Chapter 3 Windows and Menus
NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-6 ni.com
Filter Settings shows the filter settings for the current filter window.
Add Filter Window creates a new filter window and filter for the current
capture document.
Split Filter Window splits the filter window into a multi-paned filter
window.
Cascade Window arranges the open documents in a diagonal order.
Tile Window arranges two filter windows in vertical order.
Help opens the NI-FBUS online help utility.
Main Menu Bar
The main menu bar is at the top of the main window and lists all of the
operations that you can perform in the NI-FBUS Monitor. When you select
an item in the menu, a short help message describing the option appears in
the Status Bar at the bottom of the main window.
File Menu
The File menu allows you to open, save, print, and create new documents.
Following are descriptions of the File menu selections:
New Creates a new capture document.
Open Opens an existing capture document in
*.mon format. A text editor is included in
the NI-FBUS Monitor for opening *.txt
files.
Close Closes the current capture document.
Save Saves the current capture document.
Twosave formats are allowed: *.mon,
which saves captured and filtered data
to a binary file, and *.txt, which saves
captured and filtered data as a text file.