Advantech ADAMView Quick Start Manual page 16

1.4.3 Improved Setup/Uninstallation Utility
ADAMView 4.25 includes a comprehensive installation and uninstallation utility. After installing
ADAMView 4.25, it will create an Advantech Automation /ADAMView folder by default. It contains the
following icons: ADAMView Builder, ADAMView Runtime, ADAM Device Manager, Uninstall ADAMView,
ADAMView Help and Basic Script Help. If you wan to uninstall ADAMView, you simply click on the
Uninstall ADAMView icon. ADAMView, including program files, installation folders and Windows registry,
will be automaticallyremoved from your computer. You do not have to worry about deleting files manually.
1.4.4 Improved Robustness and Reliability
Program robustness and reliability have been improved considerably in this release. ADAMView 4.25
provides memory monitoring functions and protection against insufficient hard disk space during
continuous operation. In addition, there is also improved protection against improper use and hardware
failure.
(1) Memory Monitoring Functions
A new tag named "FreeSpace" has been added under "VIRTASK". It is used to monitor the free
memory space of the system when running. To enable this function, the user has to set a value in the
\Windows\ADAMView.INI file manually as follows:
[System]
MemoryCheck = 1
After adding this entry to the ADAMView.INI file you should open ADAMView and create a tag block.
Configure this tag block by selecting VIRTASK under the Display/Virtual Tag field, and then select
FreeSpace in the Tag Name field.
(2) Protect Historical Data Against Insufficient Hard Disk Space
In the Historical Trend Display, ADAMView will record the historical data to files by date. When
ADAMView is run continuously for long periods of time, there is a chance of running out of hard disk
space. To protect against this, ADAMView 4.25 removes the files generated by Historical Trend Display
automatically. It automatically removes historical files that are older than 30 days by default. Users
can change this period by setting "HistDaysAgo" under the [System] section in the
\Windows\ADAMView.INI files as follows:
[System]
HistDaysAgo = 15
This modification will cause ADAMView will remove historical files that are older than 15 days.
Note: If you want to keep all historical files, you should set "HistDaysAgo = 0". ADAMView will not
remove any historical files.
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