ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application
Introduction
This document contains :
- The list of functionalities available in the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application part with direct link to the detailed description.
- The description of functionalities common to several ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application functions.
- The identification of some specific behaviour related to the parallel Prediction and Archive system access.
Specific behaviour
The CHMI Logon window, after validation of the User name and Passcode,
proposes a choice of selectable authorised application.
Based on your user profile and selected role, the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application menu may propose you
to retrieve data from an alternative server : the Archive system.
Read the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application - Archive Access help page
for a detailed description of the differences between the Archive and the ATFCM accesses.
The CHMI Logon window, after validation of the User name and Passcode,
proposes a choice of selectable authorised application.
Based on your user profile and selected role, the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application menu may propose you
to retrieve data from an alternative server : the Prediction system (Predict).
While the ATFCM option gives access to the Tactical (today)
and the Pre-Tactical (tomorrow) operational data,
the Predict gives access to simulation data.
In order to better prepare ATFCM measures for the coming days,
some similar archived traffic data are replayed and monitored.
The proposed dates are today+1 and today+2.
Once started, the content of the title bar allows identifying the start up mode.
Each windows' title bar includes the selected target application environment (ATFCM, Archive or Predict Access).
When talking about dates, this help text refers
to Tactical (today) and Pre-Tactical (tomorrow) dates.
This is in fact the original purpose of this application.
When a window is opened from the Predict Access menu,
you must be aware that the proposed dates are for today+1 and today+2.
To avoid unnecessary complexity just for this specific usage,
this has not been reflected in the detailed description text of each function.
Due to the complexity of validity periods and the amount of environment data involved,
the plot action is currently not available in the predict access.
Description
From the CFMU Interface Application / ATFCM main menu, you can select the function you want to execute.
Functions are only displayed in the menu if your profile is authorising its usage.
It is only when a function has been selected that the corresponding dedicated Window appears.
Menu items
Traffic
- Monitor / FMP Monitor : displays a graph with the load states,
regulation information and rerouting periods for the traffic volumes belonging to selected FMPs.
- Monitor / Airspace Monitor : displays a graph with the load states,
regulation information and rerouting periods for the airspaces included in a selected configuration of an ATC Unit Airspace.
- Traffic Counts : displays in a graph or a table the number of flights
entering in a traffic volume or over a location. Related Regulated Rates are also available.
- Flow Counts : displays in a graph or a table the number of flights per flow entering in a traffic volume.
- Delays : displays in a graph or a table the delays for a Departure Aerodrome or a Regulation.
Flights
- Flight List : lists all the flights for a given traffic type
and the associated selection criteria (traffic volume, aerodrome, point, ...).
- ARCID List : list of flights corresponding to a specific aircraft identifier
and associated optional selection criteria.
- Suspended Flight List : lists all suspended flights
based on the Traffic Demand for a combination of several query criteria.
- Flight Data : gives the detailed information, route and airspace profile for one flight.
- Point Profile : gives all details for one flight, pointing directly at the detailed route / point profile.
- Airspace Profile : gives all details for one flight, pointing directly at the detailed airspace profile.
- Reroute Violation : gives all details for one flight, pointing directly at all reroute violations.
- Flight History : displays Flight Event History list for one flight.
- Flight Operational Log : lists Tactical Operational Log entries for one flight.
- Rerouting Function : allows to evaluate and request the rerouting for the selected flight.
- Or Alternate Routes, if the flight is not reroutable.
It allows to list the different route alternative for the selected flight.
- Tower Departure List : list of flights with related details and actions
dedicated to a selected Aerodrome of departure.
Measures
ATM Messages
- Release Notifier : lists the latest release stamps and notifies when some new ATM Messages have been released.
- CRAM : lists details over the Conditional Route Availability Message (CRAM) for a selected date.
- AIM : lists all AIMs valid for a selected date and displays additional details for the selected AIM.
- ANM : lists the active ANM for a selected date and time.
- ADP List : lists the latest ADP regulation list for a selected date.
- ADP Current : gives details for a selected ADP Regulation including the Sub Periods and date.
- ADP History : lists the history log for a selected ADP Regulation and date.
Environment
ACTION (CASA)
Common functionalities
The Preferences dialog is started from the main menu option File / Preferences....
The Preferences dialog is composed of :
- The preference structure tree on the left. The structure is based on the application menu.
- A button toolbar at the top on the right side.
