12.14.2  Entering Parameters

You can enter crash data parameters in any of the following ways:

Note


To edit the contents of a parameter field, Click on the field and use the arrow and Backspace keys to remove unwanted characters. Do not Click on the Clear button. The Clear button clears all of the parameter fields.


12.14.2.1  Selecting And Opening a Crash File

To populate the crash data parameter fields by selecting and opening a crash file, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Select Crash File.... from the File pull-down menu.
  2. Select the desired crash file using the appropriate procedure for your operating system.
  1. Once you have the correct file selected or entered, Click the Open button. The CCAT Message Processing window appears, telling you that the crash file is being analyzed.

During analysis, CCAT populates the parameter fields. When analysis is complete, the results appear in the CCAT Results frame at the bottom of the CCAT window, as shown in Figure 12–2.

Note


When the results file is displayed in the CCAT Results frame, the frame at the top of the CCAT window may be grayed out. To display the contents of this frame, Click on the operating system tab.


Figure 12–2 CCAT Analysis Results
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12.14.2.2  Typing In Crash Parameters

To enter a crash parameter manually, Click on the appropriate field and type the parameter exactly as it appears in the crash data file or use the Copy and Paste functions to copy information into the fields.

When you are entering crash parameters manually, it is important to remember the following:

If you make a mistake or need to edit the contents of a parameter field, Click on the field and use the arrow and Backspace keys to remove unwanted characters. Do not Click on the Clear button. The Clear button clears all of the parameter fields.

The crash data file may not contain all of the parameters listed in the CCAT window. When the crash data file does not contain a parameter, leave the tilde (~) in the field to indicate that the parameter is not available.

Once you have entered all the crash data parameters available to you, Click on the Apply button on the right side of the CCAT window to start the crash analysis.

When CCAT has completed the crash analysis, the results file is displayed in the frame at the bottom of the CCAT window. You can resize the window and use the scroll bar to view the file.