User preferences
Each user can change the user preferences to individually customize the web interface.
Select User options > Preferences to view User Preferences.
All user preferences take effect immediately and persist until they are changed or removed. Preferences follow the user, not the session, browser or machine.

User preferences can be exported to be loaded into other compatible systems or to restore preferences after a system reset.
To export user settings, click Export in User preferences. Enter a file name for the preferences file and click Export. To load a saved preferences file, click Import in User preferences and select the saved file.
To reset user preferences to factory default, click Reset. This affects the current user only.

- Show non-applicable columns: Deselect to hide columns in the Grid interface that are not applicable to the current channels or selected parameters. When selected, these cells display as "N/A."
- Show list values indicator: Select to show which entries in a grid view are defined from a list of valid values. When deselected, the indicator is hidden.
- Select cell text on focus: Select to automatically select all the text in an editable grid cell when it gains focus. Use this setting to replace cell values instead of append text to existing cell values.
- Auto start charts in Single channel editor: Select to automatically start the Single channel editor chart display when the Edit dialog window is created. Deselect this option if you do not want this behavior, which will require clicking on the Apply button to start the chart displays after the dialog window is created.

- System logs page size: Specify a value between 1‑1000 to limit the number of entries per page in the System logs. The default value is 50.
- Minimize log page: Deselect to open the System logs panel as a maximized page by default. When selected, the log panel opens as a smaller display. Resize the panel manually using the minimize and maximize buttons on the panel itself.


- Default number of decimals: Set the default number of decimal places shown on digital meters. There are several options for overriding the default value.
- To override the number of decimals on a per channel basis, set the Decimals parameter in the Input channels grid.
- To override the number of decimals on a Single channel digital meter, set the number of decimal places from the chart menu.
- To override the number of decimals for all channels with a range min/max defined, select the Use significant digits when Range min/max values are defined option and set the Significant digits preference.
- Use significant digits when Range min/max values are defined: If selected, the number of decimals for channels with Range min and Range max values is automatically set based on the Significant digits preference.
- Significant digits: When the Use significant digits when Range min/max values are defined option is selected, set the number of significant digits to display. For example
- With Significant digits set to 5 and a channel defined with a Range min of ‑5 kN and a Range max of 5 kN, the digital meter displays four decimal places (e.g. 2.3593, 0.3247).
- With Significant digits set to 5 and a channel defined with a Range min of ‑5000 N and a Range max of 5000 N, the digital meter displays one decimal place (e.g. 2359.3, 324.7).

Select a checkbox to show data processing unit information (CPU load, Storage, Memory or LEDs) in the status bar. Deselect a checkbox to hide information.

Change the charts settings to define the default characteristics of new charts in the Test control page.
- Width: Enter a value of 200 pixels or more. The default is 300.
- Height: Enter a value of 200 pixels or more. The default is 300.
- Auto scale: Select to automatically scale the y-axis based on the current and past data points. When deselected, the y-axis is defined by the min and max values supplied in the channel configuration. Depending on the min and max values, the chart may still opt to auto scale.
- Grid lines: Select to show chart grid lines. When deselected, the grid lines are not displayed.
- Color order: Arrange the colors to determine the order in which colors are assigned to new channels. Drag and drop or use the arrows to re-order the colors.
- Background: Select either black or white as the background color for new charts. The default is white.
- Deactivate charts when viewing other pages: Select this option to reduce CPU usage when viewing pages other than the Test control page during a test run. Returning to the Test control page reactivates the charts, but all historical chart data is lost. When unselected, the charts continue to run until the test is stopped.
- Maintain aspect ratio for video displays: This is selected by default so video displays retain their aspect ratio (such as 4:3) when their size is changed. If this is not selected, the image in video displays may distort when video display size is changed.

The live updates settings define the default behavior of new test setups. For existing setups or to override the defaults, change the settings in Test setup.
NOTE
If a channel sample rate is less than the refresh rate, the value is only updated at the lower sample rate.
- Live updates refresh rate: Specify the rate that live data refreshes on the hardware and input channel pages when live updates are running.
- Live updates always on: Select this option to automatically start live updates when the test setup is saved. Live updates can be stopped and started manually at any time when a test is not running. If not selected, live updates must be started manually.
- Include resampled message channels: Select this option to show live updates for resampled channels such as CAN, GPS and system channels.
- Include computed channels: Select this option to show live updates for computed channels.

Some non-critical confirmation dialogs may be turned off by deselecting the checkbox by the description. This is recommended only for advanced users.
Confirmation dialogs for critical actions, such as firmware updates affecting all users, cannot be turned off.
The default for all actions in the list is to show a confirmation dialog. Selecting the Reset button will revert back to the default state of showing a confirmation dialog.
Test configuration
- Remove channel
- Delete DataMode
- Export setup with changes
- Export setup with errors
- Copy/Paste tip
- Equivalent strain warning
Test run
- Other users logged in warning
- Networked modules warning
System configuration
- Delete database channel
- Delete user
- Delete profile
- Delete network
- Delete mail server
- Delete FTP server
- Set time using PC
- Set time using GPS
Miscellaneous
- Purge logs
- Abort setup task for another session
- Delete displays view
- Header collect change
- HTTP usage warnings

- Compress files when downloading: Select to have SIE files compressed “on the fly” and automatically decompressed by the web browser. Selecting this option can either significantly reduce or significantly increase SIE download time based on multiple factors. See the Operational notes topic Compressed SIE file downloads for more information on this preference.