ModuleView (1)

Requirements

The old diagnostics by default shows all of a modules registers collected together in (approximately) one window in a fairly compact, customised display.

By contrast, HDMC has always presented each register in a separate window whose layout is generated automatically from the Register format descrption in the default.conf file. Originally there was no GUI at all for the Module class.

For modules with many registers this can result in many windows and a cluttered screen.

Intentions

The ModuleView is intended to

• provide a GUI for Modules
• display all the known Registers of a Module in a fairly compact view
• generate the layout automatically (by default)
• allow for some customisation of layouts (by specification in the default.conf file)
• still allow easy access to the old Register GUI from the ModuleView