User`s guide

Displays
5-14
6700-A2-GY31-70
July 1999
Selecting the Cabinet or Carrier
After ensuring that the displayed cabinet name is correct, select (make active)
either the whole cabinet or one or more carriers.
To select the displayed cabinet, click on the cabinet frame. The three horizontal
bars (one on top and two on the bottom) and the two vertical bars (one on each
side) that make the frame are shown with a thick dark outline.
To select individual carriers, click anywhere within the carrier. The horizontal bar,
located in the lower portion of the carrier, appears with a thick dark outline. To
select multiple carriers, use Ctrl + click on the second and subsequent carriers.
To deselect any selected item, use the Ctrl + click combination.
You can also use the keyboard to select and deselect items. Use the Tab key to
cycle the focus from one carrier to the next and then to the cabinet. Keyboard
focus is indicated by a dashed line. Use the spacebar to select the item in focus.
If already selected, use Ctrl + spacebar to deselect the item. If not already
selected, use Ctrl + spacebar to select multiple carriers.
Action
Select Action from the Cabinet Monitor menu bar to access the Action pull-down
menu. Use the Action commands to acknowledge and clear alerts from devices
in the Cabinet monitor. The Action menu is inactive (gray) unless the selected
cabinet, or carrier has at least one device alert.
 Acknowledge Alert
Choose Acknowledge Alert from the Action pull-down menu to change all the
alert statuses of all the devices within the selected cabinet or carrier(s) to the
acknowledged state. The carrier(s) color changes, reflecting the
acknowledgment. This command is inactive (gray) unless a cabinet or
carrier(s) is selected containing an unacknowledged device alert.
 Clear Alert
Choose Clear Alert from the Action pull-down menu to change all the alert
statuses of all the devices within the selected carrier(s) to No Alert. The color
of the carrier(s) changes to the No Alert color. This command is inactive
(gray) unless the selected cabinet or carrier(s) contains a device alert.
Commands
Select Commands from the Cabinet Monitor menu bar to access a command to
open an information dialog box.
 Information (Info)
Select Info from the Commands menu to open an information dialog box.
This menu is inactive (gray) unless either a single carrier or the whole cabinet
is selected. Depending on the current selection either the Cabinet Information
dialog box or the Carrier Information dialog box appears. See
Information
Display
in Appendix A, NMS Windows Conventions , for additional
information.