Cabletron Systems CBU-NM User Manual page 18

CBU-NM
User Manual
All the PCNC commands and windows can be accessed using the menu
bar. Many commands can also be used by clicking on buttons in the
toolbar just below.
function is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. The
commands are all described in Chapter 10 - Commands .
The toolbar also contains a large alarm symbol that flashes whenever
there is an unacknowledged alarm.
The network is controlled and monitored using the windows which appear
inside the Main window's workspace. Each of these windows is created
using a toolbar button or menu option. Once created, these windows are
either open to display information, or represented by icons at the bottom
of the workspace area. A window that has been reduced to an icon can
be restored either by double-clicking it with the mouse, selecting it from
the Window menu, or clicking on its toolbar button.
2.3 Speed Menus
Many PCNC commands can also be accessed using 'Speed Menus',
which are very similar to those in the menu bar. Click the right mouse
button over the Network Inspector window to bring up the Network
Inspector Speed Menu. Click over any Alarm window to see the Alarm
Log Speed Menu. The Control Terminal also has a Speed Menu which
contains commands relevant to direct network connections.
2.4 The Network Database
The Network Database stores information about devices on your
network, and identifies each one using a unique 'Poll number'.
information is vital to PCNC's processing of incoming messages, and
must accurately reflect your network configuration in order for PCNC to
run properly. See Section
to set it up.
Network messages contain the Poll number of the device that generated
them. When it receives an alert message, PCNC 'looks up' the device
with that number in the database. It can then use the information stored
for that device to convert the message into an Alarm.
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When you move the mouse over a button, its
8.4 - Defining the Database for details of how
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