| IMPORTANT CONFIGURIT TIPS |
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What Configurit Does Recommended Browsers High Volume Users Should Download Logging On Do not Log on twice in the same session It May Take a Moment Configure New Part Number vs. Search by Part Number Please Use Your Mouse Scroll To See All Options Alert: What are those strange messages? Alert: What are those even stranger messages? Please Don't use that Back button! Especially for Mac Users |
| What Configurit Does |
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With Carling Technologies' CONFIGURIT you can easily and automatically configure valid Carling switch and circuit breaker catalog numbers. Configurit guides you through the configuration processes, providing detailed alerts along the way to ensure proper configurations only. When a catalog number has been completed, Configurit provides:
Configurit also allows you to:
For Carling Technologies' Sales Representatives and authorized distributors, Configurit also provides:
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| Recommended Browsers |
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Minimum recommended Browsers for PC, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 For more detailed software systems requirements, please see the Configurit Software Requirements on the Main Page. |
| High Volume Users Should Download |
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If you are a Carling Technologies' Sales Representative or Authorized Distributor, and you use Configurit frequently or perform many part number configurations at a time, we recommend you download the stand-alone version of Configurit. This downloadable version is also intended for use at those times when an Internet connection is unavailable or impractical. Once downloaded, this version will run in your browser without requiring connection to the Internet. Because it runs locally on your computer rather than interfacing with our servers via the Internet, you will likely experience improved performance in speed, and you will not have to worry about the application "timing out" if it has been idle for too long. Because Configurit is updated regularly, we recommend you download periodically in order to remain current. |
| Logging On |
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Click on the Configurit Log On link. Enter your User Name and Password. Then click the Logon button on the
left. All Other Users Click the Guest Logon button on the right. |
| Do not Log on twice in the same session |
| Once you have logged on to the on-line version of Configurit, please do not log on again under a different user name in the same session. Doing so may render unpredictable results. If you need to log on again (say, for example, you logged on as "guest" when you meant to log on as a Rep or Distributor), please quit or exit your browser and then go to the Configurit site again. |
| It May Take a Moment |
| Because data must be downloaded when initialized, it may take Configurit a minute or two to open, during which time the screen will be blank. Please be patient. Contrary to popular belief, random clicking of the mouse during this time will not speed up the process, and it could even confuse it. |
| Configure New Part Number vs. Search by Part Number |
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There are two main tabs in the Configurit program. The New Part Number Tab should be used when you don't know the precise Carling catalog number you need. It is the "scenic" route, presenting all options for the various catalog number components, and providing guiding alerts that prevent you from configuring an invalid catalog number. The Part Number Search Tab is a "short cut" that can be used when you already know the complete Carling catalog number, and want to quickly display the data that applies to it. To successfully use the Part Number Search, you must enter a complete and accurate Carling catalog number, including all dashes and slashes in their correct positions. If you enter a partial or incorrect catalog number, Configurit will politely tell you "This part number contains one or more invalid values," and will direct you to use the New Part Number Tab. You will also receive this message if you enter a Carling catalog number that contains an "X". The "X" indicates some type of special switch or circuit breaker construction that falls outside of Carling's standard catalog offerings. |
| Please Use Your Mouse |
| For best results when configuring a new part number, please use your mouse when making selections. The pointing hand indicates what is selectable. The tab key will not move you properly from field to field. |
| Scroll To See All Options |
| Segments within a catalog ordering scheme can have multiple options. If you see a vertical scroll bar on the right hand side of the selection box, it means there are more options to be viewed. Click on the scroll bar below the scroll button to move down a page at a time, click above it to move up a page at a time. You have seen all the options when the button is at the bottom of the bar. You can also drag the scroll button up and down, but this is a slower method that can, at times, leave visual "artifacts." |
| Alert: What are those strange messages? |
| If, while configuring a catalog number, you select an invalid combination of options, a message will appear in the alert box at the bottom of the screen. This message's purpose is to guide you by identifying the conflict and how to resolve it. Additionally, the options involved in the conflict will change color and be highlighted in the catalog ordering scheme itself. To correct the catalog number, you can click on the "offending" option within the catalog ordering scheme and make a different selection. |
| Alert: What are those even stranger messages? |
| If you leave the on-line version of Configurit open and idle for more than 30 minutes, the program will time-out. When this happens and you begin to use the program again, you may see in the alert box a "JavaScript error ", or "java.io.EOF Exception" or the message "This part does not have any subcomponents currently. Please choose another path from the interactive menu." This is Configurit's indirect way of saying, the "program has timed-out." For the best results, when this happens, please exit or quit out of your browser, and then log back on. |
| Please Don't use that Back button! |
| While running the on-line Configurit program, please do not use your browser's "Back" button to navigate. Doing so will cause you to leave the program, and will force you to log on again and start over. Similarly, do not use Refresh button, this will also reinitiate the program, and force you to start over again. |
| Especially for Mac Users |
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Increase Explorer's Memory We recommend Macintosh users set the memory on their Internet Explorer application to 20 MG (20,000K). To increase memory:
The World Keeps Spinning One of the "undocumented features" of Internet Explorer running on Mac, is that the "spinning globe" cursor just keeps on spinning when running a Java applet within the browser. Don't wait for the world to stop spinning. It won't. To make the world disappear, simply move your cursor off the browser window and then back over it (no clicking necessary). |
