Validation
There are a lot of settings available to you when building and maintaining your sensor configuration. With so many options there is a high probability of errors or issues arising when modifications are made to the configuration. In order to minimize impacts on operations the SCS CFE tool has, similar to other templates, the ability to validate your setup prior to saving and making your changes live.
You can run validation against your setup at any time, even if you you are in the middle of building your setup. It is passive and has no impact on your work, it only provides feedback to you. To run validation simply click Validate from the Configuration dropdown or the Validate button located in the main toolbar. The system will work through your configuration and generate a set of potential issues which it will then display to you in the Validate Tab.
There are 3 levels of issues that may be presented:
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Critical |
Critical validation issues put the configuration itself into a state in which it cannot be serialized and saved. These must be fixed before you can even save your config much less publish and use. |
| Error | Error validation issues allow the configuration to be saved, however issues have been detected which would prevent the configuration to be published and used. |
| Warning | Warnings are issues which don't prevent saving, publishing or usage of your configuration. They are simply items of note which the system thinks might need your attention. |
While ideally all validation issues would be addressed and resolved the Critical and Error findings must be corrected before your configuration can be set as active and used by all clients and sub-systems in SCS.
For each entry on the Validation Tab you will see a brief message which tells you which portion of the config is causing the error and why. You may also notice a small button you may click on as a shortcut to take you to the offending element.
For the above issue, clicking the button or finding COM20 in the tree list will load the interface with the issue. CFE will also display a warning right on the screen pinpointing the item for you making it easier to find and resolve the warning.
Once you have fixed any/all the validation messages feel free to re-validate and see if your setup is cleared or not. Once all Critical and Error items have been fixed you can publish your configuration for active use.
Publishing a configuration automatically validates it first and displays any issues found asking for your confirmation before actually publishing.