Status Bar - AMX NetLinx Studio Instruction Manual

The Watch Bar is a dockable window in which you can view and edit the contents of variables within a compiled
program. Also, you can control the execution through each pass of the mainline of a compiled program. Once you select
Start Debugging, additional options in the Debug menu become available (see Master Controller Debug Options section
on page 111).

Status Bar

The Status Bar displays general information, including communication status, a brief description of any option in the
program, cursor location, last Push received, COM port currently being used, network IP address (NetLinx systems
only), and current PC keyboard settings (FIG. 10).
FIG. 10 Status Bar
Click View > Status Bar to toggle (hide/show) the Status Bar. The elements of the Status Bar are described below:
Status Bar Elements
Program Status/
Quick descriptions
of program options
Notifications
Messages Status
Diagnostics
Messages Status
Last Push Message
and History
Master Controller
Connection
Information
Master Security
Status
Cursor Location
Keyboard Settings
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The far-left side of the status bar displays quick descriptions of program options anytime you
position the mouse cursor over a toolbar button or menu item. This field also displays the total
number of replaced instances resulting from a search & replace operation.
Displays the status of NetLinx notification messages (OFF/ON).
Note: Click inside this area to toggle NetLinx notification messages.
Displays the status of asynchronous notification messages (OFF/ON).
Note: Click inside this area to toggle Diagnostics messages.
Displays the most recently received Push (if Push is enabled via the Diagnostics > Enable Push
Message Status Bar Display command), or Push status (Push Enabled/Disabled). Left-mouse click
on the push message displayed to view a history of push messages. Then, right-mouse click within
the list box to view the available options.
Displays the name and status of the active communications port. If a TCP/IP connection exists, the
current IP address is displayed. If Virtual NetLinx Master is selected, then the Virtual NetLinx
Master is displayed with its System number.
Note: Click inside this area to open the Communication Settings dialog.
Indicates the current security status for the Master (locked = Authentication Enabled, unlocked =
Authentication disabled).
Displays the cursor's location in the active Editor window (line and column numbers).
When a file is open (in an Editor window), the three boxes on the far-right side of the status bar
indicate the status of the following keyboard settings:
• OVR: Overwrite/Insert (OVR indicates that the keyboard is currently in overwrite mode – new
characters will replace or overwrite existing characters in the Editor).
• CAP: Caps Lock (CAPS indicates that the keyboard is currently in Caps Lock mode – all letters
typed will appear in upper case.
• NUM: Number Lock (NUM indicates that the 10-key number/arrow keypad is set to type
numbers – arrow functions are disabled).
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