SpecView User Manual for Version 3.1

Introduction
- Privacy Notice
- Introduction to SpecView
- Minimum Requirements for running SpecView
- Windows Evergreen
- How to use the Help/Manual
Licensing of SpecView
- Demo Mode
- Comparison of USB License Dongle with Soft License
- Soft License
- Upgrading and Updating
  - Upgrading Licenses
    - Upgrading License Step-by-Step
  - Updating SpecView
- USB License Dongles
- Soft Dongles (Old Style)
- Evaluation Version
- Update Subscription
- Runtime-Only Dongle
- End User License Agreement
What's New In Version 3
- Videos
- Installation
- Trend Charts
- Edit Mode
- Variables List
- Quick List
- Position Dynamics
- Color Dynamics
- Import Project
- Runtime
- Startup Sequence
- Preferences
- Passwords - start at level 1
- Touch Screen Support
- Additional Features
- 32bit and 64bit SpecView
- Backward Compatibility
- Update Policies
- Bug Reporting Procedure
Release Notes
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- Older Releases
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Installation and Starting SpecView
- Installation
- Address Specification
- Starting SpecView
- Instrument Definition/Detection
Migrate V2 Configuration to a V3 Project
- Migration Advanced
- Migration Manually
- Migration Warnings and Errors
Using SpecView in Runtime Mode
- Values on the GDW
- Data Entry
- Data Entry - Numeric
- Data Entry - Boolean
- Data Entry - Enumeration
- Data Entry - Text Strings
- Data Entry - Date and Time
- Parameter List
- Alarm List
- Event List
- Quick List
- Trend Charts
- Touch Screen Support
- Runtime Menubar
Editing a SpecView Project
- Menubar and Toolbar in Edit Mode
- Editing GDWs - Graphical Display Windows
- Drawing Basics
- Printing
- Trend Charts
- Bar Charts
- Button Attributes & Strategy Controller Actions
- Preferences
- Full Screen Mode
- SpecView Error Codes
- Glossary of Key Terms used in SpecView
Trend Charts
- Trend Chart Conversion
- Trend Chart Runtime Mode
- Trend Chart Menu
  - Trend Chart - Printing from menu
- Trend Chart Runtime - Export Range to CSV
- Trend Chart Properties - Pens
- Trend Chart Properties - Chart
- Trend Chart Properties - Pen Scales
- Trend Chart Properties - Time Axis & Gridlines
- Trend Chart Properties - Cursors
- Trend Chart Properties - Chart Notes
  - Automatic Chart Notes
- Trend Chart Properties - Values
- Trend Chart Properties - Print & Batch
- Trend Chart Properties - Colors
- Trend Chart Properties - Buttons & View
- Trend Chart Gridlines
- Trend Chart Fonts
- Trend Chart - CSV Export
Instrument Connectivity
- Instrument Installation and Wiring
- Instrument Settings
- RS422/EIA422
- RS485/EIA485
- Ethernet and TCP/IP
- Communications Protocol
- Increasing Speed of Instrument Communications
- Multiport Option
- OPC Client Support - Overview
- DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) - Overview
Data Logging
- Data Logging - Variables
- Data Logging - Disk Space Requirements
- Data Logging - Rate
- Log Reports
- Log Report Setup
- Log Reports from the Remote
- Log Report Format
- Log Reports - Specifying decimal places
- Data Logging - Alarms
- Data Logging - Events
- Data Logging - Chart Notes
- Historical Replay Option
- Historical Replay - Control Panel
- Historical Replay - Start Time
- Historical Replay - Find Batch Number
- Historical Replay - Rate
- Historical Replay - Options
- Batch Tags
Recipes
- Selecting Variables to be Included in Recipe
- Recipes - Using
- Recipe Warning
- Recipe Names
- Recipe Names from Text Variables
- Recipe Description
- Recipe Hide this box
- Recipe Save & Save As
- Recipe Import/Export
- Recipe Send
- Recipe Send To
- Source and Target Instruments
- Recipe Send-To from a Text Variable
- Recipe Send To: Warning
- Recipe Send To: Problems during download
- Recipe Specifying the download order
- Recipe Limit
- Recipe on Remote
