The NetLinx Studio v2.4 Work Area
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NetLinx Studio (v2.4 or higher)
 Use the Terminal Options tab of the Preferences dialog to modify the behavior and
change the appearance of the Terminal window.
 To use the Terminal window with NetLinx systems, you must be connected to the Master
via the PROGRAM port. Otherwise, you can use Windows TelNet for terminal control of
NetLinx systems.
Terminal Window Context Menu
Several of the key functions of the Terminal Window are accessible via the Terminal Window
context menu. To open this context menu, right-click inside the Terminal Window. The options
include:
Watch Window
The Watch window is displayed when Start Debugging is selected from the Debug menu (or the
Debug Watch toolbar). The Watch window is a dockable window that allows you to view and edit
the contents of specified variables within a compiled Axcess or NetLinx program. Also, you can
control the execution of the mainline of a compiled Axcess or NetLinx program. The Watch
window contains three tabs (Watch1-Watch3), which allow you to watch up to three separate sets/
lists of specified variables.
The Watch window consists of a table with four columns:
Right-click inside the Watch Window to access the Watch Window context menu.
Display Click to open the Display sub-menu, which contains view options for the Termi-
nal Window. The options are ASCII, HEX (hexadecimal) and DEC (decimal).
Clear Clears the contents of the Terminal Window.
Save To File Opens the Save As dialog, which allows you to save the contents of the Termi-
nal Window as a text file (.txt).
Disconnect Disconnects the Terminal. The terminal window background turns a light shade
of gray, to indicate that it is disconnected.
Last commands At the bottom of this menu is a list of the last commands entered. Use the items
in this list as shortcuts to recently used commands.
Name Enter the name of the watched variable in this column.
Line (NetLinx only) Enter line number (in the Source Code file) where the variable is declared.
Length This column displays the length of the watched variable.
Value This column displays the value of the watched variable.
Display This column displays the format of the variable (ASCII, Decimal, Hexadeci-
mal, Octal, ASCII or Binary).
You can also drag and drop a variable from the Source Code Editor window into the
debug window.
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