Use the Database page to import external databases. Databases are a set of pre-defined channels for predefined types of hardware or connectors. Currently SomtXR supports CAN databases. Only users with the “Databases” privileges can to import, edit, and delete databases.
All databases already imported display in the Databases list. This is a tree like interface where databases are grouped by their hardware type. You can navigate around existing databases simply by clicking the database name (or type). The current database displays with a solid blue band over the name. To the right of the list, the database contents display.
Databases are very similar to setup configurations as far as structure goes. They have summary information that contains fairly static information describing the database, as well as a list of channels with configuration parameters. This panel shows the database contents using a typical read-only Spreadsheet Interface style.
You can change some of the database’s static information including the database name and title. The name must conform to the standard setup name rules. This means that it cannot include any of the following characters: ''', '"', '\t', '/', '\', '|', ','
The content for the database varies depending on the type you select. Different hardware contains different parameters that can be configured. Different data from one database may not be the same as another. What is constant is that they all have summary information as well as channel and parameter data. The spreadsheet interface is very generic that knows nothing about the channels it contains. There are no special rules or logic in the rendering of this table. Columns are created and display as they exist in the imported database.
The Task Pane contains four buttons to administer databases – Import, Delete, Save, and Cancel
Previously imported databases display in the databases list. Click Databases and click the database name to display the contents.
You cannot change databases directly and all information displays in the content panel as read-only. You can edit channels during test configuration.
You can import a database file from any local or external device, such as a thumb drive. In any case, the file must be visible from the client machine. Once imported, the new database displays in the list under the appropriate hardware type.
To import a database, click Import in the Task Pane. Browse for and select the database file and click Import. Once imported, the new database displays in the databases list.
NOTE
Only the contents of the file (configuration) and not the actual database loads on the CX23-R device.
See help on Import Database for more information.
To delete a database, select the desired database and click Delete. If user preferences state that confirmations are required, confirm the delete at the prompt.
Once deleted, the first database in the list becomes the current database. You cannot restore a databases you delete but must re-import the file. However, you lose any changes made to the summary information and need to manually edit it.
Click Save if you made any changes to the database name or title. Save makes all changes to the current database permanent.
Click Cancel to revert any changes made to the current database back to its last state (as it existed before you made any changes). A prompt displays to indicate the changes made will be lost if you choose to continue.
Once you make changes to a database configuration, you must save the information before navigating away from that database record. If attempting to navigate away while unsaved changes exist, a warning message displays. Continuing from here will not save the changes and they will be lost.