Loading Project Data - Solid State Logic SL 9000 J Series Operator's Manual

Projects

Loading Project Data

Loading information from (and saving information to) projects is all handled by the
Project Manager pop-up. Stab on Settings in the Project menu or press the dedicated
PROJECT SETTINGS button in the "DISPLAY" section of switches on the computer
front panel. The screen will now look similar to that shown opposite.
The pop-up comprises of a list of elements stored within the current Project File with,
to the right, the version numbers of these elements. To the left of the list is a scroll bar
which provides access to more Project elements. For a description of all the elements
held in a Project File, please see Page 2-11.
Note that the list can be shortened by use of the Mini function. See Page 2-13 for more
details.
The right hand side of the pop-up comprises four columns that are used to select any
or all of the elements for a Load, Save, or Clear, or to Safe (Write Protect) mode. Clear
clears the data residing in RAM for any element, and sets the cleared element(s) back
to a factory-set default (this can be extremely useful when you start working with
Switch Groups – see Section 5). The purpose of Load, Save and Safe are all described
in the following paragraphs.
Currently selected elements will show a box with a tick. Individual boxes will toggle
their state (tick or cross) with each stab of the pen. The process that you action, eg.
Load, Save etc., will ignore any element with a cross next to it. Flip provides a global
switch between states.
Note that the state of ticks and crosses in the Load, Save, Clear and Safe columns is
Project File specific. When you change to a different Project File, the last settings for
that file will be restored.
If you wish to load all the elements of a Project File that you have selected to be
current, check that they all have a tick in the Load column (remember to scroll to the
hidden elements) and stab on Load. Progress and any problems with the loading
process will be indicated in the status bar.
Note that there is a Load box in the Project menu that can be used without having to
access the Settings pop-up. A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm your request.
Unless you are absolutely sure, however, which elements you will load when you stab
on this, you are advised to select PROJECT SETTINGS (or Settings) first. For more
detail on the Settings pop-up see Page 2-13.
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