ManagerHelp

LabRAD Manager - Main Window

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Overview

The LabRAD Manager handles the connections between all modules of a LabRAD setup. This window shows a list of these connections, allows the Manager to be started and stopped, and gives access to windows that configure the global behaviour of the LabRAD setup.

Buttons

	Icon		Description
			Runs or stops the Manager
			Displays information about the selected connection (grayed out if none selected; not implemented yet)
			Kills the selected connection (grayed out if none selected)
			Displays the Access Restrictions Window
			Displays the Errors Window
			Displays the Server Configuration Window (grayed out when the Manager is running)
			Saves the current server settings and access restrictions into the configuration file
			Opens the About page
			Opens this page

List Columns

	Title		Description
			Icon showing connection state
	ID		Connection ID assigned to this connection
	Name		Name chosen by the Server/Client
	Protocol		Protocol version (currently only v2.0)
	Sent		Number of packets sent by the Manager to this Server/Client
	Received		Number of packets received by the Manager from this Server/Client

The list can be sorted along a column by clicking the column title.

Connection Icons

	Icon		Description
			Active Manager Server connection (always ID 1, provides discovery services, etc.)
			Inactive Manager Server connection (when Manager not running)
			Active Server connection
			Inactive Server connection (Server IDs are preserved across Server reconnects)
			Active Client connection
			Overlays icons to show connections as idle (no traffic for more than 5s)

Icons: Silk Icons by Mark James (creative commons 2.5 attribution)

 

~ Markus Ansmann, Dec 12th, 2007