About the Settings Editor: Introduction

PC-DMIS Settings Editor

Beginning with version 2022.1, PC-DMIS no longer stores its settings inside the Windows registry.

PC-DMIS stores its settings in JSON files. PC-DMIS reads the entries each time it starts.

JSON Files

PC-DMIS stores its user settings and system settings in the UserSettings.json and SystemSettings.json files respectively.

We strongly recommend that you only make changes using the Settings Editor application.

UserSettings.json

Beginning with version 2022.1, PC-DMIS stores its user settings in the UserSettings.json file. The file is available in this folder:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\2023.1

Before 2022.1, PC-DMIS used to store its User settings in the Windows registry in this key (for example, 2021.2):

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\2021.2

SystemSettings.json

Beginning with version 2022.1, PC-DMIS stores its system settings in the SystemSettings.json file. The file is available in this folder:

C:\ProgramData\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\2023.1

Before 2022.1, PC-DMIS used to store its System settings in the Windows registry in this key (for example, 2021.2):

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\2021.2

You must run PC-DMIS as an administrator:

For example, suppose you are using PC-DMIS 2021.2 with a Leitz interface and you upgrade to PC-DMIS 2022.1 and use the same Leitz interface. To do this, you need to run PC-DMIS as an administrator for the first time. Also, if you move from the Leitz interface to the FDC interface, you need to run PC-DMIS as an administrator for the first time.

PC-DMIS Settings Editor

The PC-DMIS Settings Editor gives you the ability to safely modify those entries. However, for most settings, you should make changes inside PC-DMIS itself.

With the PC-DMIS Settings Editor, you can do the following:

You must have the proper permissions in order to change the entries. See "A Note on Permissions".

The PC-DMIS Settings Editor application provides you with all the necessary tools to change entries in PC-DMIS.

All known entry values are discussed as part of this document. Updates are regularly made to this document to reflect new strings that have been added to JSON files for PC-DMIS.

If the setting for a specific machine interface entry isn't found in the PC-DMIS Settings Editor documentation, it may be found in the Machine Interface Installation Manual (MIIM).

More:

PC-DMIS Sections

A Note on Permissions

Using the PC-DMIS Settings Editor

Machine Interface Settings