- Below the toolbar on the right, the list of preferences related to the selected entry in the structure tree.
Each preference is listed with the currently associated value.
- At the bottom of the list, the description text of the currently selected preference.
The ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application is customised based on
- User adjustable preferences.
- System properties.
The Preferences dialog allows to display these properties and possibly maintain the preferences.
When a preference is listed in grey, it cannot be updated by the user.
It is there just for information.
System properties are indicated by a picture of tools on the left of the preference name in the list.
When a specific editor is available for updating one or more preferences,
a button with three dots is displayed at the right when the corresponding edit box is selected.
Each time a preference is mentioned in this document,
the tree structure access path is provided in front of the preference name.
The button toolbar allows the following actions :
- The first button allows to unfold completely the preference tree.
- The second button allows to reset the currently selected preference to the associated default value.
- The third button allows to swap sort sequence of the currently displayed preference list
between alphabetical order and initial delivered sequence.
- The fourth button allows to show or hide the system properties in the list.
Below the structure tree, three buttons allow to :
- Import all preferences from a file created earlier with the Export button.
- Export the current image of all your user adjusted preferences value into a non over-writable file.
- Reset all preferences to the associated default value.
A confirmation dialog will prompt you before the reset is performed.
This functionality gives the possibility to save the user configured application at a given time
and restore it to the identical configuration at any time later
(for example: application customisation for a group of users).
In practice, an Import command will :
- First reset all user adjustable preferences to the initial default value.
- Then possibly overwrite the default value with the user preference saved earlier by the Export.
The application will refuse to overwrite an existing file to avoid undesired destruction of previous preferences set.
This is a modal dialog which blocks access to all other functions in the application.
The ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application gives access to :
- The Tactical operational data (current day).
- The Pre-Tactical operational data (tomorrow).
Because of the possible misalignment of the clock on the local PC,
when Tactical and Pre-Tactical dates shall be proposed in a query control,
the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application will always propose 4 dates :
- Today - 1
- Today
- Today + 1
- Today + 2
On opening a new window, the system will propose a default date to be queried.
Using the user preference CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Default date,
there are two options to control the proposed default date :
- Current will propose the current PC date as the default query date.
- Last used will propose the same relative date
as the one you have used for your last query.
(for example : if you always query the Pre-Tactical day,
you will always be prompted with the Pre-Tactical date)
The Tactical and Pre-Tactical date selection is highlighted by different background colours.
These colours shall be identified using the following user preferences :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Tactical date background colour
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Pre-Tactical date background colour
Latest Windows technology is pretty safe in UTC and local time conversion.
To allow for some flexibility in solving any remaining time alignment problems,
the application is using a Time adjustment user preference.
The CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Time adjustment preference
shall be adjusted if time alignment problems arise.
The property may contain a positive or negative integer expressing a number of minutes.
This signed number will be added to the current UTC time before other default time calculation.
The calculation of the query period proposed by default
is based on system properties and user adjustable preferences.
When a default period is needed for the query, it is proposed
based on the user preference Default period type related
to the function used and the target server (ATFCM, Archive, Predict)
(ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / ATFCM default period type).
This user adjustable preference identifies one of the following methods :
- 0000 to 0000 for full day (WEF=00:00 UNT=00:00).
- WEF to 0000 for calculated WEF time to the end of the day (00:00).
- WEF to UNT for calculated WEF and UNT times.
Dependant on the Maximum elapse time allowed for the query period,
the Default period type might be forced to the third method (Calculated WEF and UNT times).
If the Maximum elapse is less than one day (1440 minutes), this third method is the only workable solution.
This maximum elapse time for the query period is stored in the system property Maximum elapse
related to the function used (ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / Maximum elapse).
On opening a new window, the proposed default WEF is calculated using the following rules.
If Default period type is 0000 to 0000, the proposed default WEF is forced to 00:00.
If Default period type is WEF to 0000 or WEF to UNT,
the proposed default WEF will be calculated as follow :
- Basic time used is the current UTC time.
- Corrected with the Time adjustment user preference as described in previous section
(CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Time adjustment).
- A lead time parameter is then subtracted from this adjusted UTC time.
The Query lead time is a user adjustable preference related to each function
and for each target server (ATFCM, Archive, Predict)
(ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / ATFCM query lead time).
- The obtained time is then rounded to the previous 20 minutes step.
The system property Query over midnight which authorises to query over two days,
may possibly limit this time calculation process to the start of the day (00:00)
(CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Query over midnight).
