Release notes for SirScan V7.5

This document lists the changes that have been made for SirScan version S7.5. It requires Model 204 release 7.5 or higher.

Scan Select Screen (SCANSEL)

Field changes

Bookmarks

Bookmarks are a new feature. When turned on (value "Y"), a bookmark line will be created in the display on the SCANLIST page for each successive scan request. Bookmarks are only active if the Interval (Minutes) field is left blanks. The line looks like:

______________________________________________________ BookMark 4: 19:59:37.23 - 19:59:58.90

It shows the bookmark number and the time range for that scan. The bookmarks are sequentially numbered and the message line at the bottom of the screen shows the lasted bookmark id, for example:

--------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Latest Bookmark: 4

Bookmarks are saved for the session. Hence if SirScan is exited and re-entered during the same session, the previous bookmarks are retained and can be re-displayed. The new bookmark id's will follow on from the last one previously created. This provides an alternative to noting down the time of a scan in cases where the information needs to be re-displayed. Also it is possible to change the Display and Format Entry Types on this screen and re-display the journal lines for a previous bookmark period.

See xxx for more details.

Scan List Screen (SCANLIST)

Field changes

New Command .<BookmarkId>

A command in format .<BookmarkId> will navigate direct to that bookmark, e.g.

.22

A command with the BookmarkID will navigate to the latest bookmark.

Screen display changes

Bookmark Lines

As notes in xxx if the Bookmark setting is turn on "Y", and additional line is displayed separating each bookmark scan period. The current (active) bookmark is shown in green whilst old bookmarks are shown in red.

Function Keys

PF5/PF6 - Previous/Next Bookmark (or refresh)

If the Interval (Minutes) field in the SCANSEL screen is left blank, then PF5 will navigate to the previous bookmark and PF6 to the next bookmark, or create a new one if already on the last bookmark. Hence the sequence is:

old bookmarks <=> latest bookmark <=> refresh page (i.e. the next bookmark).  

The scan listing for the old bookmarks is “frozen”, e.g. pressing enter or “bottom” will not add to the listing and only the scan lines for that bookmark are shown.

However the latest bookmark listing can be added to with fresh scans. Bookmarks on this page listing are shown in green. If you return to the latest bookmark, only the lines for that bookmark are shown – any others previously on the listing become old bookmarks that you can use PF5 to display. It’s somewhat debatable whether this is the correct behavior, but it seems to work fairly smoothly. Note that pressing PF5 from the latest bookmark page will take you to the bookmark one less than the latest bookmark, even if the display has a number of earlier bookmarks that have accumulated on the page.

Note that PF6 can be used to refresh the listing page ready for new journal line, if ready on the latest bookmark. This is equivalent to pressing PF3 and then Enter.

PF7/PF8 - line scrolling

The scrolling has been enhanced to scroll based on the position of the cursor when the cursor is in the listing area. If PF8 is pressed then the page scrolls so the line under the cursor becomes the top line. If PF7 is pressed the the line under the cursor becomes the bottom line. The cursor is reset to the Command field so subsequent scrolling will be for full pages.