Data for all lanes
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This material describes how messages are filtered for display on the Tolltex Message Analyzer. The focus is on date, time, lane, and specific text contained in each message.
This filtering can be performed from either messages loaded from individual sequential log files, or from data contained in the Oracle database.
The screen on the left shows data from all lanes displayed.
Selecting specific dates/times is made using the selection fields located on the left-side of the screen and clicking on the "Reload File" button. This is described below.
Pull-down Calendar
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To select by date, a pull-down calendar is presented in both the From Date and To Date selection fields. This eliminates typing errors associated with entering data through the keyboard. The current date is highlighted with a Red circle. Left and Right arrow keys move through the calendar by month and year. Clicking on a date automatically sets the date filter.
Time is also part of the filtering and Up/Down arrows allow hour, minute, second, and AM/PM to be set automatically.
Lane Pull-Down Selection
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Messages can also be filtered by lane through the use of a pull-down list of lane numbers.
In this example, only messages for lane 3 are displayed according to the From Date and To Date periods within the time range of 7:00:00 AM to 11:04:56 PM. This allows data to be examined for very specific date/time ranges and lanes.
Since the search is not performed until the "Reload File" button is clicked, any combination of filer selections can be made.
Setting Date/Time from Message List
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Date/Time can also be filtered by selecting messages from the body section of the screen. In this example, a message is highlighted and the "right mouse" button is pressed which allows that message to be set as either the From Date/time or the To Date/time. This allows the user to set the From date, then scroll through the list to select another message and set that to the To Date.
This screen also shows some messages with "Blue Dots". These are summary segment of duty record messages.