On opening a new window, the proposed default UNT is calculated using the following rules.
If Default period type is set to 0000 to 0000 or WEF to 0000 method,
and the Maximum elapse authorises to query on full day (1440 minutes),
then the default UNT time will be set to the end of the selected day (00:00).
If Default period type is set to WEF to UNT method, the UNT time will be calculated
by adding the Query default elapse number of minutes to the WEF time provided in the related input control.
The Query default elapse is a user adjustable preference related to each function and for each target server
(ATFCM, Archive, Predict) (ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / ATFCM query default elapse).
The Query default elapse must be smaller or equal
to the system property Maximum elapse corresponding to the function
(ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / Maximum elapse).
The system property Query over midnight which authorises to query over two days,
may possibly limit this time calculation process to the end of the day (00:00)
(CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Query over midnight).
On issuing a query with a blank WEF or UNT time for the period,
the default value will be provided based on above user preference Default period type.
When opening a new window from a contextual popup selection on another window,
some query data elements are provided by the calling function.
The Force default period is a user adjustable preference related to each function and for each target server
(ATFCM, Archive, Predict)(ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / ATFCM force default period).
It allows to ignore the passed values and to use the defaults as if the window was opened from the main menu.
When checked, the Force default period preference forces the use of calculated default values for WEF and UNT.
Enabled : always
Disabled : never
Action : will issue the query to the CFMU database
if all necessary query elements are available and correct.
Otherwise an error message will help in query preparation.
Not applicable : never
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <ENTER>
<ENTER> key: the Send being the default action in most cases,
the <ENTER> key will trigger it
when no other default button is available on the active window.
Menu option : Action / Send
Enabled : after valid reply data are displayed, as soon as one
of the initial query criteria is changed.
Disabled : before initial query and while query criteria correspond to displayed reply data.
Applicable : to all windows where the criteria may be updated to issue an updated query.
Large RESET button : in parallel with the activation of the Reset button from the Button Bar,
a large RESET button covering all reply data will be displayed.
This is implemented to avoid mismatch between currently retrieved
reply data and modified query criteria.
Action : will restore all query criteria corresponding to the currently retrieved reply data.
The large RESET button hiding the reply data is consequently removed.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <R>
Menu option : Action / Reset
Once some data have been retrieved from the CFMU database,
the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application provides an automatic warning mechanism for out of date data.
This mechanism is only implemented for volatile data related to flights and counts only.
The elapse time before the display is marked as "OBSOLETE DATA !"
may be adjusted using the following user preference :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Invalidate tactical data time
The warning is displayed on a large button covering the data part of the window.
Once the data has been marked as OBSOLETE, the user may :
- Click the Send button or the "OBSOLETE DATA... CLICK TO REFRESH" large warning button
to retrieve fresh data for the same query
- Click the Reset button to keep the current data
- Modify the query data elements to Send a modified query.
The user may decide to deactivate this Invalidate mechanism by adjusting the following user preference :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Activate invalidate functionality
The sort action is available on most list display.
It allows to alter the displayed sequence on retrieved data.
The sorting is done locally and therefore doesn't need to retrieve additional data from the CFMU database.
To modify the sorting of a displayed list, click on column headers corresponding to your desired query criteria.
A first click on an unsorted column will request to sort in ascending order on the selected column.
Any subsequent click on an already sorted column will swap between ascending and descending order for the selected column.
An arrow in front of the title of the column indicates the order of the currently applied sort for that column.
- An arrow up indicates an ascending sequence.
- An arrow down indicates a descending sequence.
The number next to the arrow indicates the position of the column in combined sort sequences.
Shift key combined with a click on the desired column allows the concatenation of several sort criteria.
Default initial system sort sequence is provided in most of the cases.
User is then free to modify the sort sequence used by the current active window.
The modified sort sequence only applies to the window on which it was defined.
The sort sequence may be changed before any data is retrieved.
Modified sort sequence remains active even after a data refresh action.
Enabled : when a window is displayed where a filter could be applied.
Disabled : when there is no list to filter and during data retrieval.
Action : will prompt the Filter table dialog box proposing
to implement a filter for each of the column of the main list.
For each of the column, a filter may be created by
selecting an operator and the value to compare to.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <F>
Menu option : Action / Filter
Note : see the Filter function paragraph later in this document part.
The Filter function allows to process sub-selection on retrieved data.
