Deleting An Object From A Graphics Plate; Adding A New Iq Component From A Graphics Plate; The Add Component Window - Crown AMB-5 User Manual

IQ–MSD Turbo 1.4 Advanced IQ System Software

3.4 Deleting an Object from a Graphics Plate

How do you get rid of an object that you no longer need? You remove it by positioning the pointer over it and
pressing A+x. When you do this, the object is not completely deleted. It is cut from the graphics plate and placed
in a clipboard in the computer's memory (displacing the previous contents of the clipboard). As long as the
clipboard has not changed, the object can be pasted back onto the graphics plate or container by moving the
pointer to an unused portion of the graphics plate or container and pressing A + v . Only one object can be
deleted at a time.
Important: There is no "Undo" function. This means that deleted objects cannot be restored unless they were
saved as part of the graphics plate prior to deletion. If they were saved, exit the graphics plate by pressing
X
and answering No to the prompt to save changes. This prevents deleted objects from being lost. Then, return to
the graphics plate with the Display control set to Memory and all previously saved objects will be restored.
Tip: Save often and make backup copies of your dataframe files so you can return to an earlier version in case
changes need to be undone.

3.5 Adding a New IQ Component from a Graphics Plate

It may be necessary to design a graphics plate for an IQ System without actually being connected to the system.
Or it may be necessary to design a graphics plate that includes an IQ component that is not yet installed or is not
"on line" in the system. Since the missing or "off line" IQ component will not be found during a roll call, you will have
to manually enter it by creating a control block for it. This can be done in the text control block screens. (Section
2.5.2 describes how to manually add a control block for a new IQ component that isn't yet on line in the system.)
It can also be done from a graphics plate with the Add Component window (Figure 3.21). Press A + a from a
graphics plate to open it.
Select the IQ component model from the list at the top of the window. Then enter the Crown Bus loop number and
the unit's IQ address number. Finally, click ({) on the OK button to create a control block for the component. The
new IQ component should now be available in the component lists of all Attribute windows in the graphics plate.
Fig. 3.21 The Add Component Window
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