Monitoring and Editing Data Item Ranges

NI Distributed System Manager

Monitoring and Editing Data Item Ranges

Complete the following steps to monitor and edit data items by using the Probe view or Auto View.

Note  You cannot monitor or edit extended data items or array data items in the NI System Manager.
  1. In the system tree, right-click a data item range and select Probe from the shortcut menu to create a Probe view. The Probe view displays detailed information about the data item range.
  2. In the Change item text box, enter the data item that you want to monitor or edit.
  3. Click the Apply button to display the value of the data item.
  4. Enter the new value of the data item in the New Value section.
  5. Click the Set button to apply the new value to the data item.
Note  You also can click the Auto View to display the detailed information.