles logging of serial communications.
Trace Toggles the current state of the trace option. When turned on this
causes debug information to be written to a trace file.
Display
Structure
This command will display a dialog that will allow you to view and log
panel data structures.
External Bus Toggles the "Use External Bus" setting. When turned on, this signals
that the configurator is connected to the External Bus of the panel.
Note: The Tools menu is only available if you checked the Show Tools Menu option.
See User Preferences.
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