The filtering is done locally and therefore doesn't need
to retrieve additional data from the CFMU database.
The Filter function is then started for the currently active dialog,
if this dialog contains a data list that could be filtered.
This Filter table dialog is modal, so no other action is allowed while it is displayed.
This dialog will allow to provide for each column in the table to be filtered :
- The comparison operator that shall be used for filtering.
- The value against which the selected column will be compared.
The different comparison operators that can be used to Filter the detail lines are :
- none (blank entry) : when no filtering shall be applied
- = : where the related column is equal to the entered value
- > : where the related column is greater than the entered value
- < : where the related column is smaller than the entered value
- not = : where the related column is not equal to the entered value
- prefix (,) : where the related column starts with one of the value entered in a comma separated list
- contains (,) : where the related column contains one of the value entered in a comma separated list
- empty : where the related column is empty
- not empty : where the related column is not empty
- in (,) : where the related column contains one of the values provided in a comma separated list
- not in (,) : where the related column does not contain one of the values provided in a comma separated list
For the "=", ">", "<" and "not =" comparison operator, if both the selected column
and the entered value contains only numeric digits, a numeric comparison is performed.
Otherwise an alphanumerical comparison is performed from left to right.
The comparison value entered must include any special character like the ":" in case of a time comparison.
The alphanumerical comparison is performed from left to right on the exact string of character you did provide.
Leading and trailing blanks are ignored during comparison.
When a filter is active on a selected window, the caption giving the number of rows
in the list will contain :
- The number of lines displayed after filtering
- The total number of lines retrieved before filtering
- The title of the column is in italic to indicate the presence of a filter on that column.
Like for the sort, the filter only applies to one window.
Any new window has no filter when it is created.
The filter values may be entered before any data is retrieved.
Clicking the Apply button on the dialog applies the filter to the active window without closing the dialog.
Clicking the Clear button closes the filter dialog and removes any existing filter
Clicking the Cancel button closes the filter dialog
and keeps the situation as it was before invoking the Filter dialog.
Clicking the Save button on the dialog applies the filter to the active window and closes the dialog.
Checking the Match case checkbox forces all alphabetical comparisons to be case sensitive for the current dialog.
The state of this checkbox is persistent for the currently defined filter.
Checking the Show filter checkbox allows to temporarily limit the display
to the columns on which a filter has been implemented.
Enabled : when it is used by the active window to prepare a query
or to initiate a contextual popup request to another window that uses this indicator.
Disabled : when not used at all by the active window.
Action : when issuing a new query or refreshing an existing window,
where flights need to be retrieved or counted,
this button is checked to prepare the request to the server.
All replies that include flight data or counts will use this indicator
to identify whether they shall take into account or ignore
the flight Proposal issued by the Tactical system.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <N> to toggle between Normal and Proposal.
Menu option : Action / Normal/Proposal
Note : the title bar of each window that contains flight counts or data,
indicates the mode used for the data retrieval.
The keyword (Prop) between the title and the stamp indicates
that the displayed data are including the flight "Proposals".
A refresh might alter the initial mode used.
Note : when a flight list might contain proposal flights,
a special title background colour for the flight listbox is used.
This colour may be adjusted using the following user preference :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / General / Proposal colour
Enabled : as soon as some valid reply data are retrieved from the CFMU database.
Disabled : before any valid reply data are retrieved
and when the query criteria are not in line with the available reply data.
Applicable : all ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application functions.
Action : will invoke the print or the export function for the currently active window.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <P> for Print
and <Ctrl> + <E> for Export
Menu option : File / Print or Action / Export
The Print function allows to produce a hard copy of the retrieved data.
Before invoking the print function, the displayed data may be sorted and filtered.
The printout will reflect what is currently displayed on the window.
The only additional information needed is the identification of the destination printer.
A modal dialog will prompt for this information. Default printer is proposed.
The Export function allows to save all the retrieved data into a text file.
Any sort or filter criteria is not taken into account by the export function.
Later sort and filtering may be applied easily on the exported text file.
Click the Export button or select the Action / Export menu option.
The Export function is then started for the currently active dialog.
This Export dialog is modal, so no other action is allowed while it is displayed.
The following dialog box will ask you to provide
the location and the file name in which the exported data will be stored.
The minimum input is the desired file name.
choose OK when you have selected the file reference.
If the file already exists,
you will be prompted with the following confirmation dialog.
