The settings panel of the PSIM section

1

IP address

127.0.0.1

Depends on the server network settings. In case of connection failure, the dialog window requesting the IP address is displayed

2

IP address

NA

NA

3

The Keyboard prefix field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the prefix for the special keyboard. It allows Axxon PSIM to detect commands received from special keyboards

Character

NA

Usually, a tilde (~), code 126

The Logging subsystem group

4

The Debug mode drop-down list

Select the value from the list

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

List of available debug window display modes 

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

• Disabled—debug window isn't displayed.
• Debug 1—debug window is displayed, and the log file containing recordings about module errors is created.
• Debug 2—debug window is displayed, and the log file containing recordings about module errors and alerts is created.
• Debug 3—debug window is displayed, and the log file containing the recordings of all module events is created.
• Debug 4—debug window is displayed, and the log file containing the recordings of all module events, as well as the additional set of parameters that is individual for each module (used by programmers), is created

5

The Time of log keeping (hours) field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the time of keeping log files

Sequence of numbers

48 hours

> 0

6

The Counters logging period (s) field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the time interval in seconds during which the information on the processor, memory, and disk load is entered in the log file

Sequence of numbers

60

Integer positive numbers not less than 60 and zero. If you set the 0 value, the sensor data isn't included in the log file

7

The Keep logs checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the system events recording to log files

Boolean type

Set

Set—events are saved in log files

Clear—events aren't saved in log files

8

The Forward to debugger checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the debugger

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the debugger is used

Clear—the debugger isn't used

9

The Maximum size (MB) field

Enter the value in the field

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

Sequence of numbers

100 MB

>= 100.

Values less than 100 Mb are ignored

The Path for export of JPG files group

10

The Default switch

Set in the position

Sets the path to the frames export folder from the Axxon PSIM video archive (see Frame export)

NA

By default (full path to the export folder C:\Users\%current username%\Documents\Axxon PSIM\Export\)

Default—export is performed to the (the full path is specified) C:\Users\%current username%\Documents\Axxon PSIM\Export\ folder
The filed path to the export folder is unavailable for editing

Other—export is performed to the selected folder, the filed path to the folder is available for editing

11

Enter the value in the field

Path to the folder

NA

NA

Click the button

Path to the folder

NA

NA

NA

13

The Record path checkbox

Set the checkbox

Boolean type

Set—export folder change is forbidden

Clear—export folder change is allowed

Out of the group

14

The Receive uncompressed video checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables receiving the uncompressed video from the server. As a rule, you can configure it on the client

Boolean type

Clear

Set—client receives the uncompressed video from the server

Clear—client receives the compressed video from the server

15

The Event protocol over all windows checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables displaying the Event protocol interface window over all windows

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Event protocol interface window is displayed over all windows

Clear—the Event protocol interface window is displayed if you select the corresponding screen

16

The Only local protocol checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables logging the information on events registered on the given computer to the event protocol database.

Note. You can also set this parameter on the settings panel of the Computer object—see Configuring event logging

Boolean type

Clear

Set—only events registered on the given computer are logged to the event protocol database

Clear—all required events are logged to the event protocol database

Enables sorting of objects in the tree by identifier.

Note 1. If you select sorting by name and there are numbers in the object name, then sorting is performed in alphabetical order. For example, an object with the name "115" is 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 checkbox also affects the sorting of objects in the tree when you add objects to a layer in the Map Editor utility

Set—objects in the tree are sorted by identifier

Clear—objects in the tree are sorted by name

18

The Disable protocol checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables event logging to the event protocol database on this computer.

Note. You can also set this parameter on the settings panel of the Computer object—see Configuring event logging

Boolean type

Clear

Set—events aren't logged to the event protocol database

Clear—events are logged to the event protocol database

19

The Used memory dump checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables saving the .dmp file with a copy of all RAM content of at least one system module to the Axxon PSIM root folder in case of incorrect shutdown

Boolean type

Clear

Set—memory dump is created

Clear—memory dump isn't created

The Old scripts support checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the support of Program objects in Axxon PSIM

Boolean type

Clear

Set—both the Scripts and Programs objects are supported

Clear—only the Scripts objects are supported, the Programs objects aren't available in the System settings window

21

The Time synchronization checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the time synchronization of the computers that are included in the distributed system with the 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

Clear

Set—time is synchronized

Clear—time isn't synchronized

22

The Overlay in event protocol drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the overlay mode for processing video signals that can be viewed using the Event protocol object

Names of overlay modes

Overlay 2

None—video signals aren't processed by the video card

Overlay 1—Direct3D is used

Overlay 2—DirectDraw is used

23

The Application language drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Axxon PSIM interface language

Names of installed languages

English (United States)

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