Using The Egd Management Tool (Rack-Based And Rx7I Embedded); Installing The Egd Management Tool; Launching The Egd Management Tool - GE RX3i User Manual

Chapter 12. Diagnostics
12.9 Using the EGD Management Tool (Rack-based and RX7i
Embedded)
The EGD Management Tool can perform online monitoring of EGD class 2 devices such as the PACSystems
Ethernet Interfaces. It can quickly look at the Ethernet Global Data traffic across an entire network of EGD
devices to spot problems. To use the EGD Management Tool, you must have configured Ethernet Global Data
using the EGD Configuration Server option as described in Chapter 4.

Installing the EGD Management Tool

The EGD Management Tool is not automatically installed when you install the Programmer. To install the EGD
Management Tool, look in the directory where you installed the programmer and you will find a subdirectory
named "EGD Installs". In that directory, you will find a file named "EgdManagementToolSetup.msi". Double-click
on this file to install the EGD Management Tool.

Launching the EGD Management Tool

To run the EGD Management Tool, select the Ethernet Global Data node in the Navigator and right click. Select
"Launch EGD Management Tool". The EMT will begin execution in a separate frame on your desktop.
The right side of the screen shows a graphical representation of the EGD network based on the configuration
data stored in the EGD Configuration Server. EGD collections are displayed as a folder icon. The navigator on
the left side allows specific devices, exchanges and variables in the configuration to be examined. Properties
for these elements are shown in the property pane at the lower left.
The EGD Management Tool displays devices and networks based on the configuration information in the EGD
Configuration Server for the machine it is running on. Using the options menu you can configure the server
information much as you do for the programming tool, and also set options for the online operation of the tool.
Be aware that changing the server configuration will change it for all tools running on that machine, including
the programming software.
In addition to the online operations described below, the EGD Management Tool has a number of offline
capabilities (such as View/Reports) for doing analysis of the Ethernet Global Data configuration. See the EGD
Management Tool help for more information.
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Figure 92: EGD Management Tool Screenshot
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