User Interface

This chapter goes through the user interface in more detail, and can be seen as an expanded version of section3.4.

4.1. User Modes

TEMS Investigation can be run in two different modes, one for testing and recording, and one for logfile analysis:

• Drive testing mode: The information presented on the screen is obtained from data-collecting devices connected to the PC and activated in TEMS Investigation. (Regarding the “activate” operation, see section8.4.) In drive testing mode you can record new logfiles.

• Analysis mode: The presented information is read from a logfile which you have loaded in order to inspect and analyze it.

The two modes are mutually exclusive. At the beginning of a session, the application is in analysis mode. As soon as you activate external equipment, however, it switches to drive testing mode and remains in this mode as long as some external device is activated. Deactivating all external devices returns the application to analysis mode.

This means that:

• If you have a logfile open, you must close it before you can activate external devices.

• To be able to open a logfile, you must first deactivate all currently active external devices.

Note: You do not set the working mode explicitly in the user interface, nor is the current mode shown there. The terminology is used in the manual to clarify how things work.

4.2. Workspaces and Worksheets

4.2.1. Workspaces

The environment that stores all the windows and settings used in a working session is called the workspace. Settings include information on connected external devices. Only one workspace can be open at a time.

When you start TEMS Investigation, a workspace selection dialog opens:

• Open a Recent Workspace: Here you can open an existing workspace by selecting it from a list of recently used workspace files (*.tdc).

• Create a New Workspace: This option creates a new, empty workspace.

• Archived Material: This option takes you to the regular open workspace dialog, where you browse the file system to select a workspace file. The chosen workspace is added to the workspace list in the dialog above, where it is automatically selected. Click OK and TEMS Investigation will start with the chosen workspace.

If you click OK without making any selection in the dialog shown above, the default workspace (identified in the dialog) is opened.

The workspace selection dialog closes automatically after 10 seconds if there is no user interaction. A timer in the lower left corner indicates the remaining time. The dialog cannot be opened again; later on, you handle workspaces

Chapter 4. User Interface

from the File and View toolbar (see section4.3.4 for further details), or alternatively from the File menu.

4.2.1.1. Opening Workspaces from a Command Prompt Alternatively, you can use the Command Prompt to launch TEMS

Investigation with a specific workspace. All of the commands that follow need to be executed from the directory <TEMS Investigation install

dir>\Application.

• If you know the exact name of the workspace you want to use, you can launch TEMS Investigation with that workspace loaded by giving the following command: investigation.exe <workspace name>.tdc

• To start the application with the most recently used workspace, give the following command: investigation.exe -recent

• To start the application without loading any existing workspace, give the following command: investigation.exe -newwksp

4.2.1.2. Predefined Workspaces

Besides the default workspace, some further predefined workspaces are supplied. They all normally reside in the following directory:

• Windows 7, Windows Vista: C:\Users\<user>\Documents\TEMS Product Files\TEMS Investigation 14.1\Workspaces

• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\TEMS Product Files\TEMS Investigation 14.1\Workspaces

TEMS Investigation 14.1 cannot load workspaces from older TEMS Investigation versions, whether predefined or user-created.

4.2.2. Worksheets

To manage your windows more smoothly, you can divide your workspace into several worksheets. This is already done in the default workspace, which has a number of worksheets dedicated to different purposes, as shown by their designations. Up to ten worksheets can be active simultaneously.

Note: You cannot save changes to the predefined workspaces. To save your modifications, save the workspace under a different name.

Worksheets are handled from the Worksheet menu, which can also be accessed by right-clicking in a worksheet. When you copy a worksheet, the device channel (“MS”/“DC”) index is incremented in all windows: for example,

“MS1” is replaced by “MS2”. This allows you to instantly duplicate a worksheet for a different device.

4.3. The Toolbars

The toolbars in the main window give speedy access to some of the most central functions of TEMS Investigation. The toolbars are mirrored in the menus (see section4.5).

Equipment handling is done from the Equipment tab of the Navigator; see chapters7–9.

4.3.1. Record Toolbar

Start/Stop Recording: Start/stop recording a logfile. When you stop the recording, the logfile is closed.

Insert Filemark: Insert a filemark in the logfile.

For a full description of the recording function, see section11.1. Recording properties are set from the Logfile menu. See section11.1.2.

4.3.2. Replay Toolbar

This toolbar is accessible in analysis mode.

Open/Close Logfile: Open a logfile/Close the logfile that is currently open. Note that this operation only presents logfile metadata, not the full contents of the file.

Fast Forward/Stop: Start or resume loading of the opened logfile/Stop loading of the opened logfile.

See section11.2.

Chapter 4. User Interface

4.3.3. Report Toolbar

Generate Report: Generate a report from one or several logfiles. See section11.8.

4.3.4. File and View Toolbar

New Workspace: Create a new workspace.

Open Workspace: Open a saved workspace.

Save Workspace: Save a workspace.

Print: Print the selected window.

Print Preview: Show a preview of the window printout.

Toggle Full Screen: Toggle between full screen and normal mode.

4.4. The Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom of the main window displays symbols and short messages concerning the current status of the application and of external devices. It is divided into the following sections:

4.4.1. Help Section

Shows a help text when you point to a button or combo box on the main window toolbars, otherwise directs you to the online help:

4.4.2. “Play” Section

This section is active in analysis mode. During loading of a logfile, the progress bar shows what proportion of the logfile has been loaded.

Compare section11.2.

4.4.3. “Record” Section

This section is active in drive testing mode. When some form of logfile recording is ongoing, a rolling progress bar is displayed here.

Compare section11.1.

4.5. The Menu Bar

File Menu

Apart from holding some standard File menu commands, this menu mirrors part of the File and View toolbar.

View Menu

From here you choose which toolbars and which other tools should be visible.

The Full Screen mode hides the Navigator.

Logfile Menu

The Logfile menu mirrors the Record and Replay toolbars. From here you can also set recording properties, export logfiles, and generate logfile reports (see sections11.1.2, 11.6, and 11.8 respectively).

Presentation, Control, and Configuration Menus These menus mirror the Menu tab of the Navigator.

Worksheet Menu

From this menu you manage your worksheets.

Window Menu

This is a standard window manager.

Help Menu

Gives access to online help, containing the same information as this manual, and to the about page.

Chapter 4. User Interface

4.6. Keyboard Shortcuts

A number of central operations in TEMS Investigation, as well as many standard file and edit operations, can also be performed from the keyboard. A list of keyboard shortcuts is found in appendixA.