File Architecture

Use this to better understand the complexity of VCM Scanners open/save dialogs.

Most files are saved in .xml format to enable outside modification if desired, for advanced users.

Architecture By Function

VCM Scanner

￭ Stores the active Channel Configuration
￭ Stores the active Channel Display Properties
￭ Stores the active Layout Configuration
￭ Stores the active Layout Display Properties
￭ Stores user Math Parameters
￭ Stores user Transforms
￭ Stores user Preferences

Channels

￭ Reloaded from VCM Scanner.cfg on open
￭ Saved to VCM Scanner.cfg on close
￭ Can be saved/loaded from user saved files

Layout

￭ Reloaded from VCM Scanner.cfg on open
￭ Saved to VCM Scanner.cfg on close
￭ Can be saved/loaded from user saved files

Architecture By File Type

VCM Suite.cfg

￭ Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\Settings\
￭ Created by the VCM Scanner/Editor applications only
￭ Shared between VCM Scanner/Editor instances
￭ Application Keys
￭ Unit System
￭ Tuning Path

VCM Scanner.cfg

￭ Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\Settings\
￭ Created by the VCM Scanner application only
￭ Shared between VCM Scanner instances
￭ Stores Active Channel Configuration
￭ Stores Active Channel Display Properties
￭ Stores Active Layout Configuration
￭ Stores Active Layout Display Properties
￭ Stores User Math Parameters
￭ Stores User Transforms
￭ Stores Application Preferences & Settings

*.Channels.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Channel Configs\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores Parameter ID and Source
￭ Stores Channel Polling Intervals
￭ Stores Channel Transforms

*.ChannelDisplay.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Channel Configs\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores Channel Display Fonts and Colors

*.Layouts.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Layouts\
￭ Created by users only

Architecture By File Type - Gauges

*.Gauges.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Gauges\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores all gauges on the selected display

*.Gauge.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Gauges\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores a single Gauge

*.GaugeDisplay.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Gauges\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores Gauge Display Fonts and Colors

Architecture By File Type - Graphs

*.Graphs.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Graphs\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores all graphs on the selected display

*.Table.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Graphs\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores a single Table

*.GraphDisplay.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Graphs\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores Graph Display Fonts and Colors

Architecture By File Type - Charts

*.Charts.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Charts\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores all charts on the selected display

*.Chart.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Charts\
￭ Created by users only

*.Series.xml

￭ Stores a single Chart and its associated Series
￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Charts\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores a single series

*.ChartDisplay.xml

￭ Default Location: \My Documents\HP Tuners\VCM Scanner\Charts\
￭ Created by users only
￭ Stores Chart Display Fonts and Colors