3.2.1 Configuration files and their list
A user can create a set of
individual configuration files keeping all information concerning the
experimental parameters, data path, database, customised system settings defined
on the Customise form, etc. At start up a new user has one configuration file,
which has the same name as the username, with the default settings. The current
configuration file can be saved by clicking this button or by choosing the
Configuration/Save (current) menu. The contents of any of the configuration
files can be viewed by clicking the View button on the toolbar below the list.
The file that is highlighted is used for defining all settings of the system
when the program starts next time and the same user is chosen. When the program
is running another configuration file can be loaded and activated by
highlighting it on the list and pressing the Load button.
IMPORTANT: When a new configuration file is read either from the Configuration/Read menu or Read button of the Configuration toolbar all parameters of the system are automatically updated according to this new file. Reading in of the configuration file from the Configuration/Read From… menu updates all system parameters but does not add this file to the configuration file list of the current user. This has to be done by the use of the Configuration/Save As… menu.
With each data file all experimental parameters are also stored, and they can be re-stored when this data file is read provided this is enabled on the Customise form. In the current version of the system this only works for the measured signal transients. Loading new parameters from a data file does not affect the current configuration of the current user. A possibility to change the system settings in this way allows easily to restore the parameters of a previous measurement in a case this measurement has to be redone or a measurement in similar experimental conditions has to be performed. This changing of the experimental parameters according to the ones stored in the new data file can be enabled/disabled on the Customise form.