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ICS Remote Tools User Guide
11 Ensure that the connection properties are correct for the system you want to connect to, then
click on Connect.
The Current Activity field on the Program ICS screen displays information about the current
status of the connection. Once the connection is established, this field shows activity as the
workbook is updated from the Norstar system.
The Progress field indicates:
• which activity is being performed (display changes as activity changes)
• the number of data settings or regions to be processed
• the current number of processed regions (changes as the activity progresses)
• the names of the regions that have been processed (list expands as the activity progresses)
• the number of errors that are detected (changes as errors are encountered)
Click Stop to stop programming.
12 Save the file.
Once the acquire process is complete, you can click through the worksheets in the workbook
and make any changes that you require. Then you can either reprogram the Norstar system
with all the programming (not recommended), or you can use the Partial programming
option to update the specific areas that you changed. Refer to
“Programming a system using a
workbook” on page 90 for details about using the workbook programming feature.
Working with programming and acquisition errors
If any errors are encountered during pre-validation, programming or acquisition, an error list is
generated. You can access the error list by clicking Edit Errors on the ICS menu. You can view
the error list, go to any problem spots in the workbook, and save the error information into a
special sheet in the workbook for reference purposes. Refer to
“Using the OLP Error dialog” on
page 100.
You can set the maximum number of errors reported by the Off-line Programming tool. Refer to
“Understanding the About ICS Workbook dialog” on page 104
If no errors are encountered during pre-validation, programming or acquisition, the error list will
be empty.