The File menu is used to manage creating, reading, and updating of configuration files.
These files must have the '.xml' extension and contain a satellite terminal configuration in XML format. The SatSCADA GUI can be used to read and write files in this format.
These files can also be edited with any text editor. However modifying the files manually is not recommended since the SatSCADA GUI does many validation checks and ensures the file is in the correct format. A text editor should be used only to view the files or print them.
The following is a description of each menu item.
| New | Set the configuration in local memory to default values. Also clears the status bar. |
| Open | Navigate to and read an existing configuration file. |
| Save | Write the configuration to a file if the file has been previously opened either in this session or a previous session. If there is no such file then the action is the same as selecting the 'Save As' menu item. Hovering the mouse over the 'Save' menu item displays the previously saved filename in the status bar. |
| Save As | Navigate to and write the configuration to a file. The file can be either a new file or an existing file. |
| Exit | Stop the GUI. If a terminal is connected it will be disconnected. |