Hardware Settings

SCP hardware settings are accessible by pressing the CTRL+SHIFT+F1 keys. The default SCP settings are 19,200 baud, 8 bit byte size, No parity, 1 stop bit, 32x16 screen size, non-destructive menu mode. If any of these parameters are changed configuration changes are required on the IOS PC hosting the SCP.

Software Configuration Settings

Graphical interface to the software coniguration settings is currently unavailable from FSI-SUITE application, however manual registry setting changes will control SCP configuration. In general the comport settings must match the current hardware settings on the SCP and the specified page file must exist in the appropriate path. The refresh rate controls the rate at which data changes are presented on the SCP screen, acceptable values are 1-10. If any refresh rate outside this range is encountered in the registry the default rate of 5 is selected.

General Page Layout

The first page viewed is Main Menu, most pages can be accessed directly from this page by pressing the numeric button on the SCP keypad listed to the left of a page title.

The Back (F1) and Next (F5) buttons are relative to the order of the pages shown on the scp main menu page (NOT relative to the order the page is visited). On the OWNSHIP CONFIGURATION page the back button opens the MAIN MENU, on the very last page the next button opens the MAIN MENU.

The 0 button will return to the main menu from any of the pages listed on the main menu page at any time except when a data entry dialogue or sub-page is active. One must enter data or cancel out of these dialogues before making a page change.

The current page is always identified by the title centered on the top row of the SCP screen.

Triggering Events

On SCP pages all events are triggered by pressing the numeric button associated to the label on the left side of the SCP screen. Any one of three types of events may occur upon pressing the numeric value depending on the nature of the respective event. The symbol immediately following the numeric value associated to an event indicates the expected result to the user, the possible outcomes are:

• Data Entry Dialogue - A manual data entry dialogue is presented, the symbol for data entry dialogue is "?"



• Direct Selection - A functionality/device is toggled on or off or a value is set immediately , the symbol for data entry dialogue is "+"



• Association Dialogue - A sub-page is presented containing a set of possible answers associated to a numeric values, the symbol for association dialogue is "->".

Data Entry Dialogue

In type 1 modal dialogue a subsection of the page is used for data entry while display values continue to be updated on the rest of the page. The general format of dialogue is dialogue title on the 3rd from last row of screen, acceptable range minimum and maximum values on the 2nd from last row of the screen, and a blank area preceded by a > for data entry centered on the last row of screen.

A) During data entry dialogue activity some buttons on the SCP have special meaning, in particular :

B) the ENTER button will check the currently entered value against the configured ranges,

C) the ESC/Z key will immediately exit the dialogue with no change taking place,

D) the "/Y key will apply the currently entered values and clear the data entry line but not leave the current dialogue.

E) -/F and _/H will buttons input a negative sign IF the data entry line is currently empty

F) space/backsp will back over the preceding character and remove it from the entry.

G) </D will move the current cursor position to the left

H) >/E will move the current cursor position to the right

NOTE: You never have to use shift to get the -, ., backspace, escape, or left/right functionality. The button will produce the same results with or without the shift being pressed.

Direct Selection

When the button associated to a direct select event is triggered the SCP immediately attempts to modify a host value.

Association

Association dialogue is essentially a sub-page opened from an SCP page that provides association between numeric buttons and possible entries for the simulation attribute being modified. As soon as a numeric button is selected an attempt is made to modify the simulation attribute and the user is returned to the page from which the assocation dialogue was triggered.