Status Bar

Menu Help

All of the status bar except the three panes described below is used to display help on menu items. When no menu item is selected, it displays "For help, press F1." If a menu item is selected, or the cursor is over a toolbar button, then a brief line of help is displayed here.

Communication

This pane displays the current communication path and its state. Example communication paths include "COM1," "COM2," and "192.168.0.23". Double-click this pane to display the Communication tab of the Options dialog box, and right-click this pane to display a shortcut menu with many common communication-related commands. See Connecting RMCWin to an RMC for details.

The communication path can be in one of the following states:

Closed

RMCWin is not connected to an RMC, and it is not using the communication path at all.

Offline

RMCWin is not connected to an RMC, but it is polling the communication path for an RMC to become available.

Connecting

RMCWin detected an RMC, but is in the process of connecting and validating the RMC configuration.

Online

RMCWin is currently connected to an RMC.

Loader

RMCWin is currently connected to an RMC, but the RMC is running its loader firmware. The only operation allowed in the loader is downloading new firmware. See Downloading New Firmware for details on updating the firmware.

Read/Write

This pane indicates whether the Command and Parameter areas of the main display are in read-back or write mode. Double-clicking this pane will toggle between Read-back and Write modes. Refer to Read-back versus Write Mode for a details on these modes.

CAP

This pane indicates whether the CAPS LOCK key is toggled on or off. If this pane is blank, then CAPS LOCK is not enabled. Otherwise, it will display CAP.