Usage:
5130 (5ZL, 7TJ),
5230 (7LL) Excavators;
784B (5RK) Tractors;
785B (6HK),
789B (7EK),
793B (1HL) 793C (4AR) Trucks;
994 (9YF) Wheel Loaders
VIMS-PC Service Tool Screen Capture
Saving a screen image while using a laptop PC (service tool) will allow the user to print the image for use in reports or for use as a shortcut to taking notes. The images can be saved and viewed in Windows Paintbrush, the Clipboard Viewer, Windows Write (Notepad in Windows 95), or any Windows application.
With Windows running, start the VIMS-PC Service Tool software. When you have a screen image you want to save, (such as a Machine Status screen that displays after starting communications with a machine) use the Print Screen keystroke combination on the computer keyboard to place the screen image into the computer memory.
The Alt-Tab keystroke combination on the computer keyboard toggles the computer between any open Windows applications and Windows Program Manager. Use an Alt-Tab keystroke combination to switch from the VIMS-PC Service Tool application to Windows Program Manager.
Place the mouse arrow on the Accessories group icon on the File Manager screen and double-click the left mouse button to open the Accessories window. Place the mouse arrow on the Paintbrush program icon on the Accessories screen and double-click the left mouse button to open Paintbrush.
With Paintbrush open, select View from the Paintbrush toolbar with the mouse and click on Palette, and Tools only if a check mark is present on the View menu. This turns the tool bar and color palette off and leaves a blank screen for a larger image area.
Select Edit from the Paintbrush toolbar and click on Paste or use the Ctrl-V keystroke combination on the keyboard. The screen image placed in memory will then appear in the Paintbrush image area. The screen image can be viewed, edited, or printed from Paintbrush. Paintbrush allows the user to resize the image or modify the image on a pixel by pixel basis to clean up or enhance the image.
To print the file from Paintbrush, select File from the Paintbrush menu bar and click on Print with the mouse.
With the image pasted into a Paintbrush screen, save the image as a Paintbrush file. The Paintbrush file can be recalled for use at a later time. Select File from the Paintbrush menu bar and click on Save As with the mouse. With the mouse, select the drive and subdirectory to save the file to on the right-hand side of the screen. (This can be the same subdirectory that VIMS data download files are located in.) Place the cursor arrow in the filename box on the left-hand side of the screen and name the file. Press Enter on the keyboard. After naming the file, the user can move it to any subdirectory with a copy or move command in file manager.
To exit Paintbrush, select File from the Paintbrush menu bar with the cursor arrow and click on Exit with the mouse.
The screen image remains in memory until Windows is closed, the computer is turned off or another image is stored with the Print Screen keystroke combination. While the image is in memory, it will also paste into Write or any other Windows program by using the Ctrl-V keystroke combination.
Using Windows Write For Taking Field Notes
Windows Write is a text editor located in the Accessories group in File Manager. Write can be used to make notes for reference and can print a screen image if the image is pasted in a Write document.
To use Write, place the mouse arrow on the Accessories group icon on the File Manager screen and double-click the left mouse button to open the Accessories window. Place the mouse arrow on the Write (or Notepad) program icon on the Accessories screen and double-click the left mouse button to open Write (Notepad).
To enter data into Write (Notepad), start typing at the cursor. Any image left in memory can paste into Write at the cursor location with Paste from the menu bar or the Ctrl-V keystroke combination on the keyboard.
With the image pasted into a Write (Notepad) document, save the file so it can be recalled for use at a later time. Select File from the Write (Notepad) menu bar and click on Save As with the mouse. With the mouse, select the drive and subdirectory to save the file to on the right-hand side of the screen. Place the cursor arrow in the filename box on the left-hand side of the screen and name the file. Press Enter on the keyboard. After naming the file, the user can move it to any subdirectory with a copy or move command in file manager.
Moving Files To A Download Directory
VIMS-PC Service Tool software will download on-board data to a directory named by the user in the Communications Preferences menu. This subdirectory will often be called VIMSDATA.
To move files from one subdirectory to another, use the Alt-Tab keystroke combination on the computer keyboard to toggle the computer from an open Windows applications to the Windows Program Manager. Select the Main program icon from the Windows Program Manager screen. From the Main program menu, select the File Manager icon and open File Manager. Find the file you want to move in the file display on the right-hand side of the File Manager screen. Place the mouse arrow over the file, click the left mouse button and hold it, and move the mouse (drag) until the cursor is over a subdirectory in the left-hand side of the File Manager screen. Release the left mouse button and the file will move into the subdirectory selected.
To view all of the file details (file name, file size, date, time), select View from the File Manager tool bar and click on any of the menu options desired.
The View menu also allows different file sort options. The files can be sorted by file size in ascending or descending order by size; by file date; by file extension (.dat,.ecl, .wri); or by filename with an alphabetic sort.