BK Precision 844USB User Manual Download

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Options / View / Additional toolbar

Choose this command to show or hide the Additional toolbar.

Options / View / Device options before device operation

Choose this command to enable/disable display of Device options before device operation is
confirmed.

Options / Protected mode

Protected mode

is special mode of program. When program is in Protected mode, there are

disabled program operation and commands that can modify buffer or device settings.
Protected mode is used for prevent operator from modify buffer or device settings due to
insignificance. Protected mode is suitable for the programming of a large amount of the same
type of devices.
Protected mode function is available independently in single programming control software
Pg4uw and in multiprogramming control software

Pg4uwMC

Protected mode in Pg4uw

There are two ways how to switch program to Protected mode:

1. by using menu command

Options / Protected mode

. This command displays password

dialog. User has to enter password twice to confirm the password is correct. After
password confirmation program switches to Protected mode. The entered password is
then used to switch off Protected mode.

2. by reading project, that was previously saved in Protected mode. For details see

File /

Save project

To switch program from Protected mode to normal mode, use the menu command

Options /

Normal mode

. The ”

Password required

" dialog appears. User has to enter the same

password as the password entered during switch to Protected mode.

Other way to cancel Protected mode of program is closing of program, because program
Protected mode is active until program is closed. The next program start will be to Normal
(standard) mode (the only exception is case of project loaded by command line parameter
name of project and the project was saved in Protected mode).

Protected mode in Pg4uwMC

Program Pg4uwMC has Protected mode very similar to program Pg4uw. The difference is,
that Protected mode can be activated by menu command but cannot be activated by Project
file. Another difference is, that Protected mode settings of Pg4uwMC are saved to
configuration .ini file of Pg4uwMC while program Pg4uwMC is closed. During next start of
application Pg4uwMC the recent Protected mode settings obtained from .ini file are used.

There is one menu command -

Options / Protected mode

- that allows to use Protected

mode in application Pg4uwMC. After selecting the menu Options / Protected mode, password
dialog appears. User have to enter password twice to confirm the password is correct. After
successful password confirmation program switches to Protected mode.

Protected mode settings are saved to configuration .ini file of Pg4uwMC. During next start of
program Pg4uwMC the Protected mode settings from .ini file are used.

There is also available one special option -

Keep "Load project" operation allowed

The option is set to disable at default - it means the Load project operation button and menu
will be disabled when Protected mode is active.

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