4.1.7 Inserting and Deleting Messages
You can insert a new message between existing messages by clicking once on a message below where you want to insert, then press the “Insert” key on your keyboard. The Message Editor also remembers the last message displayed, so double clicking on a blank spreadsheet row will allow you to copy a message. Delete a message by single clicking on the message row and pressing the “Delete” key on your keyboard.
4.1.8 Saving or Loading Message Lists
Message Center I2C message lists can be saved to, or loaded from, a disk file. To save the current message list, click FileSave on the menu bar. To open an existing message list, click FileOpen List on the menu bar.
Message lists are maintained in ASCII text files (*.IML) that can be edited manually or created with a
4.1.9 Send the Message List
An I2C message list can be sent manually, or automatically in response to an INT signal assertion (with INT signal supported adapters only). To send the list manually, click the Send button on the main application screen. To send the list in response to an INT signal assertion (low), enable the “/INT Signal Monitoring” checkbox, and check the “Send on /INT” checkbox. The list will be sent each time the INT signal is asserted.
The Message Center also supports the repeated sending of a message list. If the Auto Repeat checkbox is checked, a message list will automatically repeat upon completion.
4.1.10 Special Event Handling
The Message Center supports the early termination of a message list, and beep on special events. See the “Stop On” and “Beep On” controls on the main application screen of available options.
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