Status bar

The status bar serves several purposes:

System messages appear in a notification area.
Several icons display information on the user level and states of database, connection and license.
The current date and time is displayed in the selected time system.
Selecting the time system.
Selecting the update mode for data files and / or software updates.
Checking the Trimble web server for new data files and / or software updates.
Starting downloads from the Trimble web server.

Status bar

The time server - Selecting the time system

A time server tool automatically starts up with the startup of Trimble 4D Control Server. It puts time information at the system’s disposal and sends events through the system on new hour, new day, etc.

The time displayed in the status bar results from the internal time server. It can be displayed in several time systems (for example: UTC, local time). The format of times depends on the Windows regional settings of the computer running the Trimble 4D Control Server UI.

Right-clicking into the time field opens a shortcut menu. It shows the time systems available for be used to display time data. The currently selected time system is checked. To change the time system for the display in the status bar, select one of the time system options.

Tip - Local time refers to the computer running the master Controller. It does not depend on the computer running the current UI.

User access levels

The status bar access level icons refer to the applied security permissions to the current user. See the following table:

User level	Icon in status bar	Color of module name in Tree view
Guest		Grayed out - Guests are not allowed to control the module.
Operator		Depending on (current) access right, either black (full control right) or grayed out.
Administrator		Black - Administrators have full control rights on all modules.

Bandwidth control status

When logging in one selects a bandwidth used for the communication between the Trimble 4D Control Server UI and the Trimble 4D Control Server service to which it connects. The status bar indicates the current bandwidth selection.

Bandwidth control setting	Icon in status bar	More details
Open (full speed)		No restriction, status views are updated every second; recommended for LANs with at least 10 MBit/s [1 sec].
Controlled (medium connection)		Some message types in the status view are only updated every five seconds [5 sec].
Restricted (slow connection)		Some message types in the status view are only updated every fifteen seconds [15 sec].

Database availability and size

Two sections of the status bar pertain to the availability of the database and its size.

The size is given in MegaBytes.
The database availability is shown by a status-identifying icon:

Icon in status bar	Database is ...
	Connected and running.
	Connected, but in an alarm status (for example, full).
	Connected, data is currently deleted or reduced, or cache files are sent to the database.
	Not connected.

License status

The status bar uses the following icons to indicate, whether the system is currently running with a valid license.

	No license.
	Online license with a connection to the license server.
	Hardware key with a valid license is plugged in.
	Mixed license status - Both, online and hardware license available.
, ,	When the connection to the license server has been lost, the license will be active for the following four days. As a warning, the background of the license status icon will be bright yellow. Thereafter, the software will run without any license with minimum features; the status bar displays the "No license" icon in this case.