Much of the preferences dialog is pretty self explanatory. We'll try to document the stuff below that might need some extra explanation.
The Filenames tab is used to specify how the application will construct new filenames for datalogs or device files (when doing File->Save As..., for example). ECMLink can also be configured to automatically create new directories for datalogs. To do these things, ECMLink allows the user to define filename patterns. You can use the Edit... button next to these patterns to get help editing any given pattern. The editor will show a sample of the results as well as a syntax reference and examples. The following is an example of the pattern editor dialog.
In this example, the pattern is specified as 'logs.'yyyy.MM which means to take the string literal "logs." and append a 4-digit year (yyyy) followed by a '.' followed by a 2-digit month indicator (MM).
The top level directory where new datalogs (or new datalog directories) will be created.
When checked, ECMLink will attempt to automatically create subdirectories (in the base directory) for you using the specified pattern. It will then store datalogs in that subdirectory instead of the base directory.
ECMLink remembers the last directory from which you successfully opened a file. When you next use File->Open..., the open dialog will start in that last successful directory. This is great most of the time, but if you routinely open files from within a browser (like while reading the ECMLink support forums, for example), the last "good" directory is usually some temp directory where the browser temporarily stuff the file away before launching the ECMLink application via the file assocation mechanism. In this case, you really don't want the application to remember that last directory because next time you go to open a file, that's where you're going to start. And your personal files probably aren't located there. You can uncheck this box to disable that function.
The ports tab was briefly mentioned in the Getting Started page. And more detailed information can be found on the Port Configuration page.
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