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Total Access 850 System Manual Section 4 User Interface Guide

Right Window Pane Notation

The right window pane shows the contents of the currently selected menu. These contents include both

submenu items and data fields. Some submenus contain additional submenus and some data fields

contain additional data fields. The following chart explains the notation used to identify these

additional items.

Additional Terminal Menu Window Features

• DS0 Status – displays the current mapping of DS0s in the Total Access 850 system. DS0s mapped to

the router display r, unmapped DS0s display –, and all other DS0s display *.

• Tool Tip – provides a brief description of the currently selected mode.

• Slot Status – displays type of module installed in each slot. No entry will appear for slots not containing

a module.

• Telnet Info – displays information pertaining to the active Telnet session. This information is not

displayed when connecting to the system via the

CRAFT interface.

• Ethernet Link Status – displays the current status of the integrated Ethernet interface (located on the rear

of the chassis). This information is only available when using a 3rd Generation RCU.

• Extended Help – displays information about selected commands (CTRL+A).

• Navigation Help – lists characters used for navigating the terminal menu and session management

(

CTRL+Z).

• System Time – displays the current time.

• Network Status – displays network status information as UP or DOWN.

Navigating using the Keyboard Keys

You can use various keystrokes to move through the terminal menu, to manage a terminal menu session,

and to configure the system. Press <CTRL+Z > to activate a pop-up screen listing the navigation

keystrokes.

Moving through the Menus

This notation... Means that...

[+] more items are available when selected.

[DATA] more items are available when selected.

<+> an action is to be taken, such as activating a test.

Highlighted menu item you can enter data in this field.

Underlined field the field contains read-only information.

To do this... Press this key...

Return to the home screen H

Jump between two menu items

Press <J> while the cursor is located on a menu item, and you jump back to the

main screen.

Go to another menu item, press <J>, and you jump back to the screen that was

displayed the first time you pressed <J>.

Press <J> anytime you want to jump between these items.