The Run-time Toolbar

The Run-time toolbar is shown below:

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The Run-time toolbar contains buttons that are shortcuts to dialog boxes for viewing driver configurations and statistics.

Toolbar button

Function

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Start – Starts the driver. Enabled only when the driver is not running.

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Stop – Stops the driver. Enabled only when the driver is running.

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Configuration – Displays the properties of the object selected in the Power Tool’s browser. These properties appear in the Properties Viewer.

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Statistics – Displays the statistics of the object selected in the Power Tool’s browser. The statistics appear in the Properties Viewer and are read-only.

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Reset – Resets the statistics of the object currently selected in the Tree Browser. This button is available only when the Power Tool is in Statistics Mode. Click the Statistics button shown above to enable Statistics Mode.

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Template – Lets you enter defaults for the driver and its servers, groups, and items.

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Setup – Lets you select the statistics refresh rates, enter defaults for the I/O driver configuration file name and path, and make advanced settings.

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OLE I/O Server – Lets you select an OLE server.

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I/O Server Event Window – Shows and hides the driver’s server windows. Using the server event window, you can display the information that the driver logs during execution. This information includes operational messages from the OPC Client.