User`s guide

NMS Windows Conventions
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July 1999
Device Selection
You can begin an application from either the Main Menu or from within one of the
monitors (Network Map, Carrier Monitor, Cabinet Monitor, Alert Monitor, or Hunt
Group Monitor).
If you are starting an application from the Main Menu, the device selection list
consists of the last device selection defined while within an active window. If you
are starting an application from within one of the monitors, you can create your
device selection list before starting an application.
When a device name(s) is required by an NMS application, device selection can
use either of two methods. The first method uses a monitor window. The second
method uses the Device Name button to access the device selection list and the
Selection Browser to change the device selection list.
Both methods allow you to select more than one device (by using the device
selection list), although most applications limit you to working with one device at a
time. When you select multiple devices, you begin with a list of all the devices you
need to work with, and from there you can choose each device, one at a time.
In applications that require specific device name(s), the Device Name button
becomes available. Using this button, you can define a new device selection list,
or select a device(s) from the current device selection list. The device selection
list contains the names of devices you have chosen. From this list, you can then
specify the device(s) on which the requested NMS application will take effect.
Although you have complete control over what devices appear in this device
selection list, NMS also maintains a global device selection list for you, which
consists of the last device list actively selected in any NMS window.
NOTE:
You must actively define a list within a NMS window before it becomes the
global device selection list. Simply moving between NMS windows will not
change the global device selection list.
All NMS windows pick up the global device selection list, but only when the list is
created. This means you can create a device selection list in one window and
then use this list in a new window. However, windows already open will not pick
up the global device selection list.
Also, some windows require a specific type of device when processing. For
example, front panel requires a dial or APL device for processing. In order to
prevent continuous error messages when displaying a particular window, the
device selection list is cleared to allow you to select the right type of device for
the window.