System View and Device Info

With the datastore opened and the System View button pushed at the bottom of the screen, it will show the SC4/400 controller and any control panels that are connected to that specific controller, that have been put in the working view. This is called the document view. This view of all the icons can either be in ‘Normal’ view or it can be seen in a smaller view in order to show more panels. ‘Small icon View’ will have about nine panel icons across each row compared to only seven icons in ‘Normal’ view. Note: ‘Small icon View’ will also decrease the viewing size of the fonts while in any of the panel configuration files. This can make the view of the buttons and other names more legible in some cases.

There is also the ability to see the device description name of the controller and panels underneath the assigned name of the icon. This is a feature that allows for more details to be added along with the name on a device by device basis, which is discussed at the end of this section.

The view of the icons should be ‘Normal’ when the datastore is first created. Click ‘View’ from the top menu selection and verify that the ‘Small icon View’ is not checked. If it is checked, then it will show the devices about half the normal size. The following figures will show the example of both the ‘Normal’ view and ‘Small icon View’.