Messages View Bottom Toolbar

The toolbar located along the bottom of Messages view is shown in Figure 1.


Figure 1: The toolbar along the bottom of Messages view has numerous features.

Refer to Table 1 for details on the various toolbar selections.

Table 1: Messages View Bottom Toolbar Selections

Toolbar Selection Description
Message & Network Color buttons These two buttons on the left toggle between Message and Network color modes.
Data Byte Format buttons These six buttons in the middle apply a format like hexadecimal or decimal to the DataBytes and Arb ID/Header columns.
Statistics button When enabled, the following statistics are shown along a row below each message:
  • Min - minimum relative time between messages.
  • Max - maximum relative time between messages.
  • Mean - mean relative time between messages.
  • StdDev - standard deviation of the relative time between messages.
  • Start - absolute time the first message was received.
  • Change Count - number of times the data bytes changed in that message.
Columns dropdown list Selects a set of column headers.
Setup button Opens a dialog to let you create new column sets. You can also adjust the message buffer size and message Recent Time.
Review Buffer button Click the folder button to select a buffer file to review. This is exactly the same as the File> Review Buffer feature.

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