Linear PERS-4200 Series manual Menu Bar, Drop-down Menu Items and Icons

10.3 The Menu Bar

The menu bar provides access to each of the programs sub-menus. The icons below the menu bar are used to open, save, and print subscriber Account Templates and perform various actions with the PERS-4200 Console.

Drop-down Menu Items and Icons

The sub-menus that can be accessed from the Menu Bar are:

File

NEW

Opens a blank Account Template. The common Console default values are already fi lled in.

OPEN

Loads a saved Account Template into the RA4200 workspace. Only one Account Template can be open at a time in the RA4200 workspace.

SAVE

Saves the open Account Template to the hard drive. A warning dialog will be displayed if the template will overwrite the existing fi le.

PRINT / PREVIEW

Opens the account information print preview window to allow printing of the active Account Template. Shows what will be printed on the screen with options to zoom in or print the document. Resulting printout is the entire content of the Account Template fi le and the Console’s event log in text format.

EXIT

Closes the RA4200 program. If the Account Template has changed, you will be asked if you want to save it.

Communication

CONNECT

Opens the Send/Receive window. Uses the telephone number and password from the open template. Sets up and starts a modem or COM port (local with USB) connection.

DISCONNECT

Terminates the connection between the RA4200 program and the PERS-4200 Console.

GET CONSOLE

Retrieves the Account Template from the PERS-4200 Console that is currently connected to the RA4200 program.

GET LOG

Retrieves the Event Log from the PERS-4200 Console that is currently connected to the RA4200 program.

SET CONSOLE

Sends the Account Template from the RA4200 program to the PERS-4200 Console that is currently connected.

CONSOLE TIME

Opens the Set Time window. This function can be used to set the date and time or get the date and time of the Console currently connected to the program. Daylight saving time can be enabled or disabled, and the start and end weeks of daylight saving time can be adjusted.

Tools

CLEAR EVENT LOG

Deletes the logged events from the connected PERS-4200 Console.

TEST IP REPORTING

Sends a test IP message from the Console to the central station. Requires a modem or USB connection to the Console, and an Internet connection.

IMPORT OR EXPORT FILE VIEWER

For reading the content of an *.ra3 export fi le, or an *.ra5 import fi le.

EXPORT FILE TO VOICE GATEWAY

Creates an *.ra3 export fi le from the template that is currently open in the RA4200 and send it to the Linear Voice Gateway (LVG) server. This feature requires an internet connection. The LVG server supplies the fi le to Console via the Console’s cellular module.

RETRIEVE IMPORT FILE FROM VOICE GATEWAY

Retrieves an *.ra5 import fi le from the Linear Voice Gateway (LVG) server. This feature requires an internet connection. The LVG server supplies the fi le to the PC for storage.

MERGE IMPORT (*.RA5 / *.RA6) or EXPORT (*.RA3) FILE

Merges data from an import fi le into the current open template in RA4200. Open the appropriate template (*.ra1) fi rst before attempting a merge function. Data from an import fi le will overwrite current input fi elds in the opened template (be sure to save the template after merging). Merging an export fi le with the current open template in RA4200 is also allowed supported.

Toolbox

PANEL FIRMWARE UPDATE (DfuSe)

Opens the download tool which supports upgrading the system and vocabulary fi rmware of a PERS-4200 Console and the fi rmware of the UMTS-3G cellular module.

Help

CONTENTS

Opens the help Contents search window. Used for accessing the RA4200 program’s built-in help fi le. Function key F1 also accesses the help fi le.

ABOUT RA4200

Displays the version number of the RA4200 software.

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