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The parameters of the Axxon PSIM settings panel are described in the table.

No

Parameter name

Field type

Method of setting the parameter value

Description

Representation

Default value

Value range

1

The Core IP address field with Image Modified button.

Is set

Set on the Client

Type-in

Enter the value in the field/use the Image Modified button

Set

Sets the IP address of the Axxon PSIM server to which the psim_host.exe module is connected by default.
In case of pressing Image Modified

 button

button, IP address of the local computer is set

.


IP address

127.0.0.1

Depends on net settings of the Server. In case of connection failure dialog window requiring IP address is displayed

2

The

Keyboard prefix

field

 

Type-in

Enter the value in the field

Set

Sets the prefix for a special

key-board

keyboard. When a button is pressed on this key-board the Axxon PSIM detects when the button was pressed on this very

key-board

keyboard

Symbol

-

Usually, a tilde (~), code 126

The Logging subsystem group

3

The

Debug mode

dropdown list 

 

Select the value from the drop

Drop

-down list

item

Set

Sets the mode of the Axxon PSIM Debug window displaying (see The Debug window)


List of available modes of Debug window displaying

None

Disabled

Starting with weekly build 1.0.1.172, the Debug 4 mode is enabled by default. Before this build—Disabled is a default mode


DisabledDebug window is not displayed

.

Debug 1

Debug window is displayed  and a log

-

file containing recordings about modules errors is created

.

Debug 2

Debug window is displayed and a log

-

file containing recordings about modules errors and alerts is created

.

Debug 3

Debug window is displayed and a log

-

file containing recordings about all the modules events is created

.

Debug 4

Debug window is displayed and a log

-

file containing recordings about all the modules events, and also additional menu that is individual for each module (used by programmers) are created

.

4

The

Log-storing time (hours)

field

Type-in

Enter the value in the field

Set

Sets the time of keeping log files

Sequence

48 hours

> 0

5

The

Counters logging time (sec)

field

Type-in

Enter the value in the field

Assigns the time interval in seconds for logging processor load, memory usage, and disk usage

.

Sequence

60

Positive whole numbers not less than 60 and zero. If the value 0 is specified, sensor data is not included in the log file

.

6

The

Save logs

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables logs saving

Boolean type

Yes

Yes

– logs

—logs are saved

.

No

– logs

—logs are not saved

.

7

The

Redirect to debugger

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables the debugger

Boolean type

None

Yes

–the

—the debugger is in use

.

No

– the

—the debugger is not in use

.

8

The

Maximum size (MB)

field 

Type-in

Enter the value in the field

Defines the maximum size of RAM that log files can use. Log files are archived after that size is reached

.

Sequence

100 MB

>= 100

Values less than 100 Mb are ignored

.

The JPG and AVI files export path group

9

The Default (Axxon PSIM\

Exp-ort

Export)/Other switch

Set in the position

Set

Sets the folder for exported

files

frames from Axxon PSIM video archive (see Frame export)

-



Default (Axxon PSIM\Export)


Default (Axxon PSIM\Export)

– exported

—exported to the C:\Users\%current user name%\Documents\Axxon PSIM\export\ folder

Other – exported

Other—exported to the selected folder

10

The Other field with the Image Modified

 the  button

button

Click the button/

type-in

enter the value in the field

Set

Sets the

pathname

path name to the folder, where

files

frames from video archive are to be exported when the switch is set in the Other position

.

Note. The specified path will be applied to the ExportDir registry key located in HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\AxxonSoft\AxxonPSIM\Video (see Registry keys reference guide)

Path name

Pathname

-

-

11

The

Open folder

button

Click the button

Opens the current folder

to

for frame export

the  files

-

-
-

12
The
Record pathSet the checkbox
Checkbox

The checkbox

forbids export catalogue change while exporting the archive period as well as exporting the archive from AviExport utility

allows you to prohibit changing the export directory when exporting an archive period

Info
titleNote

The selected value is written to the ExportDirFixed registry key located in HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\AxxonSoft\AxxonPSIM\Video (see Registry keys reference guide).


Boolean typeNo

Yes

– export

—export catalogue change is forbidden

.

No – export
No—export catalogue change is allowed
.

No group

13

The

Receive uncompressed video

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables receiving uncompressed video from the Server. As a rule is set on the Client

Boolean type

No

Yes

– Client

—Client receives uncompressed video from the Server

No

– Client

—Client receives compressed video from the Server


14

The Enable

Event viewer over all windows

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables displaying the Event viewer window over all windows

.

Boolean type

No

Yes

– the

—the Event viewer window is displayed over all windows

.

No – the

No—the Event viewer  window is displayed if a corresponding screen is selected

15

The

Only local protocol

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables logging the events registered in the given computer to the Events protocol database.

Note. This parameter can be set on the settings panel of the Computer

object – see

object—see Configuring events logging

section.

Boolean type

No

Yes

– events

—events registered in the given computer are recorded to the Events protocol database

No

– all

—all required events are recorded to the Events protocol database


16
The
Sort tree objects by IDSet the checkbox
Checkbox

Enables sorting of objects in the tree by identifier.

Note 1. If sorting by name is chosen, and there are numbers in the object name, then the objects will be sorted in alphabetical order. For example, an object with the name "115" will be above the object with the name "15", because in the name "115" the second number is 1, and in the name "15" the second number is 5.

Note 2. This key also affects the sorting of objects in the tree when adding the objects to a layer in the Map Editor utility

.

Boolean typeNo

Yes

– objects

—objects in the tree are sorted by identifier

No

– objects

—objects in the tree are sorted by name

17

The

Disable protocol

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Disables events logging to the Event viewer database on this computer.

Note. This parameter can be set on the settings panel of the Computer

object – see

object—see Configuring events logging

section.

Boolean type

No

Yes

– events

—events are not logged to the Event viewer database

No

– events

—events are logged to the Event viewer database


18

The

Used memory dump

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables logging .dmp file with a copy of main memory with incorrect shutting down at least one of the system modules to the Axxon PSIM root folder

Boolean type

No

Yes

 – memory

—memory dump is created

No

– memory

—memory dump is not created

19

The Set

Support old scripts

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Enables the support of program tools in Axxon PSIM

Boolean type

No

Yes

– both

—both scripts and programs are supported

No

– only

—only scripts are supported


20

The Set

Time synchronization

Set the checkbox

Checkbox

Sets time synchronization of all computers in the distributed system with system time of this computer. Time is automatically synchronized at midnight every 24 hours or when Axxon PSIM is started on the Server that is the source of time synchronization

.

Boolean type

No

Yes

– synchronization

—synchronization is enabled

No

– synchronization

—synchronization is disabled


21

The

Overlay in Event protocol

dropdown list

Select the value from the drop

Drop

-down list

item

Set

Sets the overlay mode for processing the video signals that can be viewed with the help of the Event protocol object

Names of overlay modes

Overlay 2

None

– video

—video signals are not processed by video card

Overlay 1

– Direct3D

—Direct3D is used

Overlay 2

– DirectDraw

—DirectDraw is used

22

The

Application language

dropdown list

Select the value from the drop

Drop

-down list

item

Assigns the Axxon PSIM

Software System's

interface language

Names of installed languages

-

Depends on the set of installed languages. See Axxon PSIM Software System's interface language