UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL Microlok II System Startup, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
4-8 September 2000 SM-6800C Rev. 2.5
Clicking on the Print button in the tool bar outputs selected screen data to a printer. The printer
must be connected to the laptop computer parallel port and must be properly configured through
the Printers option in the Windows Control Panel.
Clicking on the Save button in the tool bar saves selected data to a new or existing file. You must
identify the file name, the type of file, and the destination drive for the file.
Clicking on the Copy button in the tool bar copies selected data to the Windows clipboard. The
copied data can then be pasted into another window or application. (You “paste” information
elsewhere by clicking the cursor in a form’s field that is capable of accepting input, and then
clicking on the application’s “paste” button or similar feature.)
The Back button is a Windows navigation device. This button returns you to the Maintenance
Tools main menu from a display screen associated with one of the Tools program sub-functions.
The
Split button creates a duplicate Tools program window on the screen. Using this function,
multiple maintenance tools can be used and viewed at the same time. As mentioned previously,
this feature would also be used when the laptop computer is connected to two Microlok II
installations through two separate serial ports.
The Help button provides access to the Tools program help files. This function is not yet
implemented.
The system status bar, located directly below the tool bar, shows the current application name,
the unit address, the serial port presently being used by the Tools program, and the name of the
maintenance tool presently in use. If both of the laptop computer serial ports are being used to
communicate with individual Microlok II units, you can switch to the other serial connection by