Trimble 4D Control Server User Interface

The Trimble 4D Control Server User Interface (Trimble 4D Control Server UI) application provides the graphical user interface that grants access to the Trimble 4D Control Server system. When having logged on with the Trimble 4D Control Server UI, user rights have been specified and possibly the message output to the UI has been restricted according to the available bandwidths.

When you first start the Trimble 4D Control Server UI with the default system configuration, the main window will be empty but for a menu and a toolbar above the main module-view area, with a status bar below.

Getting information on the Trimble 4D Control Server system

Information in the Trimble 4D Control Server UI is accessible in many different ways. The Trimble 4D Control Server UI is very flexible.

First steps to set up your user interface will typically include the following:

• Adding a Tree view
• Adding a Status Messages view
• Adding a Properties view

Module views

Information on the current and historic status of modules is available in the module views. The main window always displays information on the module that is last selected in the Tree view. Each module displays its status in at least one view, very often in multiple views that by default appear as stacked panes in the main area. By dragging a tab outside of the main window, it is made floating and remains open, when you switch to a different module in the Tree view. Thus, you may view more than one information sheet of the same or different modules simultaneously. You will be able to compare views displaying the same contents with different parameters.

Configuring the system

After you have added a Tree view, you can start with setting up the system by adding modules to the tree, distributing them to specified Controllers and Containers, if applicable.

Closing the Trimble 4D Control Server UI

To close the Trimble 4D Control Server user interface application, do the following:

• From the main menu, select File > Exit.
• At the title bar, click the standard Windows exit button.

Browsing for folders or file types

Whenever one browses for folders in the system the Folder Browser dialog appears. Use it for editing the full UNC path to a folder. Some modules need the selection of file types for actions on files. The File Filter Editor dialog gives one the choice of filtering files according to their file extension or specified file name text strings.