The data is exported in a text file format, so it can be accessed with any editor.
All query data elements are listed first, followed by the reply data.
A special character separates each data element.
CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Export separator user preference
shall be adjusted to identify the separator character to be used.
This feature allows to import the exported CHMI file into other standard software
and to use the separator between the different data elements.
(i.e. one data element per cell in a spreadsheet)
Enabled : as soon as a window where period shifting is applicable becomes active.
Disabled : when the active window has no period that could be shifted.
Applicable : all windows where the selection criteria include a time period
that could be shifted.
Action : Toggle button ">>" to switch on and off
the shifting status of the currently active window.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <S>
Menu option : Action / Shift
When Shifting is activated before a refresh, the query period is automatically shifted
with the number of minutes elapsed since the last data retrieval from the server occurred.
When Shifting is on for a window, it is indicated by the presence
of >> in its title.
By default, windows are in non-shifting state (fixed period),
which implies that on refresh, the initial query period remains fixed.
Shifting is activated either by clicking the >> button to toggle on,
selecting the menu option Action / Shift
or when the automatic Polling is activated for a window.
Shifting is de-activated either by clicking the >> button to toggle off,
or by unchecking the menu option Action / Shift.
Shifting state is not reset when Polling is stopped for a window.
Note : see also the Polling function paragraph in this document.
Enabled : as soon as some valid reply data are retrieved from the CFMU database.
Disabled : when the user security profile does not allow the use of the automatic
polling facility or before any valid reply data are retrieved.
Applicable : all displays where non static traffic data are displayed (Flight Lists, Delays,
Traffic and Flow Counts and Traffic Monitor functions).
Action : Toggle button (circle shaped arrow) to switch on and off
the polling function for the currently active window.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <G>
Menu option : Action / Polling
Once some data have been retrieved from the CFMU database,
the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application provides an automatic polling mechanism,
which will keep the display up to date.
This polling mechanism is only available for the following functions
where the situation is supposed to evolve over time
and limited to the Polling maximum elapse system property associated to each function
(ex: CHMI / ATFCM application / Flights / Flight list / Polling maximum elapse).
A message box will notify when the current query period of the window does not allow to start polling.
To start / stop the polling mechanism for the current active window,
the user has just to click the Polling toggle button
or check the equivalent menu option Action / Polling.
Activating the Polling mode for a window will force it at the same time
to Period Shifting state.
The application will notify when the maximum number of windows in poll mode is reached.
This maximum is fixed by your user profile and is displayed with the following system property :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Maximum polling window.
A message box will invite to stop first polling on another window.
Following user preference shall be adjusted to modify basic time interval between two automatic refreshes of one window :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Basic poll time interval.
This user preference may only be adjusted to a value greater or equal to the minimum authorised by your user profile
and displayed with the following system property :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Enforced minimum polling interval.
This basic interval is increased with a penalty, proportionally to the number of parallel windows started in poll mode.
This penalty value is identified by your user profile and is displayed with the following system property :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Polling penalty
Once started, the automatic polling will process a pre-defined number of refreshes after each other.
This pre-defined number is identified by your user profile and is displayed with the following system property :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Maximum consecutive poll
After this number of consecutive automatic refreshes is reached, the Polling function is stopped for that window.
Automatic refresh then needs to be restarted by the user by clicking the Polling button again.
The menu option Application / CHMI / ATFCM application / Resume All Polling (Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <U>) :
- will reset the polling count for all windows currently active in auto refresh mode,
- and restart polling for all windows that have reached the maximum number of consecutive poll.
To stop automatic refresh for all windows currently in Poll mode,
the user has just to select menu option Application / CHMI / ATFCM application / Stop All Polling.
(Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <T>)
When the polling is started for a window, its title contains
the indication (Poll) appended at the end.
This allows an easy identification in the window list.
The polling for one window is stopped :
- By clicking the Polling button or menu option,
- By closing the desired window,
- When an error message is received from the Tactical server,
- When the maximum number of consecutive poll is reached for that window,
- By selecting the Application / CHMI / ATFCM application / Stop All Polling menu option.
The Polling action is disabled during query processing for one window only.
This action only applies to the currently selected window.
The Resume All Polling and Stop All Polling actions are only enabled
after at least one window has been started in Poll mode.
They are not disabled while a window processes a query
since they apply to all windows in poll mode (active or maximum consecutive poll reached).
