Enhancing the HP e3000 User Interface

Bradmark’s WinMPE

Bradmark’s WinMPE takes the tedious task of managing or using the Command Line Interpreter

in MPE/iX into the simple and efficient world of a Windows interface. From moving and copying

files to managing accounts, users, groups, and more, WinMPE provides the easiest way to

perform MPE/iX tasks.

The use of multiple systems has increased the complexity of managing a computer

environment. Operating just a single system requires a number of tasks that take time and effort

to accomplish. The HP e3000 MPE/iX operating system remains a command-line driven

environment, which challenges the efficiency and effectiveness of system managers. The

character-based interface remains on par with the DOS interface for PCs where many tasks can

be performed, but not with the ease and simplicity to which today’s Windows GUI users are

accustomed.

Frequent changes to accounts, users and groups that are precipitated by normal business

activities make performing the tasks through the MPE/iX Command Line Interpreter (CLI) a

process open to error and challenge. Developers constructing replicated application

environments, especially on test systems, are faced with executing numerous commands to

complete the task. In a Windows GUI environment, these tasks are reduced to a drag and drop

function. Merely selecting the required element, an account, user, group, or files through the

easily recognized Windows selection process, then following the Windows protocol to move or

copy, creates and executes all of the required MPE/iX commands necessary to perform the task.

With Win MPE, system operators, mangers, and even users will find their daily interactions with

the operating system enhanced because they no longer are challenged to remember the correct

command and syntax for the action that needs to be accomplished. With the integration of

other applications, the fast launch capability saves time and effort to work within the MPE/iX

CLI.

For HP e3000 customers, some of the key benefits of using Bradmark s WinMPE include:

• Quick and transparent logons between systems—System managers can store encrypted

passwords for each system and then simply click an application to begin a new session on

the host system without manually entering logon information.

• Server agent technology executes commands quickly and efficiently—The time for

commands to be entered and processed is reduced through the use of server agents that

simultaneously support multiple operations. System Managers can perform multiple tasks,

improving their effectiveness.

• Fully integrated application launcher—Launching applications on a host system or in

WinMPE requires only a few simple clicks. Application information is taken from the

Windows interface and passed on, so user interaction is kept to single points of data entry or

execution.