Starting the app

When first opening the application, you may be prompted with various dialogs, all of which can be closed.

The main window of the application looks like

If this window is closed, the whole application will be shut down.

On some OSes, the menus will be accessible from this window. On others, the menus may be displayed along the top bar.

To start viewing data in real-time:

In the menus, select Setup -> FEDS Client
Configure the FEDS client Instrument ID and FEDS Network Address.
Click Start
You should seeing a message saying it successfuly connected. If data is flowing, you will see a non-zero value in the KBytes/sec field.

You can also load and view data from archives. This can be done in a number of different ways:

This will open up a new window that displays a tree view of your root data directory which is configured in your ~/.699config.INI file.

Opens up a standard file dialog. Any file can be opened and parsed, so it's up to the user to select a valid archive file.

Opens up a file dialog to select a Test Directory. The test directory must match an expected formaat. TBD

Opens up the next TID. The test data directory needs to follow a standard structure. TBD

Opens up the previous TID. The test data directory needs to follow a standard structure. TBD