Managing Message Windows  

This procedure describes how to manage the kinds of windows that may be giving you data during a simulation.  For instance, when running Jog, an output window may be displayed stating that a point is unreachable.  In addition, Data Readout output can be controlled by the Message Window Manager .

This procedure describes how to manage those windows so that the user is not inundated with data. 
This is a shared command.  You can access it while the simulation command is active.  It deactivates the command currently running.  After closing the Message Window Manager , the command running when you clicked the Message Window Manager is reactivated.

  1.  Click the Message Window Manager .

    The Message Window Manager dialog box appears:

  2. Select the button representing the option you prefer.

    Show all Pops up all existing windows
    Hide all Hides all existing windows
    Clear all Deletes all data from message windows that have been receiving data throughout the simulation (e.g., regarding the reachability of a tag).
    Restore all Restores all the windows to their initial size.
    Minimize all Minimizes all windows so that they are merely represented by a bar with a name, and maximize and close buttons.
    Maximize all Maximizes all windows.
    During the simulation, you can alter your selection.  You can also selectively minimize, maximize, or clear individual windows by using the controls provided by each window.

Filtering Output Messages
Output messages generated by specific devices during simulations have a Filter button added.  All output messages are assigned one of four interest levels (in ascending order of severity):  Info, Warning, Error, Fatal Error.
 

  1. Click the Filter button on the output message window:

    The Filter dialog box appears:

  2. Select the levels of data you want to see (use Ctrl to select more than one level; the default value is all levels), and click OK button.
The filter applies to the output window for the particular device.  In the example above, the Output Window for the robot 503HW14T, will be filtered.  Filtering the output for this device does not affect the output from other devices.
During the simulation, if a message is sent to the message window and the severity of this message does not match the selected filter, this message is not be displayed.  It is, however, be maintained.  Consequently, if the user later changes the active filter, all messages corresponding to the new filter are be displayed in the order they have occurred (assuming that you have not cleared the messages using the Clear button from the message window or the Clear All button from the Message Window Manager ).