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Whenever the Maxicom²user interface is open, the System window is displayed.

The System window is the base window from which all other interface activity takes place.

System Window

Application icon and menu

Application title bar

Window buttons Main menu bar

Toolbar Selection pane

Document pane

Maxicom²status bar

The System window contains the following features:

• Application title bar

The application title bar contains the application icon at the far left, the application name, the name of the current active window if there is one, and the window buttons. Right-clicking the title bar anywhere except for on the window buttons displays the drop-down Application menu. For more information about the Application menu, application icon, and the window buttons, see the items below.

• Application icon and Application menu

Click the application icon or right-click the application title bar to display the Application menu. The Application menu contains options that allow you to terminate the application or change the way you view the windows.

Restore returns the window to its previous size after it has been maximized or minimized.

Move allows you to use the arrow keys to move the window and the Enter key to end the operation.

Size allows you to use the arrow keys to resize the window and the Enter key to end the operation.

Minimize minimizes the size of the window to an icon.

Maximize maximizes the size of the window on your screen.

Close closes the application.

• Window buttons

Allow you to change the size of the windows or close them. Click the left window button to minimize the window; click the middle window button to toggle between maximized and normal; click the right window button to exit the application.

• Main menu bar

The Main menu bar contains the drop-down menus described on pages 2.13 through 2.21 of this manual: System, Site, Weather, Report, Window, and Help.

• Toolbar

The System window displays its own toolbar and, underneath that, the toolbar for the active window, if there is one. The System toolbar contains the following icon buttons, most of which perform the same tasks as options available from the Main menu:

Create or Open allows you to create new or open existing sites and weather sources.

Save allows you to save the current active window.

Print allows you to print the data from the current active window without going through the Print dialog box.

Print Preview allows you to see what the currently selected document will look like when it is printed.

Toggle Selection Pane allows you to toggle between an open Selection Pane or a closed Selection Pane.

Rain Shut Down allows you to start or cancel a site’s Rain Shut Down for all the active sites.

Flow/Runtime Logs shows flow and station runtime data for all sites.

Rain Bird Web Page offers you a short cut for connecting to the Rain Bird World Wide Web page if you have an Internet browser set up on your computer.

Fax Rain Bird allows you to quickly dial and fax directly to Rain Bird if you have a fax modem connected to your computer.

Help allows you to view Maxicom²Help files.

• Selection pane

The selection pane contains buttons that allow you to select any open window. The Maxicom²Central window button, the Communication Status window button, and the Event Log window button are permanently displayed on the selection pane along with buttons for any other open windows (such as sites and weather sources). You can resize the selection pane by clicking the side of the pane and dragging the side in or out.

• Document pane

The document pane provides a view of the currently active window. Windows automatically default to the size of the document pane; you cannot enlarge a window beyond the boundaries of the document pane. When no Site, Weather Source or Schedule window is open, the document pane contains the Maxicom²Central window, the Communication Status window or the Event Log window. The default window displayed is the Central window.

• Maxicom²status bar

The status bar is a horizontal bar across the bottom of the System window. It displays helpful text messages that correlate with the active on-screen item or mouse cursor position.

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Central Window

The Maxicom²Central window appears in the System window when no other windows are open. It also appears as a button in the selection pane of the System window. In addition, the Maxicom²Central window can be displayed by selecting the Maxicom²Central option from the Window menu on the Main menu bar.

When selecting items from the Maxicom²Central window, you are not limited to a single function — if you click the Maxicom²Central window button and restore the Maxicom²Central window, you can open new windows without closing the first.

In addition to having the standard window features, the Maxicom²Central window contains six hot spots. Click a picture/hot spot to activate it.

Central Window

• Weather

Allows you to view weather source information. Click the Weather hot spot to display the Create or Open a Weather Source dialog box from which you can create a new or open an existing weather source. For more information, see

“Using the Weather Source Window and Toolbar” on page 8.1.

• Sites

Allows you to view site information. Click the Sites hot spot to display the Create or Open a Site dialog box from which you can create a new or open and existing site. For more information, see “Using the Site Window and Toolbar” on page 7.1.

• Communication

Allows you to view your communication status. Click the Communication hot spot to display the Communication Status window. For more information, see

• Reports

Allows you to create a report. Click the Reports hot spot to display the Generate a Report dialog box from which you can select the type of report you want. For more information, see “Viewing the Event Log and Generating Reports” on page 9.1.

• Alarms

Allows you to view the Event Log. Click the Alarms hot spot to display the Event Log window filtered for alarms. For more information, see “Using the Event Log Window and Toolbar” on page 9.1.

• Help

Allows you to view Maxicom²Help files. Click the Help hot spot to display the Help Topics window. For more information, see “Using Maxicom²On-line Help” on page 2.25.