# Message Panel

## Status Message panel

The 'Status Message' panel displays the date, time, and origin of all messages relating to the status of the software and any connected and online hardware.

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The panel also contains a "right-click" menu, as shown below:

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* **View**—Provides a list of selectable data columns to display and a 'show last message' selection function.
* **Clear message**—Removes the highlighted message from the list.
* **Clear all messages**—Removes all messages from the panel.
* **Save all messages**—Provides the option to save the messages in various formats: .log, .doc, .xls, .html and ".CSV".

## Status Bar

The 'Status Bar' displays several key pieces of information that remain visible during all the software operations.

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* **Rebel Status**—Indicates the connection status of the Rebel by any of the connection methods.
* **Modules**—Indicates to users the number of 'Modules' created for the current 'Configuration Structure', with a maximum of 10.
* **Data Items**—Indicates the number of 'Data Items' implemented in the current 'Configuration Structure', with a maximum of 1000(ARM processor-based Rebel Loggers).
* **Analysis File**—Displays the ".IVD" data file currently imported into the 'Recording Analysis' panel.