User`s guide

User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________
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You can exit MAWS Terminal by choosing the Exit option from the
Tools menu.
Defining MAWS Terminal Settings
When you start the software for the first time, you need to define the
settings you want to use during download. You can do this with
Settings menu options.
Preferences Window
When you choose the Preferences option from the Settings menu, the
Preferences window appears with the Directories tab.
Table 9 Description of Preference Window Tabs
Tab Description
Directories On the Directories tab, you can define the
directories you want to use for downloading and
storing files, see Figure 77 on page 85. If you do not
define a directory, the program stores all file types
in C:\MAWS_LOG.
Download On the Download tab, you can define the
operations that the program runs automatically
whenever you download data log files from MAWS,
see Figure 78 on page 86.
Communications On the Communications tab, you can define the
communication port and related parameters. The
default values are COM1, 9600, None, 8, None, 1,
and buffer size 4 kB. Normally, you do not need to
change the communication settings.
Dialer If your system connects to MAWS via a modem,
you can select how many times the modem tries to
connect to MAWS if the first attempt is
unsuccessful.
CSV formatting On the CSV formatting tab, you can define
whether the date and time information is stored in
separate columns or as one character string, e.g.,
Wed Jan 02 02:03:55 1980.
MAWS Station settings When you update the MAWS configuration file and
the system is reset, MAWS spends a defined period
checking the configuration. During this time, it does
not respond to commands you send to the
maintenance line. On this tab, you can define the
length of the delay period.