Chapter 4 Operation
4-2. Main Window

4-2-5. Tools Menu


Control Grid

On this submenu, you can display status information on crosspoints at the specified level.



List of icons

Level Dialog:
To switch the Display/Take/Status tabs ON (display) or OFF (don't display).

When ALL is selected on the Display tab the display mode for crosspoints is switched to List mode.

Take Dialog:
To display the Take dialog box.



You can select and take crosspoints in the Take dialog box.

Protect:
To protect a crosspoint selected by clicking on the grid.

Take:
To take a crosspoint selected by clicking on the grid.
If "Double Click" is selected in "Take Control" under the Miscellaneous tab of the Setup dialog box, you can take a crosspoint by directly double-clicking on it.

Exit:
To quit Control Grid.

Interval Status Sense:
This is enabled only when RS-232C connections have been made.
If you click on the check box, crosspoint status data will be periodically read.

Read Status:
To read crosspoint status data.


Prototypes for Panels

On this submenu, you can create a prototype for the control panel.
You can create, edit, and delete Buttons, Available Destinations, Selectable Sources, and Routes.

Buttons commonly used in all setting pages (valid for all settings):
"OK" button:
To quit this submenu with all settings validated.
"Cancel" button:
To quit this submenu and abandon your new settings.
"Apply" button:
To validate any new settings (process continued).


Buttons setting page


"Add Prototype" button:
To create a new prototype.
When you click on this button, a new No. and a temporary Description are added to the Prototypes box.

By clicking on a temporary Description, the corresponding Description name can be changed.

"Delete Prototype" button:
By clicking on the button, the selected prototype can be deleted.

Button assignment boxes:
Allocate signals (Source, Destination,Phantom) to the buttons as follows:
  1. Click on a button assignment box to which a signal is to be allocated.
  2. Double-click on a signal or phantom name on the Source, Destination or Phantom list in Selections.

Repeat the above procedures until all the necessary signals are allocated to the control panel buttons.


Available Destinations setting page



"Add Prototype" button:
To create a new prototype. One prototype covers a Destination Size specified on the Virtual Matrix setting page of the Setup dialog box from Destination No.1 on the Available Destinations list.

If you click on this button, a new No. and a temporary Description are added to the Prototypes box.
By clicking on a temporary Description, the Description name can be changed.

"Delete Prototype" button:
By clicking on this button, the selected prototype can be deleted.

Available Destinations list:
The availability of each Destination can be switched by clicking on the check box to the left of each No.

Available check box:
To simultaneously switch the availability of several Destinations, select the desired Destination numbers (see below) and click this check box.

Selection of several Destinations on the list:
To select consecutive boxes, click on the first Destination you wish and to select, point to the last Destination you wish to select, while holding down the Shift key, click on it.

To select discontinuous boxes, click on the first Destination you wish to select, then point to the next Destination you wish to select, and while holding down the Ctrl key, click on it.
Select all Destinations you wish one by one in the same manner.

Repeat the above procedures until all the necessary signals are allocated to each button.


Selectable Sources setting page



"Add Prototype" button:
To create a new prototype.
If you click on this button, a new No. and a temporary Description are added to the Prototypes box.
By clicking on a temporary Description, the Description name can be changed.

"Delete Prototype" button:
By clicking on this button, the selected prototype can be deleted.

Selectable Sources list:
To specify Sources and Destinations:
Select a terminal name from the Source or Destination list in Selections on the right of the window, then drag and drop it into a Source or a Destination box on the Selectable Sources list.

To delete a Selectable Source:
Click on a Selectable Source you wish to delete from the Selectable Sources list, then click on the "Delete Selectable Sources" button.

Create necessary prototypes by referring to the above.

"Create Available Destinations" button:
To automatically create an Available Destinations list and add it to the Prototypes list of the Available Destinations setting page.
On the Available Destinations list to be created, the Destination terminal names contained on the Selectable Sources list of the prototype selected from the Prototypes list on this setting page are ON (Available), and other Destination terminal names are OFF (Not Available).

"Create Description Name Group" button:
To automatically create a Description Name Group and add it to the Groups list of the Description Name Groups setting page in the Terminal Name Configuration window.
The Description Name Group to be created contains terminal names on the Selectable Sources list of the prototype selected from the Prototypes list on this setting page.


Routes setting page



"Add Prototype" button:
To create a new prototype.
If you click on this button, a new No. and a temporary Description are added to the Prototypes list.
By clicking on a temporary Description, the Description name can be changed.

"Delete Prototype" button:
By clicking on this button, the selected prototype can be deleted.

