Philips MIIC-201D/U Network Card User Manual


 
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4.1.7 Inserting and Deleting Messages
You can insert a new message between existing messages by clicking once on a
message below where you want to insert, then press the “Insert” key on your
keyboard. The Message Editor also remembers the last message displayed, so
double clicking on a blank spreadsheet row will allow you to copy a message.
Delete a message by single clicking on the message row and pressing the “Delete”
key on your keyboard.
4.1.8 Saving or Loading Message Lists
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save the current message list, click File|Save on the menu bar. To open an existing
message list, click File|Open List on the menu bar.
Message lists are maintained in ASCII text files (*.IML) that can be edited
manually or created with a customer-developed program. See message list files for
details.
4.1.9 Send the Message List
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signal assertion (with INT signal supported adapters only). To send the list
manually, click the Send button on the main application screen. To send the list in
response to an INT signal assertion (low), enable the “/INT Signal Monitoring”
checkbox, and check the “Send on /INT” checkbox. The list will be sent each time
the INT signal is asserted.
The Message Center also supports the repeated sending of a message list. If the
Auto Repeat checkbox is checked, a message list will automatically repeat upon
completion.
4.1.10 Special Event Handling
The Message Center supports the early termination of a message list, and beep on
special events. See the “Stop On” and “Beep On” controls on the main application
screen of available options.