- Recipe Compare
Strategy Controller
- Programming the Strategy Controller
- Enable On Boolean
- Example: Automatic Log Report
- Event Type
- Value (Variable) Based Event Setup
- Time Based Event Setup
- Strategy Controller Actions
- Examples of Value Based Events
- Turn on a digital output on a New Alarm
- Cascade Control
- Totalizer
- Examples of Time Based Events
- Strategy Controller - Hints & Tips
  - Strategy - Avoiding Triggers at Startup
  - Strategy - Rolling Average
Passwords
- Passwords - Login
- Passwords - GDW Setup
- Passwords - Selecting Objects for Access
- Passwords - User Control
Multiple Users
- Multiple Users - Connections
- Multiple Users - Quick Setup
- Multiple Users - Local
- Multiple Users - Remote
- Multiple Users - Runtime Functions (on Remote)
- Multiple Users - Runtime Functions (on Local)
- Multiple Users - Troubleshooting
- Multiple Users - Minimum Requirements for Multiple Users
- Multiple Users - Remote in Standby
- Multiple Users - Router Setup
- Multiple Users via Modem
ActiveX Controls
- ActiveX Steps to add an ActiveX Control
- ActiveX Licensing
- ActiveX On SpecView Remote
- ActiveX Insert Control
- ActiveX Preferences
- ActiveX Register
- ActiveX Manage Control List
- ActiveX Variables Inputs
- ActiveX Variables Outputs
- ActiveX Variables Methods
- ActiveX Controls and Passwords
- ActiveX and Historical Replay
- ActiveX Control Not Licensed
- ActiveX Need To Be Administrator
- ActiveX Edit->Copy not supported by this control
- ActiveX Rolling Average
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Instrument Communication
- Cannot Open COM Port
- HyperTerminal
- Telnet
- Reporting Bugs
- Generating Dump Files
- Technical Support
Quick Start Guide
- Quick Start - Overview
- Quick Start - Starting SpecView
- Quick Start - Manual Project
- Quick Start - For Instruments using the Modbus Protocol
- Quick Start - Automatically detect instruments and display instrument views
- Quick Start - Add a variable to the GDW
- Quick Start - Draw a trend chart
- Quick Start - Define a second GDW
- Quick Start - Add buttons to switch between GDW's
- Quick Start - Add a Bar chart
- Quick Start - See how it works in Runtime mode
User Guide
- Setting up a Project
- Creating Graphics/Mimics
- Improving Performance
- Handling lost COMMS
- How many instruments can be connected to SpecView?
- Printing from SpecView
- Remembering Window Positions
- Remote/Local Screen Sizes Differ
- Multiple Monitors
- Resizing GDWs to fit a larger physical monitor
- Bringing a box into view that is off-screen
- Sending an email from SpecView
  - SMTP Server Requires Secure Connection Error
  - Setting up SwithMail (GUI) to send an Email from SpecView
- Sending an SMS text message from SpecView
- Making a phone call from SpecView
- Playing a noise when an alarm occurs
- Strategy: Preventing events triggering at startup
- Trend Chart Tolerance Bands
- Trend Chart Batches
- Passwords: Explaining the two different password systems
- Range Checking
- Integrating SpecView with other software
- Adding a Yes/No confirmation to an Exit button
- Setting up an automatic Log Report
- Using the date & time for a Log Report filename
- Changing Log Data location or folder
- Copy Log Files to a Network Server
- Calculating Averages
- Logarithmic Values
- Converting a Counter to a Flow Rate
- Translating SpecView into other lanuages
- Instrument Support in SpecView
- Running SpecView Automatically From Computer Startup
- Running SpecView as a Service
- Running a program when SpecView exits
- Handling different ways SpecView exits
- How to move a box back that is being displayed off-screen
- Siemens S7 - example setup of TIA Portal for S7-1200
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- FAQ - Installation/Update/Upgrade
- FAQ - Instrument
- FAQ - SpecView Runtime
- FAQ - SpecView Edit Mode