Setting Run Time Options

You can control the run time behavior of SI_SCOPE by choosing "Set Run-time Options"  from the Settings menu. This dialog allows you to turn on/off all the options that are valid when SI_SCOPE runs in Windows.

• Auto 16550 UART Detection: All modern serial cards have a 16550 or higher chip that contains a built in FIFO for the receive and transmit buffers. When this option is enabled SI_SCOPE will check for a FIFO enabled UART and if found turn on the receive FIFOS. It is recommended that you have this option enabled unless you need very accurate time stamp information. When this option is on it is possible for multiple bytes to have the same time stamp.
• Line Status Error Checking: When this option is enabled SI_SCOPE will post an error message to the screen whenever it detects a line status error. This option is recommended if you are trying to debug a line without knowing the RS232 line settings.
• Archive Capture File: When enabled SI_SCOPE will archive any existing capture file to CAPTURE.XXX where XXX is a sequential number 001 to 999. When this file is off any existing capture file is overwritten.
• Record Time Stamps: Enables time stamp information to be recorded on each received event.
• Auto Archive Capture File: Enabling this option causes SI_SCOPE to archive the capture file at a specified time each day. The capture file is archived to to CAPTURE.XXX where XXX is a sequential number 001 to 999. This option is useful if you are going to have SI_SCOPE monitor long sessions and want to keep the capture file from growing too large.
• Capture Buffer Size: Controls the size of the review buffer used by the program. The large this value the more data that can be reviewed from inside the Memory Window
• Flush File Buffer: Controls when SI_SCOPE will flush the capture file when capturing the session to disk.