Ssc3 Configuration Screens - Right Mouse Click Functions - PESA Cougar 3 User Manual

In order to view or modify the currently active configuration file loaded into the SSC3 controller, you
must upload the configuration file from the active system controller by one of two methods:
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Select the Upload from Controller command from the System Controller File commands
menu as shown in Figure 5-13.
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Select any command from the SSC3 Configuration menu trees and you will be prompted with a
decision box giving you the option to upload the current configuration file from the SSC3
modules flash memory.
Until you have performed one of these two actions, there is no "working" file data loaded into Cattrax,
and every time you select any configuration menu item, with no configuration file loaded, you will be
prompted with a decision box to upload the current configuration file from the controller.
As most configuration data is entered or modified through Cattrax menu commands, it is stored on the
host PC – and only on the host PC. Changes entered do not get saved to a file, written to the system
controller, or become active, until the operator issues a command through Cattrax to either save or
download the configuration data. Once a configuration file is created or modified, use the "Download
to Controller" command in the SSC3 File Commands menu to immediately download the file to the
system controller hardware and activate the configuration changes.
It is not necessary to have an active connection between the host computer and the system controller to
create and save a configuration file. But in order to download a configuration, upload the current
configuration file from the controller or to perform any status monitoring or maintenance/diagnostics
procedures the host PC must have a viable communication interface with the video frame.
Each configuration file will be different to satisfy a specific system requirement. However, the
following are some basic steps that are common to building each router configuration file.
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Assign System Operating Parameters.
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Set up Levels and Components for the application.
•
Define and assign Sources and Destinations for each level that correspond to external
equipment connected to the router.
•
Define special application functions such as Source-to-Destination Blocks and Salvo Groups.
•
Configure PNet Control Panels and define specific application functions to configurable control
panel keys.
5.14 SSC3 C
ONFIGURATION
As with most other applications based on the Microsoft Windows® operating system, Cattrax contains
several application-specific functions for various configuration command or data entry operations that
are accessed by clicking the right mouse button and selecting the desired operation. Functions and
commands presented on the right click menu vary greatly between screens and data entry cells or fields.
The example shown by Figure 5-20 illustrates a typical menu for Cougar3 specific data entry editing
and short-cut functions. Not all commands shown below will appear on every right-click menu.
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