General Settings
To access these settings, click General in the preferences tree.
| Setting | Description |
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| Enable Debug Mode | When selected, activates debug mode for error analysis. |
| Enable Support Mode | When selected, activates support mode to allow the Product Support team to analyze your app for errors. |
| Reset to Application defaults | Deletes all user settings and resets the app to the default (as installed) settings. |
Messaging Settings
To access these settings, click Messaging in the preferences tree. You can use the message settings to configure the event log file used by Connector for Altium Designer.
| Messaging Settings | Description |
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| Override default log directory | When selected, saves the log file to the directory you choose in the Log directory field. If you do not specify a directory, the app stores the log file in %USERHOME%\.3DEXPERIENCE\logs. For quick access to files, open the About dialog box and click the Additional tab in the Environment Details section. |
| Log directory | Clicking Browse to choose the location for the log file. |
| Log level | Select the level of logging:| Option | Description |
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| INFO | Logs events that highlight the progress of the app, plus warning and error messages. | | WARN | Logs warning and error messages, and excludes the INFO event messages. | | ERROR | Logs error messages. | | DEBUG | Logs verbose debug messages. Usually, this option is only used by the Product Support team to analyze issues. |
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Communication Settings
To access these settings, click Communication in the preferences tree.
Ports define the internal communication used by Connector for Altium Designer and should only be changed if instructed to do so by Product Support. The standard port used in 9999.