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4.3.8 Status Bar

The Status Bar is where you can glimpse the current information of the port you have

selected. The Status Bar indicates whether the port is READY, RUNNING, BUSY or

STOPPED, N/A PORT and the configuration information such as baud rate, data bit,

stop bit, parity bit and flow control (represented as 1200 N 8 1 None) settings. Also

we can see the duration of the test in hh:mm:ss format on the right.

For information about specific messages on this area, please refer to Section 4.5,

Messages on the Status Bar and Message Logo area.

4.4 4.4 Using the ICOM Tools Utility

To launch the ICOM Tools testing utility, access Start/Programs/Advantech PCI

Comm Tools/COM Examine Tools to start the port testing utility.

4.4.1 4.4.1 Port Selection

Follow the steps below to make your port selection:

1. Launch ICOM Tools. You will first see the Program Window such as Figure 4.1.

Since you haven’t selected any port for testing yet, all you can see now is a

blank window area.

Figure 4.1 ICOM Tools program window

2. Select the port(s) you want to test by the Port/Select menu command or by

clicking the Port Select button on the Toolbar, and a dialog box such as Fig. 2

will appear.

Figure 4.2 Select Port dialog box

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