Select a number you wish to set from the Routes list first, then click on a Route Destination, Source, or Destination box of the number.

Click on to display the pulldown menu, then select a desired terminal name.

The availability of Levels 1 to 8 can be switched ON and OFF (no mark/x) by double-clicking on the corresponding level boxes.

You can also assign a terminal name by drag-and-drop of a terminal name from the Srce or Dest list on the right in the window, or by checking the check boxes on the Level list.

Set the necessary items on the Routes setting page referring to the above.


UMD Strings

On this submenu, up to 200 UMD strings can be registered and edited.

Note: This setting is available only when your Routing Switcher System contains the BKS-R3280 or BKS-R3281.

UMD String Configuration

"Send To Panel" button:
To send UMD strings to the control panel.

"Brightness" button:
To select brightness.

"Left LED" button:
To switch on/off the Left LED, and to select the luminescent color.

"Right LED" button:
To switch on/off the Right LED, and to select the luminescent color.

"Reload" button:
To reload UMD strings

"Exit" button:
To quit UMD Strings.


Password Setup

On this submenu, you can register new users and passwords to limit operable items of BZR-2000 to users other than the Administrator.

Thus, security is assured when several users use this program.

When you first start the program after installation, you can make all the settings for BZR-2000 as the Administrator.

If you register new users, every time you start the program afterward or if you click on Logoff (L), the logon dialog box is displayed, which enables the Administrator to manage other users.

Password Setup

In the initial status, only the Administrator and the Guest are registered.

"Add" button:
To register a new user, click on this button.
When any of the users on the Users list is selected, the following operations are available.

"Copy" button:
To copy registration data for the selected user to another user to be newly registered.

"Delete" button:
To delete a registered user from the Users list.

"Modify" button:
To modify registration data for the selected user on the Users list.

Password Setup

User:
Enter a user's name.

Description:
A comment for the user can be entered.

Password:
Enter a password for the user.

Confirm Password:
To confirm you did not make a typing error when entering the password, enter the same password again.

Prototypes group box:
Name Groups、Available Destinations、Selectable Sources の各リストの If you check the check boxes in the Name Group, Available Destinations, and Selectable Sources lists, the checked items become available to the user.

Permitted Functions list:
Operable functions for the user can be limited.
The user cannot use the functions not checked.



Datebase Operations

On this submenu, you can copy or delete databases of BZR-2000.

Datebase Operations

Current Folder:
To select a database to be used.
"New" button:
To create a new database filled with default data.
"Duplicate" button:
To create a copy of the database selected from the Database List.
"Copy From" button:
To assign a file from which a database is to be copied.
"Copy To" button:
To assign a file to which a database is to be copied.
"Delete" button:
To delete the database selected from the Database List.
The database selected in Current Folder cannot be deleted.
"Import" button:
To read the information on terminal names, or the data backed up with the BZR-20.
A file for the information on terminal names is a CSV (Comma Separated Values) format file. Type name, Level Name, Type + Number name or Description Name of Source or Destination must be written. Type + Number name or Description Name is not necessarily for all terminals. The format is the same as that output with the "Export" button.

The following data files backed up with the BZR-20 can be imported.

File nameData
SBUS_STD.DAUS-BUS Table data
SBUS_NME.DAU Description Name (Source & Destination) data
SBUS_GPH.DAUGlobal Phantom data
SBUS_INH.DAUInhibit Table data
SBUS_LVG.DAU Physical Assignment data
SBUS_TLN.DAUTie Line data
SBUS_SGP.DAUSource Assignment data

Import Menu When you click in the "Import" button, the menu right appears, and you can select the imported item.
Location data of the primary station, data of the secondary stations, and data of the third-level devices connected to the BZR-IF310 connot be imported.
"Export" button:
To output the information on terminal names, or the registrated device list to a CSV format file. The CSV format is general data format supported by calcuration software such as Microsoft Excel.
"Delete" button:
To delete the database selected from the Data List.
The database selected in Current Folder cannot be deleted.
"From Device" button:
To receive all setting data of the primary station to the BZR-2000.
"To Device" button:
To send all setting data of the primary station from the BZR-2000.
New Database:
To receive data to the database independent from that being operated. This functions for receiving only.
Include Secondaries:
To specify whether receiving/sending data is enabled or not on the secondary stations. This functions for both receiving and downloasendding.


View Log

On this submenu, you can check the log files.

Note: This command is operable only when the S-BUS connections have been made.

View Log

You can select a log file by selecting History from Menu.

Log History



Terminal

On this submenu, you can start a program assigned as a terminal emulator on the Miscellaneous setting page of the Setup dialog box.