Due to the potential heavy impact on the network and the CFMU servers,
the use of this facility will be monitored and limited by the security profile.
The automatic refresh is stopped immediately if an error occurs during
the communication with the Tactical system. It then needs to be restarted if necessary.
Enabled : when an earlier / later query period is available.
This processing will take into account
if the possibility to query over midnight is authorised by your user profile
(CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Query over midnight).
Disabled : Previous when WEF time is 00:00
or Next when UNT time is 00:00 and query over midnight is not authorised.
Applicable : all windows where the selection criteria include a time period that could be shifted.
Action : will issue a query identical to the previous one
but for the previous / next period with the same elapse,
possibly truncated if we reach 00:00 or 24:00 and query over midnight is not authorised.
For example with the period 09:20 to 11:20, if you click the Next button,
you will issue the same query for the period 11:20 to 13:20.
Shortcut key : <Ctrl> + <-> (minus sign) for Previous
and <Ctrl> + <+> (plus sign) for Next
Menu option : Action / Previous and Action / Next
For some actions performed with the ATFCM CFMU Human Machine Interface application,
the user is invited to provide a SITA or an AFTN network address.
- It is Optional for the CASA messages.
- It is Mandatory for the Rerouting requests.
This address will be included in the message issued to the CFMU system.
It will be used for later distribution of messages by the CFMU system.
To standardise the input of the addresses and the selection of the default one,
a customised dialog may be invoked when updating the user preference
CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Origin / Default Address Id.
Just click on the little square at the right side of the Default Address ID
input box on the Preferences dialog.
Following system properties will be adjusted by this dialog :
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Origin / AFTN Address List : a user pre-defined list of AFTN addresses to allow later choice.
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Origin / SITA Address List : a user pre-defined list of SITA addresses to allow later choice.
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Origin / Default Address Type : the type of the selected default address (AFTN or SITA).
- CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Origin / Default Address Id : the selected default address.
When such a window is opened, no other function may be invoked.
The default address may be a SITA or an AFTN address.
Several addresses may be defined but only one may be defined as default.
To add a new address in the Originator List, you first select the list (SITA or AFTN),
then introduce the address in the New Originator box and click on the Add button.
To remove an address from a list, you first select the list (SITA or AFTN),
then select the address in the list and click on the Remove button.
To set the default, you first select the list (SITA or AFTN),
then select the address in the list and click on the Default button.
To change the default, you just set another originator address as Default.
To remove the default, click on the No Default button.
To store the default and the lists in your preferences, click on the Ok button.
To ignore the changes to the default and to the lists, click on the Cancel button.
The CFMU Human Machine Interface application offers the use of Workspaces
to help structuring the way of working and better manage the available display space.
To preserve available space for displaying data windows,
the Workspace tab is not displayed when there is a single workspace created.
Basic management functions available in the Workspace menu are :
- Create a new workspace next to the existing one(s).
- Remove the workspace currently selected on display.
A dialog will popup to ask for confirmation.
This action will not affect any saved workspace configuration (see later).
- Rename ... the workspace currently selected on display.
On starting the CFMU Human Machine Interface application,
empty Workspaces and names are re-created as they existed on previous application close.
In addition to the basic workspace management functions,
some more sophisticated functions are implemented to
save and restore workspace configuration with a given content.
These enhanced Workspace management functions will not only
Create the named Workspace, if it does not exist yet,
but also restore the content as it was when the Save command was executed.
Within a named Workspace, the content related to ATFCM windows is restored with the following rules:
- Position and size of each window as it was on executing the Save command.
- Query date and times are restored relative to current time compare to the time of the Save command.
- All other query criteria are restored to be identical to the saved value.
Polling state and any filter are not restored automatically.
Windows implementing the Open at startup feature are not taken into account (eg: Release Notifier).
All other ATFCM windows are candidates to be restored but the query data
and the initial send are only managed for functions monitoring a selected time period (eg: FMP Monitor).
Following enhanced commands are available from the Workspace menu :
- Restore to initiate the restore of All or one selected named Workspace.
All will restore at once all Workspaces currently saved.
- Save to save the currently selected Worskpace with its content.
A dialog will ask to confirm the Save action and warn about overwrite if applicable.
- Unsave to remove the saved configuration for All or one selected named Workspace.
A dialog will ask to confirm the Unsave action.
This restore process is done on request to allow selective workspace restore
and avoid undesired massive restore on each application start.
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